Here’s a video from earlier this year of some of my junior students showing a fun yet challenging sparring exercise. As you can see the floor is covered with cones. The objective is to spar without knocking over a cone. So the rules for this particular match were you score a point for every technique […]
So last night I came up with this little focus mitt drill and I thought you might enjoy it too. The drill is designed to work reaction speed for reverse punch and roundhouse kicks, both front and rear legs. You’ll need to have students pair up and you’ll also need 2 focus mitts for each […]
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 […]
