How to Teach a Martial Arts Skill
Here is one of my favorite lessons from the Martial Arts Teachers’ Association (MATA) Instructor Certification Program.
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Does Teaching Martial Arts Like This Make Any Sense?
HOW TO TEACH A MARTIAL ARTS CLASS THAT MAKES SENSE. Martial arts does not encourage free-thinking, but the pursuit of success requires it. Most classes contradict everything they taught in the first half of class.Which half of a martial arts class makes sense?First...
Attention Martial Arts Instructors! How to Avoid this Common Defensive Gap in Sparring.
It's crucial to understand what habits you're teaching your students. Teaching them complex moves won't be as helpful if they need to defend themselves in the real world. What if you could do both? The idea of that is appealing to me, but it's not realistic. For...
The Most Neglected Move in Martial Arts
This Video Exposes One Of The Major Gaps Kata Creates In Striking In The Ring Or In The Street.When teaching martial arts students sparring, it's critical to understand the habits you're creating. When virtually every technique of traditional kata contradicts...
The Powerful Influence of Authority as a Martial Arts Instructor
The block that convinced me to stop teaching it.Please read this objectively as you can. Some martial artists are easily insulted, which is not the purpose of this article. The goal is to stimulate thought and discussion. As martial arts professionals, most of us...
Tony Robbins Martial Arts Interview
From about 1984 - to 1993, I had a cable TV show, USA Karate. In 1992, I drove over to Orlando to interview Tony Robbins, who had recently earned his black belt from Jhoon Rhee. Tony was conducting his Fear Into Power weekend seminar that concluded with everyone,...
Martial Arts Instructor Certification: How to Give Clear Instructions
From the MATA Professional Martial Arts Instructor Certification Course Module 1-Lesson 1: Four Keys to Giving Clear Directions 1. Specific. Effective directions are specific. They focus on manageable and precisely describe actions that martial arts students can...
Martial Arts Student Retention Process 1 of 2
How an Inadvertent Lack of Integrity isSabotaging Your Student Retention Martial Arts Student Retention is important because it's much less expensive to keep the students you have rather than spending time and money recruiting new students to replace the dropouts....
Bruce Lee vs Joe Lewis.
This is the longer version. The short version can be watched here. The two biggest names in martial arts, Bruce Lee and Joe Lewis in a fascinating "Teach-Off." Each of them will teach and demonstrate a sidekick on the body shield. There is a huge difference in how...
