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Old 09-05-2002, 03:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm starting a self-defense club at my school, under the encouragement of my instructor. I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to how to teach JKD to young kids, esp. without the availability of of weapons (for attribute development), and equipment (heavy bags, etc.). Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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I think its against the law the spar in schools these days. Hence the removal of boxing. In order for a JKD school to be good, it needs to have simularitys to a boxing school, i.e. lots of sparring and some contact. All you can teach in a high school is patterns and that whole classical mess that is so anti-jkd. I would try and do it after school at a community center or something.
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Even without doing sparring with boxing gloves, shin guards, or protective gear, you can come close to sparring with the use of focus mitts. You can still use things like foam kicking shields and Thai pads to develop the student's power as well. There are plenty of drills that you can do with these types of equipment, as well as no equipment, that can help your students to grow.
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Yes, all that stuff is great but you can't learn to fight without sparring. Just let your students know that, don't lead them into thinking they are becoming unstoppable fighting machines.

According to Bruce Lee himself, you have to spar. So its not really JKD if you don't spar.
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Sad, but true. I wish you could contact spar in high school. It doesn't make sense, really. I mean, what do these fools think football is? Not for pansies, that's for sure.

I believe boxing is little different at the ametuer level, really, than football in high school.

The whole thing kinda offends me, to tell you the truth. It's all about political semantics. "oooh, no, that kind of hitting just can't be right!" even though the evidence is against them.

Oh, well. You could always drill and do philosophical/ethics training at the school and then meet, as has been mentioned before, at a community center later (like the YMCA, or some such).

It's a shame. As if wrestling, discus, and shotput didn't come from the military arts or something.

I could go on forever . . .
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