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Styles: TKD, Tang Soo Do, Kenpo, Hapkido, JKD Concepts
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Padded Swords
I just bought a pair of padded swords. They are wazikshi size, are a lot of fun, and are pretty durable. They kinda resemble escrima except for the small hilt.
I saw them on sale at my local MA store and picked them up along with my padded nunchaku.
Best of all they are much safer than fighting with bokken. LOL
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- Choi, Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do
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Styles: TKD, Tang Soo Do, Kenpo, Hapkido, JKD Concepts
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Yeah my master went on vacation early and asked me to teach the childrens class weds. At the end of class I had them take turns sparring eachother with them. My only rules were not to go crazy, and not to hit in the head. The last 15 min of class we used the swords the kids had a blast.
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"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class."
- Choi, Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do
The black belt is not a mark or symbol of the end of the journey to ones mastery of the arts; rather it is the mark that one is done packing for their journey and may now take the first step in their true journey. This a journey which can not ever be complete, only traveled..."
If you want a cheap alternative, you could get a bunch of the noodles they sell at the dollar store and cut them in half. I do that and make teams. Half of the class on one side, and the other half on the other side. Then I make one of them a king or queen, and another is the body guard. The kind or queen may not go past the middle of the room. And neither can the body guard.
Another fun thing to do is to hand them out to all the kids, and then call them all over while another sensei is not paying attention. Ask the whole class who wants to attack sensei _______. They will all yell and scream. Thell them to "GO FOR IT THEN!" and turn em loose. The unsuspecting assistant will be woken up, and the kids will have a blast. LOL
Yeah, sometimes I do things in the kids classes just to retain the kids and let them have fun.
Another fun thing to do is to hand them out to all the kids, and then call them all over while another sensei is not paying attention. Ask the whole class who wants to attack sensei _______. They will all yell and scream. Thell them to "GO FOR IT THEN!" and turn em loose. The unsuspecting assistant will be woken up, and the kids will have a blast. LOL
Yeah, sometimes I do things in the kids classes just to retain the kids and let them have fun.
AHAHAHAHA< --- this one is CLASSIC.
I used to let the kids fight me as a group, I'd set out our crash matts ((Which personally I hate for training but are fun for games with the kids)) and then stand in the middle of the mats, do the whole Master breathing thing from the movies, (which the kids know is fake and makes them laugh) then say "Bring it on" and all the kids come in screaming.
I throw as many as I can onto the crash mats, befor some smark so and so kicks me in the back of the knee while I am distracted and puts me on my knees. Then I get dog piled and have 20-30 kids sitting on me.
At which point my Senpai usualy runs in to assit. and chases the kids off.
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