The use of flex when teaching youth

 When teaching youth (and for that matter everyone) it can help to add some 'flex' to your program.

So at times I expose them to some advanced techniques, such as a Chinese approach to multiple striking, where one strikes presents an opening to another strike.

Jing Do 1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSJyJI2q-mI

 Jing Do 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIYicuVOyxg

 Jing Do 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTauCAsvyc

 Jing Do 1,2,3,4 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPp5V6MVgMA

Then this is the way I introduced my students to another form of multiple striking via a simplified 3 count strike pattern (that much later becomes a 5 count strike pattern).

For younger students I change the strikes in our Kata Sho to the 3 count strike pattern. This is what they look like.

Sho 1 with 3 count striking
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHaGlsQUbw


Then sometimes fun happens:

 Green Belts Rear grab defense with Giggles      

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxRlfK-wkDk 

No two classes were ever alike!!!