From the Guide to Safe Scouting: "Boxing, karate, and related Martial Arts-except judo, aikido, and Tai Chi-are not authorized activities."
The requirements for Sports merit badge state that you cannot use any sport that is restricted and not authorized.
There are many karate or martial arts studios in Pennsylvania that offer Mixed Martial Arts.
Most traditional martial arts include an emotional and a physical change. They teach self-discipline and respect, which I imagine you are referring to as 'internal'. All martial arts offer a physical development of skills, understanding and ability. Basically all martial arts have an internal and external aspect to them. The balance between the two is critical to being a good martial artist. Many arts stress one side or another, but they cannot exist alone. It is the whole Yin/Yang or hard/soft combination that works so well.
There are several online certification programs you can go through to get your training. http://www.sixsigmaonline.org and www.6sigmaus.com both offer online programs that will get you your certification.
I am not into law, but I think that if schools offer classes then the violence will increase. One reason is because a lot of fighters want to be better than their opponent, so there will be an increase in fights. Now, I think if collegs started to offer many different fighting classes, the violence would not increase by much. Why? There are usually many good people in college. They SHOULD be mature enough to not pick fights.
It have been in the field of education for 26 years, and have never seen nor been made aware of a bachelors degree particular to martial arts. Still, you never know what they will come up with in the future. There is an institute that is offering qualifications in Martial Arts - it's the Institute of Martial Arts and Sciences - not sure if they offer bachelor's degrees though.. oh, should have given their address - it's www.institute-of-martialarts-and-sciences.com hope it helps
Girl Scouts do not call them "merit" badges. Girl Scouts earn badges and other awards. And yes, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) offers badges for various areas of the Arts such as painting, drawing, pottery, or comic artist.
No, the Boy Scouts of America does not offer a Horticulture merit badge. However, there are merit badges for Gardening, Plant Science, and Farm Mechanics. These merit badges tend to cover the aspects of horticulture, but there is no merit badge combining the three of them.
You can find resources for the Astronomy merit badge in the official Boy Scouts of America handbook, online through the Boy Scouts of America website, at your local library, and through various astronomy organizations that offer educational materials and resources for scouts.
They offer $2000 per year for any National Merit Finalist
There are a variety of places online that offer luggage identification badges. The cheapest badges with the largest selection comes from the website Amazon.
Online sites Network for Good and SixDegrees both offer a large amount of information on charity badges and their creation, as well as providing badges for sale.
There are many karate or martial arts studios in Pennsylvania that offer Mixed Martial Arts.
First Merit Banking is a smaller branch located out of Pennsylvania. They offer much of what a larger bank like Bank of America would offer, ATM's, savings and checking accounts, and produce loans.
It is not possible to answer this question. The BSA offers a Lifesaving merit badge but this is not the certification needed to be a lifeguard. Several other organizations, such as the American Red Cross, offer those courses and certifications. I do not believe anyone has a combined registry of both lifeguard certification and scouting.
that you have to be good in it for the scouts to make you an offer to play with their team
Visitor badges are nametag-like cards that can be used by schools and businesses that offer tours. These badges are generally square in shape, like a credit card, and many feature automatic expiration as a security measure.
Whether or not Girl Scouts is cool or lame, is of course a matter of opinion. Of course, some girls think that Girl Scouts is totally cool and other girls think that Girl Scouts is totally lame. Generally more girls think that Girl Scouts is cool in elementary school and more girls think that Girl Scouts is lame in high school, but there are all kinds of girls and Girl Scouts has a lot to offer.