Children's Programs

[Tim Mousel]

Hi,

I'd like to hear some recommendations for companies that offer a children's curriculum, newsletter, ads, lesson of the week, etc....

Thanks,

Tim

[eXcessiveForce]

Hi Tim,

What age groups are you looking for material for.

I've got materials for children 3 to 6

And then we use the regular program but teach it a bit differently for children above six.

[Crouchtig]

children cant do martial arts: their to small and weak to use them and you cant teach them useful stuff unless thier parents complain that your making their precious little children violent(if you want then to be pacifist peacepeople why sent them to martial arts in the first place?)

make them fight teddy bears, make them punch playdo, get them to assassinate barney and the teletubbies

[eXcessiveForce]

Children can't play golf either.

Tigers Dad was some idiot huh. Damn kid wasted all that time trying to learn something he couldn't do when he should have been playing with his skateboard or his playdough.

Look at the big picture.

Kids who learn early may not go win the UFC at the age of 10 but they will be better than average when they get into their 20's.

[Tim Mousel]

The age group will be from 5-10.

Children can learn basic motor skills as well as team work, cooperation, etc......

Martial arts is a vehicle to teach these things.

Tim

[Crouchtig]

if you want them to learn cooperation and teamwork then get them to play a team sport. martial arts is more of an individual thing.

martial arts: arts used for fighting

sports: activities used for excersice, recreation COOPERATION, TEAMWORK, competition etc

tech your stupid kids a sport if thats what you want you insignificant pestulant and ridiculously pousillanimous dimwit with a ludicrously undersized intellect.

this forum is dying

[pseudoswitch]

[ryanhall]

Tim,
Teaching kids is great if you keep the right focus (as I'm sure you will). The idea is, contrary to Crouchtig's comments, to teach cooperation, coordination, and teamwork. Team sports can teach some of the above, but a focus on the individual (as martial arts tends to do) is equally important if not moreso. Teaching a child to rely on themselves for success is one of the most important things that an adult can relate to the next generation.

tech your stupid kids a sport if thats what you want you insignificant pestulant and ridiculously pousillanimous dimwit with a ludicrously undersized intellect.

Do you realize that you are talking to the owner of this forum? He ought to ban your ass right here and now.

children cant do martial arts: their to small and weak to use them and you cant teach them useful stuff unless thier parents complain that your making their precious little children violent(if you want then to be pacifist peacepeople why sent them to martial arts in the first place?)

OK, smart guy. How about this: most people don't learn ultra deadly super killer stuff anyways, and martial arts can be a great way to help a child build some strength and coordination, feel good about themselves, and make friends. Did Tim ever suggest teaching "self-defense" to kids? No. I don't recall his saying that he could turn little Johnny into a killing machine while making sure that his grades rise and he makes friends easier. You missed the entire point of this.

this forum is dying

Thanks to halfwit posters like yourself. I'm glad that it took a thread about helping children to make you realize just how worthless this all is. Small-minded, insecure wanker.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Drop 'is arse in the Ban Bucket.


If I had a nickel for everytime I read that I'd be retired and living with the 'Sexy Babe' from Open Access. Bitty would be my butler and personal security, naturally.

Martial arts training is ALL about learning to work with others. You don't learn this stuff yourself.
You usually end up showing others how to do it.
Occaisionally you find a real POS that needs to get banned for being an idiot.


Spanky

[eXcessiveForce]

Okay back to the original question.


My school has taught quite a few kids and out system really goes after marketing to kids. Let me give you some info and if you have any additional questions or more indepth info email me and I'll try to answer.


First there are important things with teaching kids. First is attention span it is 30 seconds for children 5 years and younger and up to 3 minutes for children to age 10. Adults are up to 10 minutes.

This means you have to change the amount of time you spend on each activity.

For instance. 1 minute bad work, wind sprint 1 minute bag work, 1 minute pushups. 1 minute bag work

you can alternate as much as you want but you will only be frustrated if you try to make them do technique work for longer than their attention span. but they will let you go back to the same activity several times.
Also you can change the activity slightly and sometimes that is enough to get a few minutes out of them.


You must set direct goals.

tell them what you will teach them, show them what you will teach them, teach them, tell them what you taught them, then ask them what they learned. This also helps when dad asks them what they learned today. They don't give the I don't know phrase that makes parents wonder why they are paying for this.

High energy is important. Get them Yelling, Then make them be quite and then back to yelling. it makes life easy once they learn there are times to be loud and times they must listen.

Kids are not mini adults. If you go in and teach with a lesson plan it helps, but if for some reason they aren't interested in it throw it out and do something else.

Kids will also do killer workouts if you make them. It is a good fall back when they don't seem to want to pay attention.

Reward them. let them play a game if they do well. But try to find a game that will also work on the skills you want them to learn. We used to put them in a hoola hoop and throw nerf balls at them and let them block them. they have fun and they build coordination.

Set intermediate goals. Kids will not train two years for a belt. Belts may not mean anything to you but they mean a lot to kids. And putting a piece of tape on the belt lets them know they are one step closer to a new belt.

Teach children the same things you would teach adults. Demand good technique, hands up, and power and they will live up or down to your expectations.

My first school we went to our first tournament and only took 5 kids. They all won a trophy, most of them won two. And there were many who won first place trophies.

My second school's first tournament we took 8 people and brought back 16 trophies. 14 of them were first place.

My kids were taught the same material as my adults. Contact was kept lower but they still made it. And they learned that if they wanted to be allowed to go to the adult class they had to earn that right.

Sparring was done with point sparring rules in the beginning just a little above their level. We had them spar with adults of high rank who could control their techniques and power. Again just above the childs level.


The rule is Make it fun, make it exciting, and teach them what's right.

Parents want to know you are teaching them a code of conduct that keeps them out of trouble and makes them better people. Not blood thristy killers. (that comes later after they have put in a few years and spent enough money that the parents don't want to think they threw all their money away.


We would give out 2 weeks of classes free, and 1 month free depending on the time of year and how the make up of the classes were going. Give them prizes for bringing in friends who sign up. It improves retention and gets more students that like eachother.

[Guest]

I really miss that Crouchtig guy.

Not.

Fighting arts are good for kids, but there are some extra considerations.

- don't teach them things thast are deadly. The poor blighters will end up in a loony bin if they de-wind pipe a schoolmate.

- stress non violent means, i.e. verbal persuasion, avoidance etc. to be used first. We want our kids to be safe, and not be looking for a fight.

- take extra care for their safety when training.

etc.etc. etc.

[Crouchtig]

sorry

im sorry if i say stupid things. i get bored and say the first thing that comes into my head. just ignore me and dont let it annoy you.

teach children whatever you want. i cant stop you.

the post just above this was so good that i have been converted

its good for children to learn martial arts because it is fun, good excersise and helps build confidence and teamwork etc.

please dont ban me oh great one

[Guest]

Butt Kisser........

[Crouchtig]

shut up bri thai. you can never say anything nice about anyone can you?

[Guest]

I wasn't the nasty pastie now was I?

Oh tut tut tut!