satans.barber
Master Black Belt
Hey guys,
Some of you may remember that me and a friend had to quickly take over our club a few months back, well, we're doing OK, but I really need some new teaching ideas...
I try to vary things as much as possible, but I still feel like I'm going round in circles sometimes; I need to introduce some stuff people have never seen before.
There are things that I would like to do and can't, for instance I'd like to do some grappling on the ground, but we don't have any mats, so that's out. I'd also like to teach weapons, such as sticks, but I don't have the skills myself to pass on. With those out of the window, it's pretty much restricted to whatever I can do with people and pads I suppose.
There are things from American Kenpo that I'd like to bring in, that aren't in our cut down syallabus, but I don't feel right teaching these when I don't have a full knowledge myself. I can read things like the lock-flow drills on paper, but is it wrong for me to try and pass this on just through my own understanding? The same goes for sets and forms that we don't use, I don't feel right somehow teaching my own interpretation, rather than what I've been shown. With no sensei now though, I can't pick up knowledge in this way anymore.
So does anyone have any good ideas for things I might not do already? Any kinds of hand drills that people use would be good, or ideas for kenpo games?
The other thing I though was right, I'll get a pad and a pen, and go visiting all the MA schools in the area, noting down ideas for things I see that their students seem to enjoy. But then I thought, wouldn't this just seem like stealing ideas to the people running the clubs? Would those among you who run clubs be offended by this sort of action, if asked politely beforehand?
help!
Ian.
Some of you may remember that me and a friend had to quickly take over our club a few months back, well, we're doing OK, but I really need some new teaching ideas...
I try to vary things as much as possible, but I still feel like I'm going round in circles sometimes; I need to introduce some stuff people have never seen before.
There are things that I would like to do and can't, for instance I'd like to do some grappling on the ground, but we don't have any mats, so that's out. I'd also like to teach weapons, such as sticks, but I don't have the skills myself to pass on. With those out of the window, it's pretty much restricted to whatever I can do with people and pads I suppose.
There are things from American Kenpo that I'd like to bring in, that aren't in our cut down syallabus, but I don't feel right teaching these when I don't have a full knowledge myself. I can read things like the lock-flow drills on paper, but is it wrong for me to try and pass this on just through my own understanding? The same goes for sets and forms that we don't use, I don't feel right somehow teaching my own interpretation, rather than what I've been shown. With no sensei now though, I can't pick up knowledge in this way anymore.
So does anyone have any good ideas for things I might not do already? Any kinds of hand drills that people use would be good, or ideas for kenpo games?
The other thing I though was right, I'll get a pad and a pen, and go visiting all the MA schools in the area, noting down ideas for things I see that their students seem to enjoy. But then I thought, wouldn't this just seem like stealing ideas to the people running the clubs? Would those among you who run clubs be offended by this sort of action, if asked politely beforehand?

Ian.