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A good kids’ session needs structure, but it also needs play. If the children forget they are “working” because the drill feels like a game, the learning tends to stick much faster. This was the third boxing session for my two young clients, and the focus stayed on movement, balance, reactions, and simple punches done well. We carried on building their footwork through games, stepped into some light-touch partner drills with foot tag and shoulder tag, introduced the cross,

In previous sessions, we worked on balance, stance, chambering mechanics and the lead leg turning kick. His lead leg kick is improving, mainly because we have been stripping the movement down and removing unnecessary complications. In this fourth hour, the attention moved more fully to the rear leg turning kick, with the v-step used as a practical set-up.

A good second lesson should feel familiar enough to build confidence, but fresh enough to expose gaps. This session does exactly that. It revisits the teep, adds pressure through body punches and low round kicks, then finishes with pad-work that links boxing combinations to both rear and lead leg low kicks.

Some sessions need more movement, not more techniques. That was the theme for a recent remote online submission grappling personal training session with Drum Fitness and Martial Arts in the Republic of Ireland. The lesson changed pace with a father and son pairing working on the traditional scarf-hold, also known in many grappling rooms as kesa gatame. Rather than treating it as a static pin, we used it as a live attacking position. The focus was simple: control the body,