atalaya Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 when i was a teen i had been studying kyokushin for some time and found that the routine wasn't wearing on me, but on my fellow students which would wear on me. my teacher, thankfully, was very understanding of the teenage preocupation with games and competition. one day he came in with a bag full of styrofoam blocks wrapped in electrical tape and threw them at us. first we had to dodge them (standing against a wall), then try to hit them out of the air with punches, kicks, blocks, and last we had to try to catch them. as some of you may know, Master Oyama studied for a time with some of the big wigs in Goju-ryu and goju uses the old training method of throwing fruit (and catching it) to train. this is a very good game and i have used it since with my students with much success! you can use anything wrapped in duct tape (soft things get fewest complaints) like socks balled up, empty water bottles, pieces of styrofoam- differing sizes increase difficulty. have fun! some thoughts on karateKarateRanch Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdargie Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 I'm not too old to play games. Sometimes games are needed to distract students from the actual techniques because they analyizing to the point of paralysis. O Sensei said that everyone has a defined sphere of strength and if you can get them outside that sphere then their strength will disappear. I say, EXPAND YOUR SPHERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSharkey Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Most of the time we drill them hard. I find it fun just to get away from the techniques once in a while. Not like we play games EVERY day. 1st Degree Adult Black Belt RecommendedAam-Ka-JutsuAamerican Colleges of KarateKeeping my eyes on a goal and never letting my sights off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rateh Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 in that caseobstical course is a favorite in my dojoofc MOST of it involves techniques of some kind, whether it be a takedown, roll, strikes to a bag, whateveranother favorite is "Kata Races"pic two students and a katathe students have to do the kata as fast as tehy can, and whoever gets through first winsSparring games such as "king of the mountain" and "team sparring"recently i have begun to use games with a groupie: make two or more groups of students, and assign a leaderset the teams against eachother in various tasksone of my favorites is to assign each team a cirtain number of pushups, jumping jacks, etcthats the total number the team has to do, and the captain decides who will do whatso if one person is really good at pushups, they may be doing most of itthis is especially good for team work, because if one person has finished their part, they help any student who has not completed theirs, until the entire team has done all of the warmups allotedalso, when i let them do an obstical course, i make THEM set it up, and take it downthis also forces them to work together as a teami give htem a time limit to take it down and have everything back in its proper place, for every second over, the entire team gets 1 pushup fyi, i use these with the students aged 5-12, but i dont see why u cannot adapt them for older students Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. - Nido Qubein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2_sub Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 What "Games" or "Activities" do you guys use in your class to entertain the teenager students.None , students come to the class to learn karate not to be entertained Moon might shine upon the innocent and the guilty alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atalaya Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 (edited) here is an idea that i was reminded of a little while ago... have students break boards using techniques! that is a lot of fun and is definitely good training. my teenagers did that this morning and despite bruises and sore hands they laughed their way through seeing who could break the most in one strike, what kinds of strikes they could use, et cetera. (i break one with a one inch punch, you try to do the same) (or you break five boards, i try to do the same) ... one inch pine boards (with the grain!!) cut your own, i got fifty four for around sixty bucks. Edited September 8, 2005 by atalaya some thoughts on karateKarateRanch Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSharkey Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 We do that once n awhile. We have the breakaway boards. 1st Degree Adult Black Belt RecommendedAam-Ka-JutsuAamerican Colleges of KarateKeeping my eyes on a goal and never letting my sights off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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