“Yoi!”, I commanded. “Osu!”, the class responded. “Bassai Dai”, I said. “Bassai Dai”, they announced. “Hajime!” My advanced junior class began their kata. Two or three looked super sharp, crisp with their technique, fast with their turns and with a visual intensity strong enough to burn holes. Then there were students whose techniques reminded me of […]
Last week I received an email from Tom who wrote… “I am starting to have kids in my class who are ADHD. Any suggestions for drills or teaching techniques that will help address this issue?” Ahhhh… the good old ADHD challenge! I wrote about this a while back in regards to PPS, and also a bunch […]
Recently one of my subscribers, Michael, asked: “My sensei had me teach some kids the first taikyoku kata last night and he told me that whenever one of them did a movement incorrectly to make them do pushups. So we get going and I have them drop down to do pushups a few times before […]
