By KATY MANTYK
Epoch Times Staff
NEW YORK—With winter setting in many parents are wondering what to do with their children, who are starting to get cabin fever and square eyes from too much T.V. But it’s not just exercise that have parents and teachers worried these days, and many are perplexed as to how to get unruly children back in line and keep youth out of crime.
In Harlem, a karate school with old school karate values has hit the nail on the head. The school offers classes for all ages—from pee-wee classes for two to five year olds to serious karate training with Master Kushinda Thorton, children there are getting a good dose of exercise. But that’s not all.
“WORK HARD ALL THE TIME!” chant the students in unison at the start of the Tuesday evening class. “No drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes!” They yell, continuing with Thorton’s ‘Virtues of Life’ words of reinforcement, “Give thanks for the opportunity to improve ourselves, our personal behavior, character, moral consciousness, self control, self confidence…”
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