ShotokanKid Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 How do you know if you're keeping the students interested? I mean other than asking them and getting feedback (which I do from time to time), while teaching, how do you know whether the students are getting bored? How can you tell? "What we do in life, echoes in eternity.""We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."
bushido_man96 Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Variety helps. If you get in a rut, they may get bored. Also, check for facial expressions. If they roll their eyes a lot, it may be a clue. However, just because they are bored, doesn't mean that what you are teaching is not of value. Teach the right things, that will benefit them in self-defense, and add in some other things to pick up the pace a bit. If they truly enjoy the martial arts, it should not be a problem. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
jaymac Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 When I see kids start to really fidget and begin looking around, I change up what I am doing. If I am teaching a self defense technique, I will continue with it, but have them switch partners, have a race with it "Who can do it the fastest, Who has the loudest kiai" and then we do some inline drills, while still working on the same technique I had been showing. Always works. A great martial artist is one who is humble and respectful of others.
YoungMan Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Watch their eyes. If they are intently focused on you, you are keeping their interest. If their eyes look glazed over, or they are watching people around them, you've lost them. Age group doesn't matter. There is no martial arts without philosophy.
lordtariel Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Everybody is going to be different. Some people fidget, some people start looking at other stuff, some people pick at their toes. Do little things to keep people on their toes. Sometimes my sensei will keep a tennis ball with him and throw it at people(not hard... if they get out of the way you could break a mirror ) that look like they're not paying attention. If you can catch it or get out of the way, obviously you're paying enough attention to business. Other times he'll jump from working on a kata to a few sparring drills then back to kata. Just keeping us on our toes seems to work well. There's no place like 127.0.0.1
ShotokanKid Posted June 2, 2007 Author Posted June 2, 2007 I like the thing with the tennis ball.What is the best way to keep people on their toes when doing something that's not so exciting (for example, basic drills)? "What we do in life, echoes in eternity.""We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."
cross Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 What is the best way to keep people on their toes when doing something that's not so exciting (for example, basic drills)?Make the students do things that force them to think. Create new combinations of basic techniques and drill them in multiple directions and with variations etc. If the student is busy thinking what they have to do all the time this will not only be a huge benefit to their training but also wont give them enough time to get bored.
lordtariel Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 What is the best way to keep people on their toes when doing something that's not so exciting (for example, basic drills)?Make the students do things that force them to think. Create new combinations of basic techniques and drill them in multiple directions and with variations etc. If the student is busy thinking what they have to do all the time this will not only be a huge benefit to their training but also wont give them enough time to get bored.Don't give them too much time to figure the combos out either. Show them once quickly then make them do it. It's the basics so they should be able to figure it out without much help. Then when it looks like they've just about got it, jump to another one. It'll drive them nuts and keep them paying attention because they'll know they don't get much time to get it down. There's no place like 127.0.0.1
bushido_man96 Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 What is the best way to keep people on their toes when doing something that's not so exciting (for example, basic drills)?Make the students do things that force them to think. Create new combinations of basic techniques and drill them in multiple directions and with variations etc. If the student is busy thinking what they have to do all the time this will not only be a huge benefit to their training but also wont give them enough time to get bored.Don't give them too much time to figure the combos out either. Show them once quickly then make them do it. It's the basics so they should be able to figure it out without much help. Then when it looks like they've just about got it, jump to another one. It'll drive them nuts and keep them paying attention because they'll know they don't get much time to get it down.Those are both great ideas. Especially jumping to new combos quickly. I always enjoyed classes like that. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
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