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EPAK system (to me) is strutured extreemly well for learning martial arts. Starting at yellow belt students are introduced to many self defence concepts (such as defence against a punch, kick, grabs, club attacks, etc...) I feel this is great for an adult student even a teen student, because at that age, the student can pretty much understand what is being taught.
But for someone 12 or younger, may not "get it"
Currently we teach the children a "watered down" version of American Kenpo, but still introduce to them a wide range of concepts, much like EPAK. For example for yellow belt they learn defence against a kick, rear choke, wrist grab, shoulder grab, and a head lock.
So my question is...
Is it better to introduce a child to a range of self defence consepts/stragities all at once, or to have them focus on one consept at a time and move on to another as he/she progresses. For example for yellow belt have them learn defences against only a punck and a kick, and get to grabs later on.
But for someone 12 or younger, may not "get it"
Currently we teach the children a "watered down" version of American Kenpo, but still introduce to them a wide range of concepts, much like EPAK. For example for yellow belt they learn defence against a kick, rear choke, wrist grab, shoulder grab, and a head lock.
So my question is...
Is it better to introduce a child to a range of self defence consepts/stragities all at once, or to have them focus on one consept at a time and move on to another as he/she progresses. For example for yellow belt have them learn defences against only a punck and a kick, and get to grabs later on.