Category Archives: Kids

Game #9: Sit and Hit

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Wally

The game is simple: one student works while the other waits.  In the version of the game above, one student is hitting the pad while the other holds a plank position.  While there are many things to be gleaned from … Continue reading →

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Technical Standup

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Wally

There is a requirement on the kid’s list called the technical stand up. So what is it? Simply put, it is a way of getting up off the ground. What makes it technical is that when done properly, a student … Continue reading →

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Punctuation

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Wally

Today in kid’s class we drilled our forms as if they were stories.  Each move was a sentence, a complete thought that we attempted to convey to the audience.  With this idea in mind, we experimented with changing the punctuation … Continue reading →

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First Third

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Wally

So in the new kid’s requirements, for orange sash, it says that students must know the “first third” of Sui-Wan. Perhaps that is confusing… what is 1/3 of the form? Here it is, courtesy of two students who graduated from … Continue reading →

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Party!

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Wally

We hosted a Kung Fu party on Friday to help fund our daughter’s Preschool auction.  Very fun.  Hopefully this year’s focus on developing quality martial games made it as interesting for all the kids who attended as it was for … Continue reading →

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