karate drills and exercises teaching karate

Jenny, a cup and a coin…

January 19, 2010
Jason Stanley
3 Comments

Yesterday in my kids’ class one of my junior white belt girls could not help dropping her hands while making mae geri (front kick). When I corrected Jenny’s technique, I asked her what her hands were supposed to do, then explained and demonstrated how it should be done, and she was in complete agreement with […]

teaching karate teaching karate to kids

Teacher or Tyrant?

January 12, 2010
Jason Stanley
8 Comments

A few years ago I had a family who had both young boys and their dad train at my dojo. They were lovely people and always enjoyed being part of the club. They wanted to help out where they could, always attended club activities and always spoke highly of the school recruiting new people whenever […]

teaching karate

I used a stick on my students!

January 5, 2010
Jason Stanley
3 Comments

So 15 minutes into the first class of 2010 and I’d had enough… I grabbed a stick off the wall and used it on my students! Yep… I let them have it! You might think that’s this is a little harsh? Well, YES I used it on my students but not in the way you […]