Understanding Growth

Onja Jericevich Pataki started dancing at age 5 under the in¬struction and .

examination program of pursuing dance and dance related goals and has achieved the highest level of certifica¬tion at the academy and has the letters A.R.A.D. accredited to her name. She has been teaching children Ballet, Tap and Jazz for 25 years and has experience in Spanish, Flamenco National, Regional Dances. Sonja is also a Black belt in Go Ju Ry-u Karate and has taught for her husband Imre. In addition to the above Sonja has studied Human Development related to exceptional, normal and disabled children. She has taken courses in conflict resolution in moments of peril and is a Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programmer. Sonja settled in Atlanta with her husband and their two children in 1986. Co-founded the Physical Arts Center with her husband, Imre in 1990.

Mre Pataki

I mre Pataki has been teaching Physical Growth Programs since 1980. His unconditional love, experience and flexibility has enabled Imre to focus on the safe development of all children. His approach to teaching, learning and self-development is simple. Ba¬sically, learning and development is a continuum of sensory experience and motor output. All habits good or bad are acquired when the student has given permission to the teacher or accepts a thought or behavior in his/her environment. Imre's acute awareness of the children's state enables him to guide children toward sincere development with safety and comfort. His free flowing environment guides children toward responsible and sincere cooperation in a joyous atmosphere. Imre teaches ideal practice that can also be called pro¬ductive play uniting mind and body for elegant and effort¬less action. He calls this The Gentle Art. The Gentle Art is the culmination of successful develop¬ment programs taught in Karate, Aikido, Neuro-Muscular and Neuro-Linguistic Programming with special emphasis on Patterns of Permission gained from the students who are our gems of the future waiting for the opportunity to shine with excellence. Imre's goal is to constantly improve the environment in which all children are free to develop into happy, delight¬fully responsible, self-confident, capable and productive beings.

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