Thanks a bunch for those great suggestions. My little one happens to have all a sporty girl needs. She excels in soccer and gymnastics and for some reason she follows me when I practice and now she is good at roundhouse kicks, butterfly kicks, side kicks and punching: hammer, ping choy, jabs. I will read more in details your suggestions and will keep you posted in the near future.
Thanks,
Mig
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by Guidance » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:58 pm
As TenTigers said, it requires different approach.
It even differences if you teach your own kids or other kids (respect earning and governance).
Basically it comes down to 1 thing: what does the child itself wants? Is it showing eagerness to learn from you what you are doing? Then let it 'copy' first. But with kids it is important to do things with a smile. Play and game is the right talk. It all depends on the awareness of the child and its motoric abilities up to the point (due to age). So a child at age 5 can require a different approach from a child at age 5.5 and of course at age 7 or 10.
After age 7, they tend to have greater vocabulary and starting with cognitive learning, so the play can be a little less and you can start explaining a bit or putting the repitition into the training to explain that with many tries comes experience, comes focus, comes effect. Then break these sessions with some fun parts, showing that the progress can be used in every day events.
Example:
padpunching moving to catching a small ball while in one of the specific stances. Use them and see how they come up with their own techniques, how they will start to evolve their body, without knowing it.
The eventual goal is to give the child a possibility to develop Kung fu, rather than just learn the threaded paths.
- Go - Learn - Play - Create - Be happy
It even differences if you teach your own kids or other kids (respect earning and governance).
Basically it comes down to 1 thing: what does the child itself wants? Is it showing eagerness to learn from you what you are doing? Then let it 'copy' first. But with kids it is important to do things with a smile. Play and game is the right talk. It all depends on the awareness of the child and its motoric abilities up to the point (due to age). So a child at age 5 can require a different approach from a child at age 5.5 and of course at age 7 or 10.
After age 7, they tend to have greater vocabulary and starting with cognitive learning, so the play can be a little less and you can start explaining a bit or putting the repitition into the training to explain that with many tries comes experience, comes focus, comes effect. Then break these sessions with some fun parts, showing that the progress can be used in every day events.
Example:
padpunching moving to catching a small ball while in one of the specific stances. Use them and see how they come up with their own techniques, how they will start to evolve their body, without knowing it.
The eventual goal is to give the child a possibility to develop Kung fu, rather than just learn the threaded paths.
- Go - Learn - Play - Create - Be happy
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