Kim - Martial Arts Drills

Martial Arts Drills

Over 300 martial arts drills, games and training

by Sang H. Kim

MARTIAL ARTS DRILLS. Copyright 2010 by Sang H. Kim. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Turtle Press, P.O. Box 34010, Santa Fe, NM 87594-4010. www.turtlepress.com

ISBN 978-1-934903-55-1

Warning-Disclaimer

This book is designed to provide information on specific skills used in managing and running a martial arts school. It is not the purpose of this book to reprint all the information that is otherwise available to the author, publisher, printer or distributors, but instead to complement, amplify and supplement other texts. You are urged to read all available material, learn as much as you wish about the subjects covered in this book and tailor the information to your individual needs. Anyone using the skills presented in this book should be physically capable to do so and have the permission of a licensed physician before participating in this activity or any physical activity.

Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes, both typographical and in content. Therefore, this text should be used only as a general guide and not the ultimate source of information on the subjects presented here in this book on any skill or subject. The purpose of this book is to provide information. The author, publisher, printer and distributors shall neither have liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to loss or damages caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this book.

Drills, Drills, Drills

Over 300 martial arts drills, games, training

Boredomyour students boredom and your ownis your biggest enemy as a martial arts instructor. Teaching classes every day, year after year can quickly become monotonous if you are not constantly searching for new teaching ideas, drills, games, exercises and techniques. Not only will your students be bored doing the same old drills, you will be bored teaching them over and over. To maintain an excited, active student body and keep yourself excited about teaching, you need a ready source of ideas and brain ticklers.

This section is meant to be just that: a resource that you can turn to while you are developing your lesson plans or just before you head out of the office to start a class, a quick reference guide packed with new ideas as well ideas you have long forgotten or that lead you to create your own games and drills. Before we look at the drills, lets cover a few basics about how to use this section and how to safely implement new ideas in your classes.

Safety

A major concern in teaching is the safety of your students. Introducing a new skill or drill into class increases the chance of an injury occurring. There are several reasons for this:

1. New skills can cause confusion if directions are not given clearly or students are allowed to practice them unsupervised. Walk through each new skill and demonstrate it before letting students try it out. Supervise practice carefully. Correct or stop students who are not executing skills correctly.

2. New skills often use previously unused muscles or actions, which can result in injuries if students are not in good shape. Introduce new skills only after preliminary conditioning for the skill has been completed. For example, if you plan to introduce a jumping spinning kick in three weeks, lead up to it by doing plenty of stretching and strengthening of the leg and torso muscles that power the kick.

3. New skills may be harmful to students of certain ages, weights, skill levels or ability levels. Thoroughly test out each new skill for potential problems before introducing it to class.

4. Students may not understand the risk associated with new skills. Clearly explain what students should or should not do to limit the risk of a new skill.

5. Equipment used in the skill may be faulty, dangerous or difficult to use. Inspect all equipment to be used prior to each class and instruct students in its proper use.

Getting the Most from Martial Art Drills

Martial Arts Drills is divided into six categories to make it easy for you to quickly find the type of drill, game or idea you are looking for. Many ideas can be adapted to fit other categories with small modifications, but each is listed only once in the category where it best fits.

1. Conditioning: Fun ways to strengthen, stretch and condition the body

2. Basic Movements: New ideas to take the repetition out of practice

3. Self-Defense: Exciting drills to make self-defense practice more realistic

4. Forms: Unique ways to reduce boredom on the road to perfection

5. Sparring: Exciting tips to pump up sparring practice

6. Mental Training: Unique suggestions for training the mind with the body

Competition

Friendly competition is a healthy way to pump up the energy of a class.

Many games and drills can be modified into simple competitions, especially for childrens classes. As long as you keep the competition fun and fair by teaming or pairing strong performers with weaker performers, kids look forward to this segment of class.

Give everyone a chance to win by varying the nature of the competition.

In addition to the more traditional games of strength and skill, try easy contests to see who can:

name everyone in class

count to ten in Japanese

name 5 kicks in Korean

stand on one leg longest

do the slowest push-up

recite the meaning of their belt

Conditioning

Over 100 ways to get fit and beat boredom

Obstacle courses

Making an obstacle course on the mat is a great class starter for childrens classes. Dont let anyone stand around waiting in line. Assign a time killing exercise like jumping jacks or running place between turns at a station. Some ideas for stations to keep everyone moving:

Jump over a pile of kicking shields

Crawl through a tunnel of kicking shields without touching them

Jump over a series of heavy bags laid about two feet apart

Kick or strike a hanging target, hanging bag or stand up heavy bag

Weave around a line of hand targets

Duck walk under a hanging heavy bag

Look in the mirror and kihap loudly five times

Roll between two kicking shields without touching them

Block an attack by a blocker or foam wand

Kick a paper cup off of the top of a standing bag

Crawl under a stick balanced on two chairs

Walk on a line on the floor (masking tape works well & removes easily after use)

Hop over a belt laid on the floor to form a zigzag course

Some stations may require an adult to reset or facilitate.

Animal Conditioning Drills

Put some fun in warm-ups for kids by imitating animals. Use your imagination and get the kids using their large muscle groups for strengthening and endurance.

Frog jumping (squat down and bounce up high)

Snake crawling (slither along with lots of wiggle in the midsection)

Monkey hopping (bound across the room in quick succession)

Kangaroo leaping (go for height or distance)

Crab walking (great for upper and lower body coordination)

King Kong stomping (get those knees up really high)

Tiger running (speed running on all fours)

Alligator walking (get in push-up position and walk forward on all fours moving right arm/leg together then left arm/leg together)