What a great first lesson we had, full of energy and fun, thanks to a fantastic bunch of kids. So very well done to the kids for all the karate and English speaking talent you all showed.
In the lesson we had fun getting warmed up doing some movement and counting games such as running, jumping, rolling and racing to either North, South, East or West.Then we had a good stretch starting from our head and working down through neck, shoulders, arms, hands, hips, back, knees, ankles to our toes. We all counted 1-10 as we did our flexibility exercises.
Next we started our karate training with some basic techniques such as straight punches and kicks in 1-2 or 1-2-3 combinations. Everybody did very well and Angelina, Miyu and Towa did especially well in leading the counting from 1-10. We got lots of 'kiai's from everyone showing great spirit and
energy all round.
Finally we finished with some more word games such as moving like animals - elephants, lions, rabbits, kangaroos, and another round of N/S/E/W as the kids liked it so much.
Next lesson we will cover numbers 1-15, high/medium/low, more animal words and we will start to learn Basic Kata 1. I'm looking forward to seeing you all again there! Bye for now and well done again!
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| Angelina shows off her side kick! |
