From: mallon@hsi.com (Dan Mallon-Kraft)
Subject: Summary of Kids in Judo
Summary:  Thanks!
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford CT
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:14:57 GMT



When I was a kid (some say I still am!] we used to have the following
games/exercises at my Judo classes [I was about 8 years when I started]:-

1) Sumo type wrestling.  Use our belts to form a circle, take off our
   jackets and have in 2 in the circle... standard sumo rules.

2) British bulldog.  2 teams, one defends, one attacks.  Attacking
   team must get as many players into defendants end zone as possible.
   You're out if you're picked off the floor for a count of 3.

3) Forward rolling over people both in length and height.  See how
   many you could dive over, see how high you could jump and roll over.
   If you didn't know how to roll and breakfall you learnt fast :-)

4) Blind folded groundwork.  Works especially well for the ones who
   think they're not very good!

5) Koka training.  One person out front.  First to get a Koka or more
   stays out, loser to back of line.

6) Piggy Back fighting.  Builds up strength.

If I think of more than I'll pass them on.

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In article <BtpMF7.qx@hsi.com> mallon@hsi.com (Dan Mallon-Kraft) writes:
>However, I was wondering if I could add to my little arsenal of things
>to do (exercises that are fun, but beneficial; games; judo specific games)

	Indian wrestling? (Two people stand next to each other with the
sides of their feet touching and their right hands touching - like they
were doing Osoto on each other :-) They grab each other's hand and then
the first guy to move his feet looses)

	Big high breakfalls/rolls on a very thick crash pad.

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In article <BtpMF7.qx@hsi.com> mallon@hsi.com (Dan Mallon-Kraft) writes:
   However, I was wondering if I could add to my little arsenal of things
   to do (exercises that are fun, but beneficial; games; judo specific games)

One game the kids like is "Steal the Bacon".  Fold up a belt to about
1 foot and knot it.  Place the "bacon" in the center of the ring.  Two
competitors try to steal the bacon and take it out of the ring without
being touched.  Once a competitor has touched the bacon, if the other
person touches him, he's out.  Also groundwork is allowed.  So one
strategy is to drag, roll or throw the opponent over the bacon.
Another strategy is to throw the opponent and then grab the bacon and
run.  Note that even a competitor on the ground can grab the bacon and
get away if they're fast enough.  They may also be able to touch the
standing competitor if they grab the bacon.  After a while we modified
the rules so that someone had to be thrown before an attempt at
stealing the bacon was made.  But forcing the opponent to touch the
bacon was still allowed before a throw.

Another game is good for foot sweeps.  The entire class forms a circle
holding sleeves with their neighbors.  At a signal everyone starts
trying to sweep or throw the others down without falling themselves.
One knee down or letting go of the sleeves and you're out.  As each
person falls stop the competition and close the circle.  When you get
to the last two competitors it becomes a simple randori.  Note that
teamwork can be a strategy with two players sweeping the player between
them.

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1) Kids in judo:  Almost anything can be made into a game if you think about it
		  hard enough.  Wheel-barrow rides (hopping if you think you
		  need an extra hard workout) take the place of pushups,
		  many kinds of "Indian wrestling" can teach about
		  off-balancing.  Randori, IMHO, should be made into
		  specialized games for part of the practice, to develop
		  certain skills.  For instance, ask one guy to stiff arm and
		  nothing else.  The other guy tries to throw.  I've run entire
		  practices for ADULTS as a sequence of games (the most boring
		  of which was "follow the leader").  They love it.  They work
		  harder.  They don't think about how tired they are.


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Thanks for all the ideas!

Dan
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