This is what we covered in class on January 22nd, 2018.
White Belts 6:00pm – 6:40pm and White Belts 6:50pm – 7:30pm
Tonight we covered class expectations, attendance cards, the commands we use to begin and end class, and a few basic techniques. Your children are responsible for finding and presenting their own attendance cards, please do not get their attendance cards for them.
Commands to begin and end class
We will be beginning and ending class in a traditional fashion using Korean commands. Below are some English interpretations of the Korean pronunciations along with their meanings to help you practice with your children at home.
Positions, Stances, and Basics
In this section when Korean words appear we will be using the commonly accepted phonetic spellings.
Standing straight, no moving, hands at your side, feet together, toes touching, focus straight ahead.
Left foot moves, feet shoulder width apart, both hands make fists, brought to the sides of your belt, double punches straight down.
Left foot moves, feet twice shoulder width apart, knees bent, toes forward, back straight, hands in fists on the hips.
Roll your fingers, lock your thumbs.
Techniques
In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Scoop the ice cream, look at your nails.”
In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Scoop the ice cream, show your armpit.”
In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Hand to the shoulder, dust the dirt.”
In Horse Stance, start with left hand, punch from the hip, aim to the solar plexus.
Junior Ranks 7:40pm – 8:20pm
Tonight we covered class expectations, attendance cards, the commands we use to begin and end class, and a few basic techniques. The kids showed me what they learned with Master Ed Sheridan. Your children are responsible for finding and presenting their own attendance cards, please do not get their attendance cards for them.
We covered:
Blue Belts and above got an opportunity to practice everything they can remember. As a general guide. Blue Belts need to know Cross Hand, Same Side, and 2 on 1 grips and will be learning “1 on 1” grips this session. Brown Belts should know all of the above plus cross hand sleeve grips. We will be working on Knife Self Defense Techniques. Red Belts should know all of the above and be working to complete the last 16 Knife Defense Techniques.
Brown Belts and up will be required to complete their Martial Arts and Crafts project this session. We will discuss this in class at a later date.