What's your class structure?

[searcher]

Of recent I have been going over the structure or breakdown of my classes. This got me to thinking of what other instructors have as their class breakdown. By this I mean how long do you spend on each section of your style: Warm-up, basics, kata, self-defense, sparring, etc.

 

Please feel free to expand on each area I named or even throw in some that I may have missed. I am hoping to get some ideas so I can re-write my class outline.

 

Thank you ahead of time.

[Kempohands]

My classes are only an hour, here's how the time is usually split:

 

10 Minute warm-up

 

10 Minute Basics

 

40 Minutes of whatever the instructor thinks of (partner work, sparring, kata, ect.), usually broken down in to sections

[Krazy Carol]

Our classes are 45 minutes for youth and an hour for adults

 

We have a monthly theme as a spring board, this month was Kata.

 

5- 10 min. Warm ups

 

10- 15 min. Kata ladder With helpers taking off kids who need extra help

 

10- 15 min. Disquised Kihon

 

10 min. Drills

 

5 min. game or fun activity.... life skill related.

 

If you notice that is more activities than time....

[cathal]

We have classes that are and hour and a half long. The first 10 minutes are devoted to warm-up. Next is 10-20 minutes of kihon followed by an hour of what the sensei wishes to cover for the rest of the class. This can be kata, kumite, more kihon or mixtures of the three.

[tkdrocks]

Our classes are scheduled to be 1 hour, but usually end up going over 10 to 20 minutes depending on how much we spar.

 

10 Min - Stretching/Warm-up

 

10 Min - Floor Drills

 

15 Min - Focus Target/Bag Drills

 

10 - 20 Min Forms training (Kata)

 

10 - 20 Min Sparring

 

Thursdays -

 

5 Min Warm-up

 

55+ Min Sparring

[karatekid1975]

Our classes are 50 minutes long. We are suposed to warm up before class mainly (by ourselves on the side). But there is a quick 5 to 10 minute warm-up in the beginning of class. Then we do basics for about 10 minutes, then whatever is on the schedule that night (my instructor has a schedule for what will be taught in class each night). Last night we did forms and one-step sparring.

[AngelaG]

Juniors - 1 hr

 

Teens - 1 hr 15 min

 

Adults - 1 hr 30 min

 

Open sessions - 2 hrs

 

The warm up lasts between 15 and 20 minutes and the lessons vary depending what is on that week's lesson plan.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

My classes are two hours long, twice/week.

 

Times aren't set in stone, but this is close:

 

20 minutes: stretching/warmups/basics. We run through them pretty fast.

 

1 hour: Self-defense techniques/Sparring. Generally we'll do a theme for the day. Defense against grabs, kicks, weapons, punches.

 

30 minutes: kata

 

10 minutes: stretching

[embm]

Our classes are an hour long. We spend 15 to 20 minutes warming up and stretching. The cirriculum for the class is usually defined by what is going on with the students in that class. Once our warm up is finished, we split the class up. We usually have between 3 and 5 blackbelts teaching, including the head instructor so we will each take a group of students and work on what they need either to test, to clean up or to learn.

[searcher]

Everyone sounds like they have similar structures to their classes. I am in the same boat as some of your instructors. I have been using the same structure for some time and I have been thinking it is time for a change.

 

My class structure is currently:

 

10 min warm-up

 

15 min basics

 

15 min self-defense/Yakusoku Kumite

 

15 min kata

 

5 min stretching

 

Some nights I will set the classes for a longer duration, but all of the students are in the same class.

 

On a side note do any of you stretch at the beginning of class as opposed to the end of class.