The Young Warrior's Battle Plan

Boys will learn to balance strength, emotion, and spirituality as they embrace the fullness of manhood in this empowering book from Detroit-based youth mentor Jason Wilson, who became known after a viral video showed him affirming the feelings of a student crying during a martial arts initiation test.

In The Young Warrior's Battle Plan, boys 8 to 12 will

• understand the breadth of masculinity through Jason's guidance and personal experience
• train to be warriors of the Most High with martial arts principles
• learn to process how they feel and why, let negative emotions go, and choose positive thoughts
• build healthy relationships with honesty, communication, and respect
• have confidence in their own identities amid peer pressure and bullying
• manage anger and develop self-control
• find and follow God's purpose for their lives

This practical and encouraging book features

• graphic art and comic strips
• martial arts principles and strategies
• short chapters focused on skill-building
• individual and group exercises

Jason Wilson is the founder of The Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy in Detroit and the author of Battle Cry: Waging and Winning the War Within. He teaches young men to unlearn society's toxic definition of masculinity and to discover the power of engaging and commanding their minds and emotions. Countering a culture that tells boys to suppress instead of express and that "it's not okay to cry," Wilson teaches that the key to a fulfilling life is valuing your whole self and others with honesty and love.