The greatest reward of being
a Sidekick Foundation Member Studio, is the gratification that your
efforts helped to enrich a life when they needed someone like you the
most. We want to share that feeling of gratification with you.
Here are some more of our success stories:
R.B. |
Multiple Undiagnosed difficulties
R.B.'s behavioral problems seem to be beyond doctors' abilitiy to diagnose them, but they adversly effect his ability to follow instructions and control his behavior. His participation in martial arts has greatly improved his ability to control himself and to follow instructions, improving his performance in school and at home. |
Cerebral Plasey leaves him with no physical activity
and few friends.
SK has some severe impediments in his speech, arm and leg control.
He could not participate in any school sports and his classmates
often made fun of him. He starting training in karate which
is giving him greater flexibilty and control of his limbs and
has made friends in his special needs class. |
S.P. |
 
N.Y. and C.Y.
Severe Illness and disability make for a very difficult family life.
These two beautiful and intelligent boys come from a family where the mother is fighting cancer and the father is disabled and cannot work. They have no other prosocial activities, and as they're small for their age, they get teased a lot. The older boy is now a black belt with tremendous self-confidence and the younger one has gained greatly in his self-control and behavior.
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Looks an angel but
with severe emotional problems.
C.K. came to us with a diagnosis as long as your arm. She's
on a variety of medications to help control her extreme mood
swings and sometimes uncontrollable behavior. Martial arts
has substantially helped her control herself. She is know
making friends for the first time. |
C.K. |
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S.A. |
A single mother with very low income and two boys - now gaining control.
S.A. came to the U.S. from South America with his brother, mother and father. His father abandoned the family. The mother was without support and no English skills. The kids soon learned to disrespect authority. By placing them in a disciplined karate school and using the Sidekick scholarship program S.A. and his brother soon turned around and became obedient children and good students. They're still struggling for support, but they're not subject to the influence of street kids. |
A child who at first you couldn't turn your back on. Now a leader!
If you wanted to find a child who was always in trouble every
time your back was turned, it was JMM. A prankster for sure,
but bright and with great potential. JMM has been training
now for 10 years, is a 3rd degree black belt. He's a certified
assistant instructor and has earned the respect of the other
students and staff. The prankster is now a winner. |
J.M.M. |
D.S. |
D.S. suffers from Down's
Syndrome and has a rather low I.Q. Like many other special
needs children he was excluded from joining other children
in their activities. The Sidekick Foundation placed him
in a martial arts school that has a special needs program
where he did so well he was mainstreamed and will soon be
testing for his black belt! His attention span and focus
has improved dramatically! |
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