Reduce the pain due to cancer, these kids are being taught Martial Arts
Reduce the pain due to cancer, these kids are being taught Martial Arts. Not even the kids, adult himself often does not put up with the pain they get cancer or its treatment because of illness. This is seen by Elimelech Golberg.
His eldest daughter, Sara was diagnosed with blood cancer or leukemia one week before his first birthday. But after the diidapnya fight cancer night, finally in 1981, his last breath at Sarah's age of two years.
"Her spirit is so wonderful. It's very inspiring to me, "the story of Goldberg. After that, in 1999, Goldberg founded the Kids Kicking Cancer. In this camp, participants made up of children of cancer patients are being taught martial arts. Why are martial arts?
"When they are diagnosed with cancer or other chronic diseases, they will lose the ability to control their lives, and they often fear. For that we teach them to control their pain and make them feel strong (with martial), "he said.
In any martial class, the kids have been taught certain breathing techniques which claimed Goldberg can relieve the pain of cancer or of chemotherapy they experienced. Incidentally Goldberg is the holder of a black belt martial arts from Korea, Choi Kwang-Do.
"In self-defense, you learn to perceive pain as something not worth noting. If we can breathe through the pain, the pain will decrease. And this simple lesson proved effective for these kids, "said Goldberg was quoted as saying of CNN, Saturday (20/9/2014).
Kids Kicking Cancer so far has successfully helped more than 5,000 child cancer patients. "Meditation we teach through martial arts is also required for relaxation, so that these kids can relieve negative feelings such as fear, stress, pain, anger that many haunts children with chronic pain," added Goldberg
Not only that, the Kids Kicking Cancer also provides support while the patient was hospitalized and underwent a medical procedure. They also offer transport for patients from home to camp and vice versa, including providing counseling, both for the child and his family.
Uniquely, when the cancer patients already dying, then Kids Kicking Cancer held a black belt ceremony for the patient. Sometimes even the seremoninya held in the large auditorium and attended by hundreds of people.
"When we give our black belts, we menjahitkan their name in the belt on the one hand, and on the other we write ' master teacher ', as they have inspired a lot of people," chimes in Goldberg.
One of the participants of the camp are feeling the benefits of martial arts technique this is Haley Wallace. Boy was 9 years old has chosen to join the Kids Kicking Cancer after cancer was diagnosed last year. Before you join this camp, he always ran away in fear when the doctor came to take her medication.
"But after learning breathing techniques I really can ' expel ' the pain of it. So when a breath of air, I tried to think of happy things, and then the fear and pain that I experienced my hembuskan out to get away from my body, "he said.
The Organization was originally formed in Michigan also have spread to other cities in the United States, such as New York, Los Angeles and Florida. Even Italy, Israel and Canada also adopted a similar program.