NEW STRUCTURED LESSON PLAN

[Dan]

Hi all due to some debates had in Mallorca and in training ect the concensus was to give the lessons more structure.

Therefore i have developed a plan that can be applied to all lessons but enables something different to be done each time. I have tryed to make it flow and be varied to keep interest but also to help people improve quickly. It should lead to coherent and focused learing with clear objectives for the future. However it could also be shite! so let me know what you think. Good? Bad? needs a little modification? should be scarped all together? should only be done once a week? hate the idea? love the idea? the more fedback the better.

Standard lesson structure
For 2 hour session

Warm up – 10 mins

• The usual mixed warm up

Basic drills – 20 mins

• Punching in the air sets 1 – 8 + turning punches
• Sets of ten punch and block for biu, tan, low gann, cup, jum
• Open - punching with stepping
• Then do punching on the pads sets 1 – 8 + turning punches,
• Set of 15, bursts of punches then 50 punches (alternate lessons do palm strikes)
• Then do punch blocks on the pads
• Then do kicking drills – front kick then front to side then bridging front kick on pads where possible

Grading syllabus stuff – 15 mins (blend with other sections if more time is needed)

• Split group and go through relevant section of the syllabus for people

Forms – 20 mins

• Split group and go through relevant part of form for different people
• Then go through applications of the form

Fighting and self defence – 25 - mins

• Option to look at grab defence
• Or fighting stepping and attacking
• Or bridging the gap
• Or partner drills of block and punch
• Or SLOW - one attack with anything one defend
• Or safe Sparring
• Or for advanced students situation training with head gear.

Chi Sau – 25 mins

• NO one is to use strength!!! This is the clubs biggest weakness in Chi sau and is due to student’s natural competitive nature, remember if you don’t get hit you won’t learn.
• Everyone works on chi sau or dan chi sau depending on level
• Drills of one attack one defend then swap over
• Ensure lots of partner changes
• Do break away chi sau

End session – 5 mins

• Quick warm down – alternatively we could do some exercises to knacker everyone out?
• Thank Sifu
• Make announcements
• Sort out admin stuff etc

[rosenrot]

This is a good idea, as it will introduce better lesson structure, ensure progression of beginners in terms of forms and chi sau and allow students to measure their progress more effectively, which are things I think have been a little lacking so far. I think the club will attract more beginners to continue with us if they feel they are progressing and get used to a certain pattern in lessons.

Also I'd like to try and get the kick-boxer's mats in more often to lessons so that we can do more throwing/takedown techniques which are difficult to practice otherwise. Many 'real' fights will end up with one person (at least) on the floor and we need to learn to use Wing Chun in such situations. Use of mats will allow this.

[Dan]

yer take down defence is important and like you say matts are a safe practical way to train.

The matts are acctually LUSU's so we have as much right to use them as anyone else. but kick boxing are always ok with us using them. i normally just turn up at the end of their session and get the key off them and give it back to them at the start of the next session but we may as well get a key of our own cut if we are gonna use them alot.

[rosenrot]

Getting our own key would be useful, if you could get the key off them I'd be happy to take it into town to get one cut.

[dj]

Yeah good stuff dan. Good idea.