I wanted to throw this out to everyone since it was recently mentioned by several students. What would everyone think if some or all of the Ill Soo Shik required were set in the curriculum?
My teacher thinks that it is important for students to understand the applications of the forms...and so do I. His way of doing this is to have the students figure out the Ill Soo Shik on their own in order to come up with bunkai.
I've adopted this somewhat, although I have made it a tad more structured. I basically have a set of Ill Soo Shik already made that I use to teach students how to "read" the forms. I don't require these for testing, but I do use them as examples of what is possible.
I could easily make these formal or I could easily keep on doing what we're doing. It is also possible to blend the two approaches by making some formal and requiring a certain amount of student generation.
What do you think?
My teacher thinks that it is important for students to understand the applications of the forms...and so do I. His way of doing this is to have the students figure out the Ill Soo Shik on their own in order to come up with bunkai.
I've adopted this somewhat, although I have made it a tad more structured. I basically have a set of Ill Soo Shik already made that I use to teach students how to "read" the forms. I don't require these for testing, but I do use them as examples of what is possible.
I could easily make these formal or I could easily keep on doing what we're doing. It is also possible to blend the two approaches by making some formal and requiring a certain amount of student generation.
What do you think?
but even that is a learning experience. So I like the idea of both. Maybe you know 10, show them 5, guide them to discover more, after their experiments, show them more.
