Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, July 4-6
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we played our “Pit of Doom” game. Using a large space filled with various “stepping stones” such as small coloured dots, large padded shields and long skinny belts, the students are tasked with finding their way from one side to another by stepping on certain objects, and avoiding others. This game incorporates fun and imagination, while also developing important physical skills like balance, speed and agility. It also provides a means for the students to practice problem solving, while testing, and pushing, their physical capabilities and turning “I can’t” into “I can”.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you “red light” and “green light”.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we utilized the same “Pit of Doom” game that we played in Lil’ Leopards, reaping all those same benefits. In addition, we had some animal races where we mimic the movements and physical attributes of different animals. Gorillas, snakes and bears are a few examples. By copying animals, who move very naturally and instinctively, we can learn how our own bodies move and react, eventually learning how to maximize our own speed and strength.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the 3 rules of concentration are.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
In our Young Dragons classes we focused on our Traditional Tenets curriculum, specifically practicing our dragon dancing. Not only is our dragon dancing a traditional, historical aspect of our Kung Fu training, it is used to develop many skills such as stamina (it is 95% running), strength (those poles aren’t light) and agility (we need to be quick and precise to get into those complicated poses). It also provides us with lessons in teamwork and shows us that when we each do our part, we can accomplish some really amazing things. This lesson holds true far beyond Kung Fu, and will impact our ability and desire to contribute to the world outside of the Kwoon.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child who they follow in a dragon dance (the answer is the person in front of them).
Special Announcements for All Classes
The next Open Training is this Saturday, July 15 from 10am-noon.
