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Post by malk103 on Nov 4, 2011 13:44:08 GMT
Last night we did something slightly different.....
The standard class normally has warm up, line work, Kata, Kumite etc. Our Sensei has been gradually throwing some extra stuff in - i'm hoping in response to some gentle respectful criticism of some students getting bored. Now and again we have some wood scraps to break, some rubber knives to use and defend ourselves against and often use pads. Our new toy is a foam covered bat that if used under control doesn't hurt, we dedicated most of the lesson to defend against a wooden bat attack (if running away wasn't an option). At the end of the lesson we did some basic line work and WOW what a difference due to the amount of adrenalin running! The power and speed increase was massive.
Maybe the lesson structure should have freestyle sparring or similar after the warm up to get the adrenalin going? Do any other instructors think this is a good approach?
I plan to start training in the new year, one of the things I am keen to do is vary the lesson format and every now and then throw in something completely different. The proof was a young green belt talking to her mum at 100mph after the lesson with a massive grin - she normally says "alright" when asked how the lesson was.
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Post by fujicolt on Nov 4, 2011 16:32:25 GMT
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Post by malk103 on Nov 4, 2011 18:33:31 GMT
Interesting read, I was thinking after I posted the above that if this was the norm then it may restrict learning new things and after reading Bob's report then it kind of confirms that. It may be a good exercise now and again.....
Also if you regularly try to take people out of their comfort zones they may be put off training.
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Post by kensei on Nov 7, 2011 13:23:08 GMT
I often bring my bag o pads to work outs when I know their will be few students, like around xmass and christmas break. its great fun and we do a killer curcuit that really challenges.
The other thing I do is often slow it down and teach some Aikido like grappling or some judo throws if we have the mats to do so.
I think that the same class over and over again is dull as hell and bleeds students patience very quickly.
I have also used wooden knives and the like and it hurts like hell when you get stabbed by one in the ribs. Great fun however and after the first time someone gets stabbed they tend to speed way up.
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Post by tomobrien on Nov 8, 2011 3:43:04 GMT
Great stuff - bats & knives! We do it all the time Thanks, Tom
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Post by kensei on Nov 8, 2011 13:55:11 GMT
Great stuff - bats & knives! We do it all the time Thanks, Tom I live in Winnipeg....we do that on the way to the car! ;D
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Post by fujicolt on Nov 10, 2011 13:12:42 GMT
Interesting read, I was thinking after I posted the above that if this was the norm then it may restrict learning new things and after reading Bob's report then it kind of confirms that. It may be a good exercise now and again..... Also if you regularly try to take people out of their comfort zones they may be put off training. Malk, to be truly studying Shotokan karate as a MA you should feel out of your comfort Zone EVERY time you do Kumite irrelevant of the format. As I said bring a friend for partnerwork and I'll show you in one lesson. I wrote about this in SKM about thirty years ago - i'll try and dig the old article out for you. See you soon I hope
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