Mr. Punchy

Thanks guys! You know that's the second time I've seen that Paul Walker book mentioned here I will definitely check it out sensei8. Ps1, I completely understand what you're saying I guess when I look at the forms, the first 3 in ITF TKD for example. I know I'm a "JKD guy" but I am also trained in TKD and I teach TKD forms in my kids class and to any adult who expresses an interest, I find it really helps with their coordination and focus. I look at these forms and though I understand that forms 1, 2, & 3 aren't that different technically I still see 1 as easier to learn than 2 and so on, I guess I'm afraid of having a brand new student jump into form 3 for example without learning 1 & 2 and them being overwhelmed. What about after the "Beginner" block, will I need to create a different time slot for the "Intermediate" block so that they don't mix? Is that how that works?

I'm not really sure how I feel about lineages I know they're important but I don't believe them to be the end all be all of what you study, if it works it works it doesn't matter who you learned it from. That being said this is kind of fun so I will list the lineages I am aware of: Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee Dan Inosanto Paul Vunak Harinder Singh Jason Herrera Me I was also lucky enough to study Aikido for a little bit, no where near as long as I would like but: Morihei Ueshiba Yoshimitsu Yamada Wee Wow Dumlao Me

I am so glad I found this thread, I just read a book on rotating curriculum and the benefits sound great but I am having one hell of a time putting together a workable curriculum. I am new to running my own program so I'm hoping it's just due to lack of experience on my part. In my kids class I currently have 4 students, 3 which started at roughly the same time and are all more or less on the same level, but I have one student who just joined less than a month ago and I don't know how to get her in the scheme of things without having to do separate techniques specifically for her, which is what I am doing at the moment. Right now it's annoying but manageable I don't know what it will be like if I get more new students. I understand the idea of learning the basic forms out of order but I just don't think it makes much sense for her to come in as my other students are learning form 2, have her learn it, then three and then she goes back to 1, if that's the case fine but I keep thinking there's something I'm missing. And I am having a hard time setting up requirements for the ranks due to this rotating idea how can I require her to know one set of techniques and my higher belts another set of techniques if we're all training the same things in class? I really hope to hear some good stuff on this subject as I've been racking my brain for days trying to get it.