Did you ever have a student struggle when moving from one shiko dachi (sumo stance) to another? Things like: losing balance “falling” into position bobbing up and down knees collapsing inwards or straightening of the legs? You and I both know you can do more “line work” up and down the tatami, drilling the stepping […]
Last week I called up one of my junior leaders in front of the class, and asked him to take his forward stance. As the others knelt down in seiza I told my young sempai that I was about to kick his butt. An anxious look washed across his face like a wiper on a […]
So you’re sick of teaching class the same way, day in, day out… Let’s face it, you’ve been doing it this way for quite some time now. With each and every class your students are growing more tired of your teaching method than a narcoleptic consuming sleeping pills. As you instruct your students to line […]
