Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, also known as Rabbi G, has helped more than 5,000 children suffering from cancer by teaching them martial arts.
But he doesn’t just teach any old martial arts. Rabbi G believes that pain, fear, and stress caused by cancer can be relieved through martial arts, meditation, and breathing exercises.
Rabbi G founded Kids Kicking Cancer in 1999, and it is a nonprofit that offers free classes to children as young as 3, who are battling serious illnesses.
During one of his classes, TODAY interviewed one student- Naki Thomas, who said:
“Karate makes me feel stronger and powerful to myself and to everything I’ve been going through.”
And many other children feel the same way. 8-year-old Lexi, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013, said that the classes have taught her how to face the unknown with a sense of calm and purpose. She is now cancer-free and has recently earned her yellow belt!
Lexi says, “When I power breathe, they really help me when I have to get like finger pokes. It’s where you have a needle, and they poke it in your finger and you wear it on your body. It’s something that makes the poke like you don’t even feel it.”
Rabbi G explains that his daughter, Sara Basya, who died from leukemia in 1981 at just 2-years-old, is his inspiration for starting his organization. He explains that martial arts is an incredible power, and says, “The children of Kids Kicking Cancer every day are teaching no matter what we face in our lives, we can respond with greatness.”
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Rabbi Turns Child Victims Of Cancer Into Victors With Martial Arts is an article from: LifeDaily