Self protection and real martial arts for adults and children
Posted in Diary on Jan 29th, 2009
Juniors
The theme for today’s lesson was developing attitude, fighting spirit and the will not to give in. I believe this is the foundation for any good self defence programme. Without attitude, which comes under our tenet of “Respect”, everything else from awareness to technical skill can mean nothing. I also believe that children best [...]
Posted in Articles on Jan 22nd, 2009
Junior Class
We turned everything back to base simple self defence roots. This always needs to refreshed, as despite being the first and most simple thing that students learn it is often the most difficult to grasp. The is because concepts like “The Fence” or awareness/control of one’s personal space can only be efficiently learnt if [...]
Posted in Diary on Jan 15th, 2009
Juniors
Five volunteers stepped forward to take the warm-up. They varied in ages and grades, and it was interesting to see innovation, extent of learning and also the sudden pressure of responsibility exhibited by each of them. I cannot say it was the most harmonious of warm-ups, but it was kept specific to functional exercises with [...]
Posted in Articles on Jan 9th, 2009
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Posted in Diary on Jan 8th, 2009
Juniors
The junior class focused on agility. The initial warm-up is always led by a different child each week. Warm-ups, as always, were specific for self defence hard skills and Mixed Martial Arts development. Specific agility and footwork exercises were added on to promote the lesson’s theme. By virtue of their size children have a [...]