Month: December 2013

karate drills and exercises

Karate Kumite Reaction Drill

December 18, 2013
Jason Stanley
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Here’s a quick kumite drill you can use to help your students develop their reaction speed. You need 3 people for this one to work and your students should stand, so 2 fighters face each other, while the third person stands as shown below. We need a name for that guy, so let’s call him […]

karate games

Kids Karate Game – Tag Ball

December 11, 2013
Jason Stanley
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Here’s a kids’ game you can use at the end of your martial arts class as a reward. Takes like 3 minutes and students will leave your dojo on a “high”. This is just one game in my 50 Kids Karate Games package that kids of all ages love. (Actually, adults have been know to […]

teaching karate

Your words have impact…

December 3, 2013
Jason Stanley
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Love him or hate him, Sensei John Kreese from the “Karate Kid” became famous in pop-culture. On entering the dojo Daniel-san hears Kreese ask his class: “Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?” Class Responds: “NO, SENSEI!” “Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?” Class Responds: “NO, SENSEI!” “Defeat does not […]