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my old martial arts instructor used to put me down

roller_man — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:18:06 GMT

I had a teacher back in my old flashy martial arts who said to me and used to always put me down alot and he said that I cant do jiu jitsu and he said I cant do any of these sort of martial arts and now I have a chance to prove him absolutly wrong I felt very angry and belittled

he actually told me to do a softer martial arts an thats tai chi and I just said to him no I am not doing that and he actually said go and do tai chi and I ask myself this if every one else can do these more real martial arts why cant I do that and I know that I can do a real martial arts but this instrctor I tell ya used to put me down I would say prove him wronga nd here is my chance to do that.

Building New Path's On Old Road's !

Sha Poe Ryu — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:46:42 GMT

I have found that by returning to some of the old training methods that students enjoy their training more and seek to develop their skill level's as did the old masters.

Further the old time training equipment or improvised seem's to capture students imagination of time's past and give's them a real fire for training even out of the dojo.

Developing new paths on old road's that have already been made seem's to work well.

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A true master is easily aproched, opened minded and always slow to anger.

Do you have a nickname? Do you give your students nicknames?

Fluffy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:34:45 GMT

Everybody here at one time or another had a nickname, care to share what that is or was?

Second question do you give nicknames to your students as well and if so what are some of them?

Mine is Fluffy.......surprise. But only my wife, GM Pierce and a few close friends can call me that. I also have an Elvis, a Fat Head, a Goofy Guber and a bunch of little turkeys.

Parents in our schools

Fluffy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:57:12 GMT

I would be interested in how other Instructors handle overzealous parents in the Dojang during training. You know the parent who wants their student to get the technique right in one try. Or yells out criticism during class.

Not that I have a large problem, just need a few options.

The ten class management skills

Fluffy — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:32:21 GMT

Here are my rules (skills) when I teach or teach others to teach.

The ten class management skills:

1. Set mood and tone of class - you are in charge the students will fallow your lead.

2. Create positive climate - old school scream at the students does not work anymore. People shut down, people quit.

3. Personal approach/individual contact - make the student feel as if you are talking directly to him/her, even a controled pat on the back is motivation.

4. Set direct goals - In this class this is what we want to achieve

5. Give thoughtfull feedback to student responce - keyword "thoughtfull" (empathy)

6. Reinforce positive behavior - Positive reinforcement

7. Give realistic praise - Both kids and adults see thru false praise, but that's not enough. Praise must be specific for educational bennefits (ex. Your foot position is good!)

8. Give positive correction rather than criticism - (I think your chamber position is great, if you pivit your foot a bit more you will get more power.)

9. Refer to students by name - Very personal, shows interest in that person.

10. Teach concept of personal victory - "Who conquers the is great but who conquers oneself is mighty" and "Never mind what others do; do better than yourself. Beat your own record from day to day and you are a success.

Have someone fallow you around with a checklist and check off evey skill once you practice it. In a 45-60 minute class you should have 5 checks in every skill.

American BJJ Black Belt Dirty Dozen

JKDRick — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:58:52 GMT

Here's a great opportunity to train under one of America's Dirty Dozen Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts. Of the first 12 BJJ Black Belts he was #4. Great stand up too. www.freewebs.com/innertruth

Exercises

RockHikari — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:27:28 GMT

I used to teach a while back and one of my favorite things to do was teaching kids. You need to try and keep up with them and have a few interesting exercises to do once in a while. The two that everyone enjoyed was chicken fighting and rolling.

CHICKEN FIGHTING

Besides the funny name, it's a funny game too. The actual use of the game is balance. You stand on one foot and hold up the other foot. Then attempt to either nudge the other person out of the ring or hope they lose their balance and fall down. Of course, if you let go of your leg, you lose as well.

If you let it, some matches can go on a while if your students have good balance, quick reflexes and a quick wit. A good cap for this exercise is about 1-2 minutes per match.

ROLLING

Ok, we all know about the jumping over people and rolling at the end. It's a very basic demonstration technique. However, many children and some adults enjoy rolling for distance. Usually putting out a few of the red kicking bags will suffice instead of people during practice. Not to mention you only need two bags. One for the "first" position and one for the "end" position.

Another fun one is doing the same thing for height. While slightly odd, it's interesting to jump into the air and clear 4-5 bags and roll when you come down. It's best left for intermediate and advanced students, but it's still a fun little exercise.

Boards or Bricks?

Fluffy — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:33:29 GMT

How often does your school break boards or bricks and do you charge extra for the materials or is it part of there tuition?

10-Count Pushups

swlisman — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:32:57 GMT

I was asked to post this in a new thread so it wouldn't get lost, so here it is.

10-Count Pushups

1 Open your arms and legs like doing "jumping-jacks."

2 Close arms and legs

3 Squat down to the floor

4 Kick your legs out behind you so that you're in pushup position

5 Go down for one pushup

6 Pushup

7 Bring your legs back in to squat position

8 Stand up

9 Do a front kick (either leg)

10 Do a front kick with the other leg

That's 1 ten-count pushup. We usually don't do a certain number of them, just go for like 2 minutes or so. The important thing is to pace yourself and have fun with it!

Scot W. Lisman

Heartland Taekwondo

Run-In-Place Pushups

swlisman — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:38:10 GMT

Here's another fun drill I have students do sometimes for a warm up.

All you do is run in place, but when the instructor says, "Down", you go down for pushups. You start with one, then the next time you go down you do two, then you just keep adding one until you get to ten. At the end of the drill, you've done a total of 55 pushups.

Scot W. Lisman

Heartland Taekwondo

Fun Drills - Seek and Destroy

Prince Loeffler — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:51:13 GMT

This drill is for all level. First have the defender hold a shield in front of his/her body. Depending on the kick of the day, the attacker's mission is to hit the shield.

Now the fun part. The defender's job is to shuffle back, side step..etc to evade the attackers line of attack.

NOTE: The defendar must never twist the shield around, Defender must keep shield in front of his / her body at all times, Otherwise defender risk of getting hit by the attacker.

The attacker must chase after the defender, focusing on the shield.

Do this for 3 minutes or for all blackbelts 5 minutes.

Benefits:

The defender can learn evasive footworks, The attacker can learn distance control and timing. Overall its a great cardio drill !