Be Prepared
Mr. Frymire returned this week and kept students active both mentally and physically working hard to improve.The black belt class ran as usual on Sunday while class was canceled on Monday due to the extreme temperatures, but class ran Tuesday and Thursday night despite the cold.
Students need to be coming to class prepared. This includes being in full uniform (clean) with a properly tied belt, and if a shirt is worn underneath it needs to be plain white (no writing or logos) and tucked in. Students should present their quiz answers to an instructor bi-weekly and students with practice logs need to have them initialed by an instructor weekly. For students who have sparring equipment, equipment should be cleaned regularly with a bleach free solution (rubbing alcohol works great).
Beginners class
This week in class students worked on:
- Fundamental exercises
- Patterns
- Rolls
- Hand releases
Suggested areas of study this week are:
Fundamental exercises
- Four direction punch, four direction block, and four direction thrust
- Go step-by-step through each correcting each stance and hand position
- Be sure to use intermediate positions for each technique
Stances
- Walking stance, L stance, parallel ready stance, and sitting stance
- Know the length, width, and weight distribution of each
- Make flash cards to test yourself
TaeKwon-Do history
- Read the history of TaeKwon-Do in the student hand book
- Read the latest news letter
Advanced Class
This week in class students worked on:
- Combination kicking on body bags
- Sparring series
- Sparring
Suggested areas of study this week are:
Sparring series
- Know what is required for your next rank
- Know the striking tool and target of each technique
- Memorize each series required for your rank
Sparring
- Put on full sparring gear
- Spar yourself in the mirror
- Practice combinations you may use in a sparring match
The student instructor relationship
- Read the Student Instructor Relationship section of the student handbook
- Know your roll as a student
- Know what you can expect from your instructors
Train often and train hard!