Martial Arts Master Instructor and Education Activist Peter Liciaga is involved in a rather revolutionary project involving a change in the what, when, why, and how of teaching people of all ages about self-defense. The project has been launched by his ultimate black belt test coach Tom Callos‘s association, The One Hundred (The 100), and involves a concept coined Intelligent Curriculum.
Intelligent Curriculum is a process where web-technology is applied to teaching people about the depth and scope of self-defense as it applies to today’s world. For example, there isn’t a kick, punch, block, arm-bar, leg lock, or other martial arts maneuver on or anywhere close to a list of top 10 killers of men, women, or children in the Western world. But heart disease is on the list.
With Intelligent Curriculum the martial arts teacher brings a heart disease primer into his or her curriculum, using the Internet, so that the student doesn’t go through years of “self-defense” training without addressing the topic. That’s an intelligent direction for the way we should be addressing self-defense in a world where heart disease affects more than 40% of all deaths in America.
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| Master Liciaga helping build a home with Ms. Georgia in rural Alabama. |
From a teacher’s perspective and from someone who has more than just a passing interest in self-defense, I find the approach to be refreshing and valuable. For more information on how we’re implementing Intelligent Curriculum in our school and in our community, contact me here: Dinoto Karate Center, 856-235-0414, email me: masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com.
Peter Liciaga
Master Instructor and Education Activist
PS…Be sure to ask me about our adult martial arts classes and our new Zumba Classes!
