jthomas1600
Blue Belt
This was being touched on a little in a thread Manny has going and some one commented that it could be it's own thread. So I figured I'd start one. What all do you cover?
Here's how ours go we have 10 minutes or so of jumping jacks, jogging, maybe a few push-ups/sit-ups and then stretching. At each belt level we have "10 basic motions" to know. They are hand techs with white belt being down block, middle block, outer block, high block, straight punch with each hand (so really 5 motions X 2). We start with the white belt and move through each one as a group with each person stopping when they get to theirs. If it's an all belt class this can leave the white belts idle for a while so usually an instructor/black belt will go run the white/yellow belts through theirs a few times and provide pointers. We then move on to our forms which are done the same way. Then we do our kicking patterns the same way. 90% of our classes all start like this. When all this is over we have about 15 minutes left. This time varies greatly from class to class. Some times it's one step/self defense, sometimes it's kicking/punching drills with the pads, sometimes it's sparring (sometimes light contact with no gear, sometimes put on the gear and go at it). If class wraps up and the instructor realizes there's still a few minutes left (or maybe he does it on purpose) it's more push ups, sit ups, or plyometric exercises.
Here's how ours go we have 10 minutes or so of jumping jacks, jogging, maybe a few push-ups/sit-ups and then stretching. At each belt level we have "10 basic motions" to know. They are hand techs with white belt being down block, middle block, outer block, high block, straight punch with each hand (so really 5 motions X 2). We start with the white belt and move through each one as a group with each person stopping when they get to theirs. If it's an all belt class this can leave the white belts idle for a while so usually an instructor/black belt will go run the white/yellow belts through theirs a few times and provide pointers. We then move on to our forms which are done the same way. Then we do our kicking patterns the same way. 90% of our classes all start like this. When all this is over we have about 15 minutes left. This time varies greatly from class to class. Some times it's one step/self defense, sometimes it's kicking/punching drills with the pads, sometimes it's sparring (sometimes light contact with no gear, sometimes put on the gear and go at it). If class wraps up and the instructor realizes there's still a few minutes left (or maybe he does it on purpose) it's more push ups, sit ups, or plyometric exercises.