What is the sequence of your martial arts class?

Question

What do you do first, second, third, etc., in a typical class?

For example:

1. warmups

2. stretching

3. forms or katas

4. punching and kicking drills in the air (no partner)

5. one-step and three-step sparring (partner drills)

6. freestyle sparring?

7. rolls and breakfalls?

8. throws and take downs?

9. weapons practice?

I'm interested to know how the sequence of class runs,. from warm ups to the close of class, for different styles of martial art,

Like BJJ, krav maga, tae kwon do, Kyokushinkai, Shorin or Goju-ryu, Judo, escrima, silat, taichi, JKD, wing chun or other kung fu, capoeira, or anything else out there.

Answer 1

Judo- Come in

bow down to your master

warm up( strech jog around ....)

They show us a move.

We get partners and let each other throw us and help each other

then randori ( Judo matchs)

Bow down to your master and shake everyones hands

open mat-Do judo or bjj

BJJ-

Warm up on your own

they show us a new move

we get partners and we let each other do the move to us and we help each other

then we roll ( fight jujitsu style)

then at the end the hi belts may show us what they did not like about are techniqe

open mat

Muay thai

warm up

Hard core leg streching

mat work

shoadow boxing

light contact sparring

Answer 2

i take taekwondo, and this is usually how my martial arts class goes:

1. stretching

2. warmups

3. kicking drills with partners

4. forms or self defense

5. breaking

6. sparring

7. rolls, breakfalls, one-step sparring, etc.

8. weapons practice

4 to 6 are kinda mixed. like, sometimes we do it, other times we won't do it.

Answer 3

1. warm up and stretch

2. split up for instruction / drills specific to each belt level

3. sparring

4. conditioning

I do a style based largely on kickboxing

Answer 4

Practice playing insturments and singing ,stretch, warm ups, learn a new move, pactice with a partner, learn a combo, practice with partner, maculele or samba, Spar!

I take capoeira and it is fun to do

Answer 5

I'm a Tae Kwon Do person myself and this is generally how the class I'm in goes:

1. Bow in

2. Student or instructor leads warmups and stretches for about 15-20 minutes

3. Depending on class size and number of instructors, the black belts will divide up the students between them (or assign high ranking students to teach for awhile) and do any one or more of the following:

Forms / Basic Blocks and Punches

One steps

Sparring

Self Defense

Progressive kicks, or kicks on the bag

hand or kicking techniques

4. Sometimes there will be a speed drill after this

5. Line up, then bow out and go home

Oh, and just for reference, our class usually lasts about two hours.

Answer 6

I have been learning from Kata manuals but, if you are still willing to read.....

1)  Warm up with 5 high stretch kicks on each leg, front.

2)  Followed by, a hand stand held for about 5 to 10 breaths.

3)  The "child" position in yoga, to relieve the spine from the hand stands.

4)  Sitting back up, Zazen style, and doing stomach vacuums.

5)  Then, every Shotokan Karate stance, held for roughly 5 deep breaths each.  Since Tai Chi stances and Karate stances have much in common, I only practice the Tai Chi stances that are different from Karate, and I hold each of those for about 5 breaths.

6)  Zhanshuang "tree hugger" posture, for 5 deep breaths, and then held standing on one leg on each leg.

7)  Kihon, 10 repetitions, starting with defensive blocks, then hand techniques, and then finally foot techniques, 10 repetitions all of them.

8)  Kata, Heian series, Tekki series, Empi and Gankaku, no rest, single repetition each, rapid succession.

9)  After the Kata, Yang Long Form Tai Chi Chuan, ended by Chi Kung.

10)  Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the cool down and then

11) sit cross legged, and stare at a Ying/Yang symbol, not taking your eyes of it, no matter what, for about 10 or so minutes, while endeavoring to relax.

I'm not sure if there are any schools out there that follow that training pattern or if mine even works.  And d**n it man, I need a training partner to do drills with!

funny how your list does not include the basics.  I forgot my Goju Ryu Katas but I NEVER forgot my basics.  That is how I was able to learn from that Shotokan Kata manual with such relative ease.

Even I, a book-learnin' idiot, know to drill the basics.  Not sure about what a quality school is but keep well the h**l away from a place that doesn't cover the basics in every single class, and keep well the h**l away from a place that does not do stances as the basics of all basics.

Answer 7

Every class starts with push ups, crunches, leg lifts, etc., and then stretching.After that it diverges into one of 3 usual sequences:

1. go through katas as a class, with individuals getting split off when they reach their highest kata.

2. once everyone is split up by rank, we will go through our individual material. Katas, bag work, kisos, and anything else we need to work on. Usually we will do that for the remainder of the class, switching partners or instructors several times, but sometimes we will do that 1/2 the class and then spar for the rest of class.

or we will:

1. pair up by rank and/or size and do drills with handheld bags, such as defensive sidekicks, or speed drills, or how to escape from chokes, bear hugs, etc. or grappling. That might be all class or might be 1/2 the class and then we'll work material.

or we will:

1. pair up and do sparring drills. One-for-one, different combinations of kicks/punches/strikes, drills working cutting angles and getting out of the way, drills about blocking different combinations of strikes.

2. That's followed by light flow, contact sparring using control. It's more trying to apply the drills in a more realistic fighting situation than what we had been doing earlier just practicing them. This goes on with all the pairs simultaneously while the instructors walk around and make corrections/suggestions.

3. And then we actually spar. This is one pair at a time with everyone else watching and with the instructors judging.

Some times there will be variations in that, of course, but those are the most common way the classes are structured in my school. I take goju.

Answer 8

I do BJJ at the Roger Gracie Academy, where classes normally break down like this:

1. Warm-up

Normally running round the room, with variations like knees up, heels up, sprints, circling the arms etc. That will generally be followed by breakfalls and shrimping, after which there is sometimes a two-man exercise (such as fireman’s carry, throws up and down the room, running while one person holds the other’s belt etc).

2. Technique

The instructor will show between one to three techniques, which we'll then drill. Often this will begin with a throw, then a few groundwork techniques. The whole week is often geared around similar techniques: for example, in my first week, I attended three sessions, all of which focused on a standing guard pass and a sweep.

3.  Specific sparring

By that, I mean the sparring is started from a particular position, such as from guard, with a predetermined purpose, such as passing the guard, after which the spar restarts. This occasionally goes from standing, so practicing throws, single legs etc. The beginners class will then go straight to a warm down and finish, meaning the whole beginners class lasts an hour in total.

4. Free sparring

The advanced class is half an hour longer, which is made up of free sparring. You start on your knees (too many people to go from standing, as that could easily lead to people getting thrown into other groups in the midst of a spar). That is normally split into five minute rounds.

5. Warm down

Both classes have a warm down, which tends to just be stretching, but sometimes the instructor will make it a bit more active and do some more star-jumps, tuck-jumps etc. Depends on if they're feeling mean. ;)

If you want more detail than that, I'm sufficiently geeky to have blogged every single BJJ class I've ever been to, starting with this one:

http://slideyfoot.blogspot.com/2006/11/0...

Answer 9

-Chi Kung

-Warmups&Stretching

-Block Punch Series

-Spontaneous Combinations (everybody creates one and we all do it)

-Short Forms (interactive, the attacker becomes the attacked while preventing the strikes from hitting, and retaliating immediately after the one step is finished)

-Kata

-Kata interpretation

-Concept discussion

-Kata interpretation and concept implementation (light sparring)

-Form Sparring

-Bunkai

-Free Sparring

-Chi Kung

-Healing Sounds

-Free discussion (any appropriate questions the students have)