An evil has been set loose on the world, leaving parents, kids and teachers baffled as to what to do. The ghost of bullying comes of a number of origins, but there is only one simple and effective solution, one that the vast majority of schools don’t seem to have caught on to yet: the practice of a healthy and convincing martial art like Jiu-Jitsu.

In GRACIEMAG # 187, now on newsstands, readers find eight of the principal reasons the gentle art is proven to be an ideal and painless remedy for the everyday humiliation of bullying. After all, as Helio Gracie teaches in the article, “Jiu-Jitsu reaches and strengthens the man hidden within.”

In Massachusetts, Professor Carlos Alberto Terrinha, a black belt at Gracie Barra New England, shows an efficient way of ridding kids of their fears, shyness and resulting psychological issues.

Check out the following lesson from our GMA. And if you want to get your favorite Jiu-Jitsu magazine delivered at home every month and pay less for it, click here.

Jiu-Jitsu is essential to kids getting a proper upbringing, as it serves as a serious social tool, not to mention that it injects them with confidence and security. It’s a bodyguard that works 24/7 and never complains, armor ready to use any time, any place.

These days, with bullying rife on the streets and at schools, the best antidote out there is the practice of martial arts. Let the gentle art immunize your kids against the day-to-day meanness. Sign your kids up at the academy nearest you and put your worries to rest: they shall never walk alone again.

Check out the following video from our GMA in Broomfield, Colorado, Mauricio Zingano, where he shows how Jiu-Jitsu can be key in freeing your children of fears, insecurity or shame.