Summer Self-Defense Starts at The Great Flip
By the end of this summer, your children age six and up can learn the Top 12 Self-Defense Skills.
That’s right, you can teach martial arts this summer using my online resources at The Great Flip. Your children will learn self-defense, safety and faith-filled empowerment skills!
Here’s how it works: 
Enroll in any of my martial arts plans at www.thegreatflip.com.
Every plan includes the Top 12 self-defense skills.
For those who want a quick “videos-only” training experience, I recommend The Empowered Plan or The Strong Plan.
If you want easy-to-follow lesson plans, you will want the Confident and Courageous plans. These plans offer step-by-step instructions, valuable safety tips, and faith-filled talking points with every lesson.
Every plan also includes a progress training guide and a certificate of completion.
Once you have a martial arts plan, you gain access to martial arts videos and downloads. 
- Each video is approximately three minutes long, easy to watch, rewatch and train
- I teach one technique per video, you’ll see me teach the technique, then watch students of various ages try the technique. You’ll observe the progression of mastery as the students progress with age and ability.
- No martial arts experience is required! Simply watch the videos and train! I have designed the videos so anyone can watch, learn and train together.
Request a free self-defense video and lesson plan here.
Before you jump in the car and head down to your local martial arts academy and spend too much money, you can teach a homeschool martial arts class.
Parents love teaching martial arts at home! The martial arts will accomplish the health-based and skills-based goals of your physical education requirements. It adds strong character development skills and overall self-confidence. This confidence spills over into all aspects of life. Here is a recent blog post about boosting confidence with martial arts. Click here.
Want to know more about the Top 12 self-defense skills? Click here.
Train. Gather your family together for the training sessions and/or get a few of your favorite friends to train. To make the event most affordable, share a plan with other families.
Click here to Pick a Martial Arts Plan
One more thing … I couldn’t resist this flashback tune:
“There’s a hundred and four days of summer vacation,
‘Til school comes along just to end it,
So the annual problem for our generation,
Is finding a good way to spend it
Like maybe” – From Phineas & Ferb Theme Song
Like maybe … teach your children the top 12 self-defense skills!
See you on the mat!
Coach Jody
A faith-filled devotion
Five Surprising Ways To Care For Your Body this Summer.
(okay, maybe six)
Take care of your body this summer. Eat whole food instead of processed food, drink water instead of soda, get enough sleep and exercise instead of prolonged screen time. These are simple ways to decrease obesity and increase our immune system.
But God’s word says something else brings health and nourishment to your body and bones. Check out this proverb:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”
Proverbs 3:5-8
Why trust God? Because he loves you and he is trustworthy!
“For this is how God loved the world (put your name here): He gave his one and only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.
This is a trustworthy promise for you! Let that sink into your body and bones.
When you trust in the Lord, you have less stress. When you have less stress, your anxiety reduces. When your anxiety reduces, your body becomes healthy and your bones grow strong. When your body and bones are healthy, you desire to trust God and seek after the life Jesus has intended for you through the power of his Holy Spirit.
I offer this proverb, not to increase your list of things to do (I know you have plenty of that). Instead, I offer the proverb as a promise from God. When he says “trust in the Lord …” Remember He is trustworthy. 
What are five ways to bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones, according to Proverbs 3:5-8?
- Trust in the Lord
- Don’t lean on your own understanding
- Submit to him
- Do not be wise in your own eyes
- Fear the Lord and shun evil
Okay, so technically, there are six points there, but I put five and six together.
Now, gather your friends and family to review these tips to bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Grab a journal and/or calendar. If tackling all five is a bit overwhelming. Pick one healthy habit each week and document your progress.
Here are a few words about food, water, sleep, exercise, and a cool tip about reading the book of Proverbs.
Eat whole foods.
If your food doesn’t grow from the ground or eat from the ground, it’s probably not whole food. (Oh, how I wish I could grow Oreos in my garden.) Learn how to cook something healthy. Go to the grocery store together and pick a fruit or vegetable you’ve never tried before. Eighty percent of your health and wellness is determined by what you eat. Only 20 percent is a result of exercise. Here’s a helpful hint when searching for a new health recipe; I always put the word “easy” in my search.
Drink water. 
Reduce your intake of sugar and/or caffeine. Find a water intake calculator and refillable sports bottle to reach your goal. Squeeze fresh lemons in your water. Yum! Put fun stickers on your water bottle as a reward.
Get enough sleep.
Tweens and teens need 10 or more hours of sleep each night. What time should you go to bed to get enough sleep? Try to wake up at the same time every morning. Your body functions better when you have a set bedtime and morning time routine.
Physical exercise.
Reduce screen time and exercise. Create a fitness experience. Start a fitness challenge with your family or friends. Play a new sport. Run around the house. Do jumping jacks. Do something active for at least 30 minutes every day. What will you do to achieve this goal?
The Top 12 Self-Defense Skills fit right here. Just saying!
Request a free video and lesson plan at www.thegreatflip.com )
Read the book of Proverbs. 
There are 31 chapters in Proverbs. There are 31 days in the month. Read one chapter of Proverbs each day! It’s okay if you don’t understand everything you read. Keep reading and receive faith. (Remember Romans 10:17 and here’s a good one from Isaiah 55:1 “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
This devotion was featured in part at True Girl, a ministry of Dannah Gresh.
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