Category: Teaching Martial Arts

It’s Gone Viral • 12-19-2019 • Bow and say: “Please Teach Me”. Over the last few weeks I noticed a few of my students would see me in the hall, stop, bow and say “Please Teach Me”. I realized my teaching was having an effect. And when I pass by a classroom with an open […]

The Winter Holiday Spectacular Show • 12-17-2019 • The day was upon us. The students were nervous. The Director was nervous. I was nervous. The previous day’s dress rehearsal was close to a disaster. To me, a seasoned show producer, it appeared that the Musical Director was not able to control the kids well enough […]

Throwing A Wrench In The Works • 12-05-2019 • The After School Program requires a lesson plan for each week’s classes. I had already written plans to take us through the end of the year. The kids had been learning the required materials and subjects laid out in the plans. I was quite pleased with […]

One Reached • 12-01-2019 • Fabio has a strong spirit and unlike many other students, he pays attention to instruction. Blessed with an athletic body and handsome face, Fabio has become a first-class student. During punching practice I noticed Fabio stepping forward and extending his punching arm as well as his whole body way too […]

Now We Are Getting Somewhere • 11-15-2019 • The door opened and one by one the students entered, bowed and shouted: “Please Teach Me“. They quietly removed their shoes and sat in two rows on the floor talking and joking around with each other. Every now and then one would lie down, or get up […]