Mrs. Pamela Towne, her daughter Katie and Lewis Munger received this past weekend a “10 Years award” for their loyalty and dedication to our school.

“They never quit, they never left and went somewhere else, they are here since day one and I’m very proud to have them as part of our RLMA Family.

I can always count on them, no matter what I need, they have always been there for the school and for me. In this business, is not that easy to have students training and being loyal  for over 10 years, I’m a lucky person to have that!” -Master Lima

This is a video of the Programs that we offer:

The topic of this month in our school is :Family.

As most of you know, I just became a father last July of this beautiful girl :Olivia. Also two years ago I became a stepfather of Dylan and Madi, which is amazing how much love they give me, respect and accept me and a “second dad”.

Becoming a father changed my view of family and life, since now I’m a provider and I have a big responsibility for the rest of my life. This month is also important for me because my mother is coming from Brazil to meet for the first time my little girl, Madi and Dylan and she will finally stop asking me when I’m gonna give her a grandchild (my siblings gave her 4 already!).

Every month we talk about a different topic in our schools, and personally I think this one is the core of everything, let’s say, a lot of things we do outside  is a reflection of what we learned in our home from our Family members.

A Family can be made up of many different people. Mostly, it’s a mom, dad, and siblings. It can be parents who adopt us, or often, our grandparents raise us. Sometimes our parents live in different homes.

What matters most is that you understand your Family is the most important part of your life. They’re more important than everything you have, including your friends.

I’m very thankful of what my Family taught me in my childhood, even though we didn’t have my father with us since I was 4 years old, my mother did both “tasks” very well, she worked inside and outside of that house,  raised 3 kids on her own, with no high school diploma, no car and the closest family was one hour away from us. So for me my mother is my “True Master”, she made something good out of nothing and I’m very proud of her.

My sister and brother taught me values that until this day I thank them for it. They taught me how to work hard to get things (even though we didn’t have much), to be honest and live everyday like it’s your last, always giving your best.

So, show your family their importance by spending time with them, and never forget where you come from!!

Respectfully,

Master Lima

“Childhood ADHD — attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — is diagnosed after a child has shown six or more specific symptoms of inactivity and/or hyperactivity on a regular basis for more than six months in more than two settings. There is no single test for ADHD.”

Hi everyone!

We hear more and more on daily basis about ADD/ADHD kids, and how everyone is doing their “own treatment” to their kids, and the most common, or should I say “easier” way for some people is to give kids medications, or the pills.

I personally don’t believe in pills, since back on my time when I was a kid, we never heard the ADD/ADHD terms and our parents’ treatments where way different than the actual ones. (It’s sad nowadays parents lost their power to discipline, since now the schools teach the kids to call the cops on their own parents)

Of course there are some cases, where no one can help the situation, but in most cases I believe that parents could work on some things to help kids to be more focused and under control, such as:

-Enroll your child in a Martial Arts Program, where instructors are constantly working on Self Control, Focus and Discipline,

-Keep a daily routine at home,

-Give your child one task at a time,

-While doing home work, getting dressed or eating dinner, turn TV and radio off, so there will be NO distractions,

-Focus is one of the things that ADD/ADHD kids need the most, and it is a taught task, so make sure your work on it on daily basis.

-Games such as puzzles, books with Q&A at the end will definitely help.

If this post can help at least ONE child I will be very happy!

Master Lima

Hi everyone!

This is our first blog of many, after checking my Grandmaster’s blog (Fabio Goulart), I decided to do the same, since once again I will be following his steps as a Martial Artist.

Knowledge= Power

Once I heard from a great friend: “Regis, look at all the powerful people in this world, somehow they all have knowledge in something, politics, sports, science, etc.”  so, to be Someone in this world, we need to study, research and do whatever we need to have Knowledge. The only exception in my eyes, it is if you are born in a wealthy family

It doesn’t matter in what field you work or want to succeed,  just make sure you focus in one thing at a time and go all the way, instead of learning a bit of everything, and at the end not being the best you can be in one single thing.

I hope you enjoyed!

Feel free to send your comments.

-Master Lima

We are very happy to announce that starting in February, 2011 we will be teaching Taekwondo for kids 3 years old and up in our satelite location: Kids at the Point, Hudson, FL.

The owner, Mrs. Cinnamon invited us to start a program at her Learning Center since she heard great things about our schools and our programs.

“Our goal is to be able to teach these kids  not just punches and kicks, but the Tenets of Taekwondo along with Life Skills. Once again, I’d like to thank all the families and parents that support our school and spread the word in our community.” Master Lima