Golden Week Kids Club

We just had a great Golden Week this year with a fun packed kids club. Over two days we played a lot of Aikido themed games and activities where kids had to use skills I had taught them to win or complete the challenge. One day we focussed on Zenpo Kaiten Ukemi and the second day we switched to Tanto activities.

It was really fun to have the kids join me for 2 hours rather than the usual one hour and to do it in the morning meant they were a lot fresher than usual as they didn’t have school that day. As we were not focussed to heavily on learning new things, I was able to relax more and focus on having fun with the group rather than trying to find a balance with teaching. I was really impressed how well all the students did in everything as they gave it their all for all the activities.

This is the second year running that we have done Golden Week special classes, it was great to have a Golden Week club with a lot of our regular students this time. I could really see them brining their skills from the lessons into the dojo during the activities.

Next we will looking at Summer School to do some special morning classes. I will also look at doing a special Tanto training and Self Defense in preparation for the August Club Anniversary Embukai.