I tried to bully a 6-year-old green belt and he outsmarted me

[_Simon_]

Timing and distance control is key there.

Keep your distance first, they can't make a move on you without falling off the chair.

Then, being a kid they're easily distracted, so point behind them and say "look out!"

Use your timing to move in and commence the uppercut to coincide with them turning back to you to say "I didn't see anything".

Scenario training FTW.

Haha, very specific situation too! I'm sure the reality-based nuts will be all over that, adding it to their curriculum posthaste!

if they are standing on a chair........sweep the chair leg.

Haha but of course!

 

[JR 137]

if they are standing on a chair........sweep the chair leg.

Then re-stomp the groin.

 

[TSDTexan]

Trade offs

Standing on the chair: you’ve got better uppercut angles, but risk the axe kick.

Standing on the floor: better hammer fist angle, but risk getting kicked in the nuts.

After my risk to reward assessment, I say stand them on the chair.

Axe kick to the head from a little kid is less painful than a kick to the nuts.

Blockability: a toss up.

Pain inflicted on them if you connect right: slight advantage to the uppercut.

Not enough of a net reward for the pain risk IMO.

Once again, stepping to the 45° has great value.
a good flyover for this concept:

Let them drop the axe kick where you were standing. Use their surpise to your advantage. Mae Geri the edge of the seat on the chair.

Observe their reaction to not having anything below their feet.

Extra points, if you bring the mae geri back to chamber... and tag them as they have their Wile E. Coyote moment.

 

[_Simon_]

Once again, stepping to the 45° has great value.
a good flyover for this concept:

Let them drop the axe kick where you were standing. Use their surpise to your advantage. Mae Geri the edge of the seat on the chair.

Observe their reaction to not having anything below their feet.

Extra points, if you bring the mae geri back to chamber... and tag them as they have their Wile E. Coyote moment.

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Hahaha love it... and cool video!

 

[Balrog]

Well, I decided to do the thing bullies used to do to me when I was his size: put your hand on their head to keep them at a distance so they can't fight back.

This kid just turned his hips in and roundhouse kicked me right in the side.

6-year-old green belt taught this 30-year-old 3rd-degree black belt a new trick. Something I wish I knew when I was younger.

That's outstanding! Great story - we are never too old to learn from anybody, anywhere, any time.

 

[Balrog]

To be honest, I have a lot of trouble with 4 and 5 year olds. If I eventually open my own school I'd probably have a higher age minimum.

We start at 6. I just can't deal with the little munchkins. They make me want to teach using a whip and a chair.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

We start at 6. I just can't deal with the little munchkins. They make me want to teach using a whip and a chair.

I once suggested that the youngest (at that school, 4-7) should be handled via a coat-check window. Parents drop them off, get a claim check. Duct-tape the child to a hanger, and put them on the corresponding peg on the wall. Easy to locate them when the parents come back, and leaves the floor space open for the rest of us to play.

 

[skribs]

We start at 6. I just can't deal with the little munchkins. They make me want to teach using a whip and a chair.

If it were me in charge, I'd start at 7 lol.

 

[drop bear]

Stand them on a chair first - it's an easier height target then.

 

[_Simon_]

Hahahah! NOW I finally know how to handle that....

 

[JR 137]

If it were me in charge, I'd start at 7 lol.

I’d start at 17.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

That’s

I’d start at 17.

more or less what I’ve done up to this point (15 or 16). Probably going on to drop the minimum to 13 or 14 when I find a new space. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m happy about that.

 

[JR 137]

That’s

more or less what I’ve done up to this point (15 or 16). Probably going on to drop the minimum to 13 or 14 when I find a new space. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m happy about that.

Happy or not about which one; new space or dropping the minimum age?

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Happy or not about which one; new space or dropping the minimum age?

Well, since I don't yet have the new space, very much that, though I might be happy once I find one.

I'm not at all sure I'm happy about lowering the age. I'll only know when I see how the nature of the class changes. I haven't taught youths in an adult class, except where they'd already trained for a year or two (in NGAA, they have to complete the youth curriculum to start training the adult material prior to age 16-ish). Having them separate kept most of the "just there because parents said so" kids out of the adult classes - they'd normally only last a year, max.