Focused Practice, Ninja Challenge, & Performance 25s
Self Defense Week 1
Earn your half Brown Tape!
Focused Practice
Practice your new Self Defense 25x on each side on a willing classmate or family member.
Ninja Challenge
Do your rolls to fighting stance and rolls to a side breakfall 25x on each side.
Performance 25
Do a Performance 25 for your current poomsae and 1 past rank poomsae.
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!