Barrie North
12th July 2002, 04:19
Hi all,
I have been lurking in the forum for a while and want to get the input of people here.
I am a teacher at a high school and have convinced our administration to offer a "martial-arts" class for a trimester. This came about because my sensei actually works at the school as a drug and anger management counsellor. He actually runs his anger management classes (which are pull-outs) very similar to a dojo class. So, we thought, why not pull in more students, go every day and offer it as a credit bearing class. The credit btw is "performing art" as I am certified in science not PE :(, even though a shodan.
So we will be on the mats 3 days a week with my sensei and just me in the classroom for 2 days a week. The help I need is what to be doing in those 2 days (12 week, 24 in all).
Ideas I have had:
Watch films (any ideas?)
Watch themselves perform Kata (taped from matwork)
Discussion
Research about MA
Bear in mind the students are, er, challenging to say the least. Periods are 70 minutes. We will study aikido, judo, jujitsu and goju-Ryu.
Thanks,
Barrie North
Rivendell Academy
White River Budokanv
I have been lurking in the forum for a while and want to get the input of people here.
I am a teacher at a high school and have convinced our administration to offer a "martial-arts" class for a trimester. This came about because my sensei actually works at the school as a drug and anger management counsellor. He actually runs his anger management classes (which are pull-outs) very similar to a dojo class. So, we thought, why not pull in more students, go every day and offer it as a credit bearing class. The credit btw is "performing art" as I am certified in science not PE :(, even though a shodan.
So we will be on the mats 3 days a week with my sensei and just me in the classroom for 2 days a week. The help I need is what to be doing in those 2 days (12 week, 24 in all).
Ideas I have had:
Watch films (any ideas?)
Watch themselves perform Kata (taped from matwork)
Discussion
Research about MA
Bear in mind the students are, er, challenging to say the least. Periods are 70 minutes. We will study aikido, judo, jujitsu and goju-Ryu.
Thanks,
Barrie North
Rivendell Academy
White River Budokanv