# Bamboo Shoots

- Link: https://brianejohns.com/2010/01/04/blog-bamboo-shoots/
- Published: 2010-01-04T17:15:00-05:00
- Author: Brian Johns

The [Bamboo Shoots program](https://brianejohns.com//2015/07/20/blog-how-i-teach-filipino-martial-arts-to-children/)
is designed for children ages 4 through 7. It is part of [Bamboo Spirit Martial Arts](https://brianejohns.com/2009/01/01/blog-bamboo-spirit-martial-arts/).

We focus on instilling respect, confidence, courtesy, and discipline in children.
We teach stranger awareness, personal safety skills, escape techniques, conflict
management, and goal setting in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Regarding self-defence
skills, we focus on easy-to-learn empty hands and weapons techniques derived from
the Filipino martial art of [Modern Arnis](https://brianejohns.com/2007/10/09/blog-modern-arnis-what-it-is-and-it-isnt/).
We also employ role-playing and games to reinforce newly learned skills.

If you are not able to view this video, click [here](https://youtu.be/2mBsi67XJ0Q).

The name “Bamboo Shoots” derives from the philosophical belief that patience is 
required for results to manifest after consistent hard work. There is a common fable
concerning growing a bamboo tree that goes something like this:

“You take a little seed, plant it, water it, and fertilize it for a whole year… 
and nothing happens. The second year you water it and fertilize it and… nothing 
happens. You persist for a third and a fourth year with no visible reward for your
efforts. In the fifth year, if you continue to water and fertilize the seed, the
bamboo tree will sprout…and grow ninety feet in six weeks!”

Indeed, bamboo does take considerable time to spring shoots out of the ground, but
only after spending considerable time growing roots underground.

In this vein, we hope that the Bamboo Shoots gain confidence and learn the value
of consistent effort ultimately results in many rewards.

Come on by and find out more about the Bamboo Shoots program! Either e-mail me at
bamboospiritmartialarts@gmail.com or call us at 905-924-3764.

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