aefibird Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Does anyones club have a handbook that you give out to new students? If so, what sort of info do you put in it? My karate dojo is thinking of creating a handout to give to new students and I'd be interested in hearing what you all have in yours! Thanks. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathal Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Well my dojo doesn't have one, but I'd include the basics pertaining to dojo ettiquette as well as how to tie your belt and all of the little things like that. .The best victory is when the opponent surrendersof its own accord before there are any actualhostilities...It is best to win without fighting.- Sun-tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dijita Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I don't have the book in hand, but here is what I remember: - A history of Kyokushin as well as a history on Mas Oyama. - The japanese translations of a lot of our techniques. - Dojo and student etiquette. - A diagram of the different stances used with Japanese translation. - Then it listed all of the Kyu's and the required things you NEED to know for testing for that Kyu, for example the kata's you need to know, the self defense techniques, any written stuff that might be asked, if you are required to do any kumite. I think there was other stuff too, but I'll update this post when I go home tonight and take a look at our book. It's definately a nice thing to have for new students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 the club i go to hasnt been running long but a book would be a good idea ... atm the main proffesional advice we get is monthly from a visiting master Orange sash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenris-wolf Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Yeah, we have a booklet thingy our instructor gives to people when they're considering entering the ring. Uh... Has some sets of drills we do (thai pad drills, focus mitt drills and knee drills), advice on how to be a well-rounded fighter, LOTS of stuff on analysis of different fighting styles (aggressive fighter, elusive, counter, tricky, universal), related to this a lot of information on fighter psychology -our instructor is big on mind games-, finished off with some self-analysis tables and a whole lot of different "battle tactics". I think he got a lot of this off a specific website, don't know which one. Quite a lot of quotes from Sun Tzu, The Art of War! Dunno if that helped at all, hope so. Good luck! Let Us Turn The Jump Rope In Accord With Socialist Principles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beka Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 There's a Cuong Nhu book that lists all the moves and the testing requirements and the philosophical stuff in it... Technically we're supposed to be learning a bunch of ethics things but, at my dojo, we don't really do that. You can get a copy of it if you want, but it's not required by my sensei. As far as dojo etiquette and the major style ethics and rules go, they're posted on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy_Mendiola Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Yeah, In Tae Kwon Do I got the student handbook and it shows all of the basics and etiqutees and all of the belt techniques to advance in testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renketsu Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I hand out a double sided A4 leaflet to new students with information about: Student expectations what they should expect and what we expect of them. Training - when, where and how much. Instructors - who we are and what qualification we have. Japanese words and customs - forwarning that we are wierdos pretending to be Japanese! Gradings - when, how and cost. Belt system - what colours are. Courses - why and what. Competitions - when and what they involve. Fees - continuing training (licencing costs and buying a Gi). Website - info about technical stuff on there (stances, blocks, punches, kicks, strikes, competition terms, terminology list etc). This should be able to answer anything that the student forgot to ask during the lesson... I deliberately dont give out a book full of techniques as the basic info is on my website and detailed info needs to be gained through training. Andy. Andy Wilkinson (Sandan)Renketsu Karate Club Senior Instructor(http://www.renketsu.org.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian_guy Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 In my schools we have no paper manuals but we have websites which contain lots of information for new students especially the karate school site has history info, list of katas with historical info about them, a pictures with the fundamental technique and their Japanease names, other necessary Japanese words for the etiquette. Unfortunately it is written only in italian . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draven Chen Zhen Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I you enroll in my school, you get a video with the forms, kicks, ... you have to know for your next belt. Greetzzz ChenZy :: Bless me father, for I have just killed quite a few men ::https://www.tricking.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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