My son is training to become a black belt in karate, and he was just given a fantastic gift for his birthday. His grandparents bought him a one year subscription to a magazine about karate. They ordered it through the National Magazine Exchange, and we eagerly await the magazine each month. First of all, it’s getting my son to read which is, in itself, an amazing task. In addition, it’s teaching him techniques so that he can improve his karate and set his sights on the black belt that he wants so much.
This new magazine subscription is also keeping him interested in karate. While he’s always enjoyed karate, everything gets boring after awhile. We really want him to continue taking classes, as it’s great discipline and focus. So, this magazine has helped us in this task, since he’s gotten excited about karate again now that he has an interesting, lively magazine coming each month that discusses karate.
The magazine from National Magazine Exchange is also giving him role models. It features people who have high level karate skills, and it’s helping him to see that he might be able to do what they are doing. It’s offering him role models – which is a very important thing to have as a teenage boy (or as anyone for that matter!). What a great gift – that keeps on giving!