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This is worthwhile blogging – our first BKJ Kickboxing grading at our full time martial arts centre just recently. Over the years we have been cross training Karate students in Kickboxing because of our passion in other martial arts but difficult to do in a regular class environment where Karate is the main focus. Finally, […]
I had a really good time teaching the Kid’s Karate class this afternoon because it gave me a chance to test my teaching ability and skills standing in front of a younger group. The question is ‘do I have what it takes to get my message across’? If I am to be a Master Teacher […]
Gradings are based on benchmarks which are necessary for students to aspire to a particular level. They should be within everyone's reach and not just for the elite few, which would, otherwise, discriminate the older person, the less strong and the not so athletic etc. Martial arts is an education for everyone and it is the job […]
As adults, why do we play scrabble, monopoly or video games? Apart from the entertainment value and the social aspect of getting together, we do it because we want to see how good can we get when we are up for challenge and even compare ourselves to others. If we seriously want to get better, […]
An exciting thing about the martial arts is the technical aspects and detail. Back in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s it was about courage, strength, and toughness but as evolution started doing its thing the martial arts have now become increasingly technical that we are putting aside the much emphasis on that which, back then, was […]
It’s amazing when friends used to tell me if I would open a school near their home they’d sign up immediately (that's how Olympic champions are born, ha, ha)! One student ran into friends when we were setting up the new school. They were excited about the place about what it had to offer and […]
How true is this phrase (although edited)! I have talked, in many different ways, about how we all need to be reminded after learning a technique not to assume we know it all. Thus, when instructors, go back to the beginning, people can often go into auto pilot mode and just seem to go through the […]
While the combined figures of various ball games (soccer, volleyball, football) may make them the most popular sport in the world, it is only for a short time because kids grow out of it and adults seem to lose interest because of no further use fo the game, apart from fitness. What they don’t tell […]
Each martial art has its own culture and there are also cultural differences within each school. There is one distinct feature in BJJ which separates it to other martial arts and that is the grading system. Grades within BJJ are slow and cannot be asked for nor can they be predicted when anyone may get one. […]
Bullying has become has become the most talked about subject, worldwide, over the last couple of weeks as a result of the recent youtube posting of a bully being slammed onto his back in a Sydney school playground. Bullying is real and it is not just confined to schools; we actually have an 'Anti-bullying' policy […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
