Category: teaching kata

teaching karate to kids teaching kata

Amophie

May 18, 2010
Jason Stanley
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There’s a exercise I do with my junior students from time to time where I give them 15 minutes to make up a kata… Basically they pair off and work together to create a short kata of 10-15 moves which they’ll come up and demonstrate in synchronized fashion for the rest of the class. The […]

teaching kata

Pretzels and Sticks…

February 2, 2010
Jason Stanley
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A few weeks ago I shared with you a simple way to check the geometry of your student’s stances by using a stick, and I promised to share another way you can use a stick to help your students with their kata. ( I know I said I share this with you “next week” all […]