mazzybear Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Apparently it's international women's week at the start of March and, to get in the spirit of it, our governing body has written to it's members to encourage them to have a female instruct a class (if the instructor isn't already a female of course). With our two Dan grade females having jobs that don't allow them to a lot of classes and, me being the highest ranking female outside of the Dan grades, that honour has fallen on me. I've been given my choice of night (Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday) I'm thinking as a Tuesday is fitness and conditioning rather than technical stuff, then that's the night to go for. But breaking it down isn't so easy. My rough sketch for a 90 minute class goes something like this:15 min warm up (shuttle runs, coaching sticks, stretches etc)20 min medicine ball exercises (twists, drops, throws etc)20 min pad work hand drills (combinations, speed work)20 min pad work leg drills (combinations, speed work)15 min warm down (light jog, stretches)How does this sound? Too much, not enough, ok? Of course my instructor will be there keeping a careful eye on things and ready to step in should I need him. Mo.Sounds good to me. Have fun...and by all means...RELAX...just teach!! Thanks Sensei8. I'll try my best on the relax part Mo. Be water, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan Melbourne Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 How did things go in the end? My dojo realistically have females run all the classes as the lead due to having a lack of Dan Graded Females and also none of them teach regularly. Not because we don't want them teaching, we want them taking charge and showing the female students that they can do more than just punch and kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazzybear Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 How did things go in the end? My dojo realistically have females run all the classes as the lead due to having a lack of Dan Graded Females and also none of them teach regularly. Not because we don't want them teaching, we want them taking charge and showing the female students that they can do more than just punch and kickNot too bad, I didn't get the whole class, I got the warm up and the hand pad drills and some kicks done before my instructor had us all spar for an upcoming competition, so in all I got just about half a class. Everyone had a sweat on and a few said I'd done good, so all in all, I think it went well. Mo. Be water, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan Melbourne Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well that is still really good anyway. At least the next time your sensei asks you to teach you'll be ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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