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liquiddiamonds91
White Belt
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: New to teaching need drills for 4,5,&6 year olds |
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i have just started teaching our ninja class and need some ideas on fun drills.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12696
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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marie curie
KF Sempai
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 1019
Location: PA, USA
Styles: Ko Sutemi Seiei Kan Karate, Kajukenbo, Kodokan Judo, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu, Olympic Tae Kwon Doe
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Johnlogic121
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
Posts: 156
Styles: Montgomery Style Karate, Ninjutsu, Isshinryu, Judo, Mang Chaun Kung Fu, Kempo
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: Drills for Young Kids |
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With young kids, drills can't be too complex for execution or too complicated in terms of the number of steps. I would recommend the kinds of drills where you combine "three initial things" with "three other things" in all nine combinations, and after you are confident that your kids can do this, you can get them started on these patterns and let them run throuhg ten repetitions of each combination on their own. Thus, you could let them start with an "upper area block," "middle area block," or "lower area block" and go to one of these three: "solar plexus punch," "uppercut," or "frontal groin kick." You can also challenge them to do all 24 combinations of four things done in every possible seqeunce of those four things. For this latter drill, it might be best to prompt them for each variation as you run them through it. This can be a great way to use time in class, because you expose the kids to offensive and defensive combinations and they can all work on them somewhat easily. Good luck!
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marie curie
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Joined: 18 Oct 2005
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Location: PA, USA
Styles: Ko Sutemi Seiei Kan Karate, Kajukenbo, Kodokan Judo, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu, Olympic Tae Kwon Doe
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ying&yang
Purple Belt
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Location: melbourne
Styles: JKD , and 15 others
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Welcome to the forums! , i have many classes of small kids , and i have seen the above sites mentioned. You should look at thoese sites they will help you alot.
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Senseimurphy
White Belt
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
Posts: 21
Location: New York
Styles: Goshin-Ryu and other Okinawan styles
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Once they start learning techniques I like to play "sensei says" with the kids. It makes them copy my form, and really keeps them on their toes.
We also play th"running game" in the begining of class, right after stretching. It's a great game for building concentration in kids. We set up two of the square hand targets (although you could use anything) on each end of the floor, making a sort of track. The kids run around the track as fast as they can (now they are getting some good exercise and getting rid of some of that extra energy that keeps them from paying attention later :p) Before they start running they all find a spot around the circle and freeze. We go over 4 words that are used in the game. 2 that count and 2 that dont. When I say RUN, they run around the track as fast as they can. When I say FREEZE they freeze as fast as they can in whatever goofy position they land in, some of them are hysterical! The two words that dont count are, GO and STOP. If I say either of thoes words the kids ignore them and keep doing what ever they are supposed to, either running or freezing. If they move or stop when they're not supposed to they are out and have to sit in the middle between the two pads while the rest of the group keeps running around them. I have acctually had school teachers and parents tell me what an improvement their kids have had with there listening skills and how much better they pay attention in class, and I like to attribute most of that to this game. |
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Patrick
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Joined: 01 May 2001
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Location: Harbinger, NC, U.S.A.
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on the post.
