Here’s an awesome end-of-class kids’ karate game you can do with your youngest students, that’ll send them home with big smiles on their faces. I thought of this one last week during my peewee class (4-7 years), and have named it The Octopus! Be warned, your youngest karate kids will lose their freakin’ minds when […]
“Stop leading with your head”, Sempai Steve yelled at me as he punched me in the forehead. “Osu”, I replied. Yet I had no idea what he meant. Bam! He hit me again. “Stop leading with your head!” “Osu!” Bam! He hit me for a 3rd time. This experience was getting old fast. I didn’t […]
Here’s a nice little karate drill you can use with your students, young or old, small or tall. It’s a good one because it helps students develop their timing, distance and impact at the target all at once. It works like this: Students get a partner and then one takes an impact pad or kick […]
