How long is your class?

koreantiger81 · Blue Belt

Classes that are too long will bore a student...I don't agree on 2 hour classes....45 minute classes seem to be just perfect...I can fit in more classes too in one day...

How long do you think a class, so efficiency is not compromised?

KickChick · Black Belt

My particular class was cut to 45 min. (All Black Belt class). Because of this cut in time our "warmup" time has been cut so it's 7 min. warmup and the rest of the class is advanced techniques/sparring or a t/and forms, or sparring/breaking. The adult classes up to brown (belt before black) is 1 hour. I found that I really do miss those 15 minutes!
Ideally I would like to see 90 min. classes 15 min. warmup (dynamic stretching with variety of kicks and stretching/conditioning exercises and a 15 min. cool down afterwards (which is just as important IMO as a warm up!)

chh · Orange Belt

Our classes are all 90 minutes, not unusual for them to go a little long. The kids' classes are only an hour. Warm-up excercises cover at least the first 10-15 minutes, sometimes as much as 30. Then we work on basics for a bit, after that it's whatever Sensei has chosen to have us work on. I'd be okay with 2 hour classes except they're all in the evening, and having dinner at 8:30/9 is about as late as I can accept. I wouldn't care for 45 minute classes, but I guess it would be different if they were broken down like some schools (a kata class, a basics class, a sparring class, etc).

metalhead · Yellow Belt

My class is 70 minutes. The first 30 minutes is comprised of stretching and warm up exercises, sometimes the stretching is intense. The last 40 minutes is devoted to forms, technique, two man drills, etc....
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ZeRo · Black Belt

i think an hour is good. just enough to get through a stretch and 3 or 4 techniques. a good time for me.

benedictbm · Orange Belt

Our lil ninjas/dragons classes are 30 min for 3-6 yr olds. All other classes (kids beginner-adult inntrmediate) are 45 min. My class the adult advanced is anywhere from 40-60 min long. It depends on what we do in the way of strecthing and what not.

LeaF · Black Belt

Depending on the class will determine its lenght for instance most classes are 1 hour a couple are 2 and a few are 45 mins. Then there is the black belt class which well goes on until they are done.... On average it is 3-4 hours long

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BlueDragon1981 · Red Belt

The class I currently attend is a hour and a half. We do stretches too however so if you dont count those it is more like 1 hour 15 min or 1 hour.

Bratt · Yellow Belt

Different times for different ranked students. For example, white-orange are 45-50 minute classes, green-brown (16 and under) 1 hour and adult classes (my classes, also only for 16 and older students) 2 hours long..
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KarateMom · Yellow Belt

45 minutes.

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