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devilthaiboxer
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Joined: 20 Mar 2003
Posts: 63
Location: leeds,england
Styles: thai boxing ,shukokai karate ,okinawan kobudo
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 3:06 pm Post subject: Gcse martial arts |
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In my GCSEs next year at high school i have to teach a sport or physical activitie to a group of children about 11 - 13 years old .I want to teach them either muay thai or karate .I will have 5 or 6 one hour lessons with them.I was just wondering which art would you in YOUR opinion would be better to teach and also what i could teach them e.g basics then a kata.thank y'all
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King of Fighters
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Joined: 05 Apr 2003
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| I think muay thai because it is fairly simple and easy to learn. Or maybe Karate because you could do some fancy kicks and impress them all. |
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karate_woman
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Posts: 863
Location: Ontario Canada
Styles: Kickboxing,Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate, Judo, JuJitsu,T'ai Chi, QiGong
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I'd do something more along the lines of a basic self defense course; my Sensei goes to schools all over the city and does that. He talks about other aspects of self defense (eg. awareness, prevention, avoidance, etc) as well as teaching the actual techniques.
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wcnavstar
Orange Belt
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
Posts: 137
Location: Southern California
Styles: Shorin Ryu/ Wing Chun
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| True that Muay Thai is much more simple, yet Karate has more to offer along the lines of fun for the kids and the chance for further advancment is always exciting for younger martial artists. However if you are instructing a rowdy bunch then Muay Thai could be more satisfying. Though the requirment for Muay Thai could be a bit taxing on the young bones of american teens. |
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monkeygirl
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Joined: 22 Feb 2002
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Location: Iowa
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 10:43 am Post subject: |
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I would suggest karate. Muay Thai is generally viewed as something brutal in which you bloody your opponent.
Maybe Muay Thai isn't as brutal as I think it is. All I know of Muay Thai is what I see on ESPN 2, so you can see where I'm coming from. *shudders*
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GrrrArg
Black Belt
Joined: 25 May 2003
Posts: 1300
Location: Newcastle, England
Styles: karate of some form
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The other sempai where I train did a GCSE in PE this year and had to do a demo of a sport so he chose karate. He got the equivalent mark to an A simply because the mark sheet only really asked for him to be able to do basic punches and blocks, some kicks and a few katas. It was written for about orange belt (2nd in our style) level and hes got his brown belt.
If your going to tech the kids I would with karate for the same reasons monkeygirl sugests, but make sure you take them through some stretching, most people at my school, even the supposed sporty ones, can barely even touch their toes.
If you haven't already I would suggest you ask your instructor if you could do some sempai'ing so that you not as nervous when you do the demo:) |
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