Today lead instructor Pat Forde featured on Limerick Today with Joe Nash to discuss bullying and the martial arts reaction to it. Martial Arts should not always promote a violent response to bullys as this can make things a whole lot worse. Our Martial Arts classes can help give students the tools to better deal with bullys but what is most important is that kids know they can always communicate with adults in their lives if things are bothering them. Parents and adults need to be vigilant as some kids and teenagers will not talk about it if they are the victims of bullying. This is a complicated issue, we are putting together some guidelines that will be added to the student section soon and welcome any constructive input.