Month: October 2011

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Karate belts, your Students’ Prized Possessions

October 25, 2011
Jason Stanley
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I don’t know about you, but one of the most irritating things for me as a karate teacher is having to tie kids’ belts every 2 minutes. Yes, I know, I hear you saying, “Just make them tie it themselves!” And for the most part they do, but there are times in my youngest class […]

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Kinesthetic Learners, Repetitions and Socrates…

October 18, 2011
Jason Stanley
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So today I want to finish up with our 4 part series on the different learning types, and how you as a teacher of a karate class can help each student. So far we’ve covered visual and auditory learners, which you’ll recall make up the majority of our students. However there is one group that […]

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Kids Karate Game: The Safe Game

October 12, 2011
Jason Stanley
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Here’s a great kids karate game you can use as a warm-up or a reward at the end of class, that kids go crazy for… It’s called “The Safe Game” and here’s how it works: It’s basically a game of tag / cat and mouse with a bunch of “safe groups”, and requires 10 or […]