AIMAA SCOTLAND PANTHERS

At AIMAA Scotland we believe that it is nearly impossible to teach children in a normal class with older children. We want to give them the best possible classes and education. We believe that the early years are the most important and if you get the right values taught to a child at this age you will set them up for life.

We develop a child's respect and confidence, learn them how to avoid strangers and basic self defence. We also learn them how to avoid dangerous situations and how to defeat a bully without fighting

Our Panthers program, is a specially designed curriculum that aims to improve young children's basic learning and motor skills. These skills will help them to gain confidence to enter the social world with a better outlook. They will become better students at school, well behaved at home and a lot more confident in life. The classes will also prepare them for the Tae Kwon Do lessons, that require discipline and focus, amongst others, which they will have learned through the Panthers curriculum.

The little Panther curriculum involves 7 belt colours, starting from white belt through to white with red stripe. The belts are awarded as each Panther completes each skill and is ready to move onto the next. The little Panther curriculum specialises in the complete development of the following skills:

1. FOCUS	This skill will help your child's aim, listening and reaction skill. They will excel faster in physical activities; become a better listener and more focused at school
2. TEAMWORK	Essential for building character; which will help your child to make friends and become a better leader.
3. CONTROL	Having control means making good decisions, Control builds confidence.
4. BALANCE	Your child is striving to participate in activities that require balance, like riding a bicycle. Developing this skill at an early age will help them in many activities and aids good posture development.
5. MEMORY	A child's brain needs exercise just as much as their body. Memory development is good exercise for your child's brain. Our exercise are constantly helping your child think and make good decisions.
6. DISCIPLINE	Our programme uses the Little Panther drills to help create the vision that discipline is fun and rewarding. Your child will learn to take pride in doing the right thing.
7. FITNESS	Its important in the age of computer games, for a child to understand the importance of being healthy and physically fit. If your child cannot burn off all that extra energy by exercising, how will they burn it off?
8. COORDINATION	Your child will learn left from right. They will become less clumsy in their movements and will find an all round improvement in their performance in many activities.
GRADUATION TO ADVANCED CHILDREN'S TAEKWONDO CLASS	After your child has completed the 8 skills and has obtained the skill stripe belts she or he will progress into the advanced children's programme and train personally with Master John Kirkwood at any of his AIMAA Scotland schools.