KIDZ BUZZ DRAWING WITH MARK! Get a pencil and use the grid below to draw the apple pie as shown. The grids will help you to line everything up. Keep practicing and having fun! Martial arts By Erika Enigk More Content Now artial arts are a fun way to be active and learn a valuable skill. No matter where your inter- Mests are, there’s a martial art you can enjoy. More Than Fighting Most people think of martial arts as methods of fighting, but they’re really about so much more. In fact, one of the keys to many martial arts is learn- ing how to avoid a fight and defend yourself when someone tries to pick a fight with you. When you learn a martial art, you learn how to focus on a task and how to pick yourself up when you fall. You will also learn how to make quick decisions and how to over- s Karate come fear—not just of other people but of problems you might be having s Tai Chi at home or school. If you’re hav- ing a tough time and feeling angry, t Kendo practicing a martial art can help you focus on something healthy until you can work through your feelings. The Right One for You There are five main types of martial arts: Stand-up styles (like boxing or karate), grappling (wrestling), throw- ing (judo), weapons-based (kali), meditative (tai chi), and MMA, which is “mixed martial arts,” a combina- tion of the other styles. Some require a lot of contact with other people, while some require very little. For Watch Drawing with Mark! example, the Chinese art of tai chi teaches people how to calm themselves down and react defensively rather • Check your local listings at than attacking an opponent. Okichitaw, on the other S www.DrawingwithMark.com hand, comes from Canada’s First Nations and focuses age • Find the award-winning “Drawing with Mark” on knocking an opponent down as quickly as possible. M DVD episodes at Amazon.com. Weapons-based martial arts differ too. Kendo, a Japa- o pin i nese martial arts, uses swords, but the objective isn’t to T o injure someone else as much as it is to practice self-dis- H p cipline. Ninjutsu, another Japanese martial art, requires not only weapons practice but techniques like disguise and concealment—in other words, being able to hide. Activity WORD FIND Moving Up Draw a line from the name of the martial Karate belt discipline Most martial arts have a system of tiers that show art to the country where it originated. Judo kick defense where a student is in his or her training. In karate, for 1. Hapkido China Ninjutsu strike example, a beginner will first earn a white belt, and as 2. Judo Canada Taekwondo takedown he or she learns more, earn other colors. Someone with 3. Okichitaw Japan a black belt in karate is highly skilled. In other martial 4. Kara-Ho Kempo Korea arts, the red belt is the highest rank. But no matter where 5. Tai Chi United States a student is, there is always something new to learn. 1. Korea; 2. Japan; 3. Canada; 4. United Staes; 5. China 5. Staes; United 4. Canada; 3. Japan; 2. Korea; 1. Answers: ANGELS FROM THE ATTIC By Mark Marderosian.