Aikido? what's that?

Thursday, December 07, 2006,1:08 PM

Class

Last class was quite funny... I had 3 (at the end 4) kids and they were quite full of energy. Well one girl, in the middle of sauvages... (everybody that have ever teached kids will understand my thoughts) i was really damned if they would be able to control me. First i tryed some BIGGGGGGG warming up. that didn't work out. they were even more energetic. After Aikido and... well that didn't help at all... so i tryed a new approach. I would be completly dead at the end but they would be good boys (& girls). gosh it's awful the way human mind sometimes think... (Gotta win!!!!) Anyway i thought... let's play! I made them run and run, more and more and play as much as they wanted under my rules. In the middle, in the moments that they wanted to relax they did aikido. Some wanted to learn how to do the tsuki (punch) so we were training the position of the hand and the stance. and after once again... PLAYTIME!
one thing is sure, even thou there was not that much Aikido they did not went in a fight and at the end they even said some words in japanese. I'm really happy for it... Next class hope the adults will come as well.

Hugs
Ali

ps. have to find some time to put my cousin's pictures.

posted by 100 AsssunTTo

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5 Comments:

At 7:53 PM, Mathieu

Sounds like fun.

Kids like games. Turn aikido into games. Before you realize it, they'll be learning :)

Be well,

Mathieu
At 2:15 AM, Unknown

Have taught kids for years and have raised my own in Aikido too.

Some tips:
Don't teach little ones wrist locks

Let them fall at their own pace and let the ukemi even be sideways

The most common injury for children is a broken collarbone and their arm length ratio in relation to their head is very different than an adults so they cannot actually due safe ukemi until 7 or so.

I found an article that covers this at http://www.aikidoeast.com/aikidoeast/2003/1/article_3.shtml
At 2:18 AM, Unknown

http://www.aikidoeast.com/
aikidoeast/2003/1/article_3.shtml

in the last comment the entire url was cut off... the whole string is above
At 2:06 PM, Jill

Yup, it's really funny how kids have sooooo much energy. During our break, we, adult, take our breath and water, and the kids are running off like crazy!
It seems like you did a pretty good job!!
At 7:27 PM, 100 AsssunTTo

Well they are amazing and you don't need to do much for them to have fun. we just need to make them tired (but not that much) and after they are quite friendly eheheheh :)

Hugs
Ali