xtremartialarts1 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I am a tae kwon do instructor, mostly teaching kids ages 8-12 and have a lot of experience and drills. I just want to know if anyone has great warm ups for kids. I just want to open the door a little bit and see what you may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimgamgommetje Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 One thing I like personally is putting as many fighting techniques in a warm up as possible. I'm not sure what all the options are in taekwondo but use your imagination. In krav maga for example I like to combine soft breakfalls with push ups and also kicking from the breakfall+push up position. You can do this with punches too, can be in the air or have them pair up and use pads. make sure the person with the pad moves around a little Situps facing eachother keeping their legs in a way that they hold eachother, one kid attacks with the hands,, the other one makes defenses. You can put in all kinds of games such as have the whole group walk through eachother in a pretty small space so it's hard to not touch eachother, but they cannot. Then put in games such as have them tap the head or shoulders or knees with or without defenses. You can vary with this. keep safety in mind, make sure they don't poke eachothers eyes out while they try to tap a head . Some multiple opponent drills can be great too as a warm up game. Just don't start with punching and kicking. Have 3 or 4 kids push 1 kid around a lil and make the defender move around in the proper way and deflect the pushes a little. That should make them sweat and still have fun. have fun so vis pacem para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremartialarts1 Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Thank's for the info. I'll be sure to try that last drill in my next class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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