Focused Practice, Ninja Challenge, & Performance 25s

Kicks Week 1

Earn your half Blue Tape!

Focused Practice

Practice your new Kicks 25x on each side. Make sure your foot position, chamber, extension, and retraction are accurate for each one.

Ninja Challenge

Practice your basic chambers: Do 25 tight chambers on each side for front snap, roundhouse, side, and back kicks. Focus on hip and foot position.

Performance 25

Do a Performance 25 for 2 past rank forms.

Focused Practice

Thoughtful, goal-driven practice designed to make specific improvements. Keys to focused practice:

  • Be specific: What exactly do you need to change/fix/learn?
  • Make it measurable: How will you be able to tell if you have accomplished it or not?
  • Repetition. Lots of Repetition: Do it correctly over and over to build muscle memory and make the changes stick.

Ninja Challenge

For when you’ve completed your focused practice and want to go above and beyond. By completing the Ninja Challenge you make yourself a stronger martial artist.

Performance 25s

A form of Focused Practice specifically for improving Poomsae.

  • Do a single poomsae 25 times.
  • Get that poomsae evaluated by an instructor.
  • Do another* single poomsae 25 times.
  • Get that poomsae evaluated by an instructor.
  • Put initialed & signed Performance 25 sheet in the fishbowl at the front desk.

*If students do the same poomsae 50 times on the same sheet then they need to get an eval between the first 25 and the second 25. That way we can catch any mistakes before they get it too engrained in their body memory!

We encourage students to turn in a Performance 25 each week. At Rank Advancement Ceremony every 3 months we have a raffle for prizes, and every completed Performance 25 counts as an entry to win!