cathal Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Last night we had a great fun activity, and I wanted to share it with you. We all got into a (fairly large!) circle with one person in the centre. Two people were given tennis balls and the goal was to lightly strike the person in the centre with the balls. The person dodging the balls was to pay particular attention to where the "enemies" were, and to avoid the tennis balls.The throwers goal is of course to lightly hit the person in the centre, but they also had to throw quickly enough so the tennis ball would get to someone else in the circle if it missed. That way we kept the tennis balls going (we use no more than 2) in order to keep up momentum.Rules are that no one can aim for the head, or bounce it off the floor in order to hit high on the body, like the head. Also no one is allowed to throw the tennis ball too hard to cause injury. Have fun. .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...
White_Tiger Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What is the object of the person in the center? To avoid being hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Another variation, something we do in our dojo, is to get everyone in the centre with the instructor on the outside. The instructor throws a soft ball (maybe the size of a football) in, and when someone gets hit, they come on the outside and help throw the ball. This happens until there is one person left in the centre, and they are the winner. It is a pretty fun game, and for the kids, we aim at below the knee. We call it 'poison ball'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathal Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 I like that idea, I think I'll let my sensei know about it. Thanks .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...
cathal Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 What is the object of the person in the center? To avoid being hit?Yes. .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...
atalaya Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 at my school we have students line up against a wall and we throw various padded (styrofoam for example) objects. they try to kick/block/punch, et cetera incoming objects. then round two they aren't allowed to touch them so they have to dodge. in round three they close their eyes and (with plenty of room between each person) try to dodge, strike or block incoming objects. it's fun and pretty cool to watch. it helps decrease their response time and increase their reflexes as it improves their hand to eye coordination. (nothing mystic about this one- objects make noise as they're thrown, so does the gi of whoever is throwing it) some thoughts on karateKarateRanch Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushido_man96 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 These are some great exercises, guys. Thanks a lot! https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamasandSais Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 in our dojo we have this game thats almost the same as yours but we play it with two throwers, one person by the wall, and the rest ball shaggers. we use fifteen tennis balls which makes it challenging and fun. "Sword-Chucks yo."Yes, thanks a lot guys. Hey, kamasandsais, that was something that you knew that I did not!! <---blackmail hahahahhaha bushido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathal Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 We've done that as well. .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...
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