Kids Martial Arts

Lesson 18

Round Kick Rear Leg & Headlock Escape #2

Warm Up – 5min

• Line Drills
• 10 Push Ups, Sit Ups, Squats
• Kick Drill

Striking Development Lesson  – 10min:

• Basic Footwork: Circle & L Step (Stephen Whitter)

• Round Kick Rear leg (Richie Quan & Don Madge)
  • Essential Detail: Coming up onto the ball of the support foot and allowing the foot to rotate
  • Most Common Mistake: Hinging and the waist, you must keep your head and chest up
  • Safety Tip: Use Shin Guards and Gloves
  • Drill Orders:
  • Start with the body kick first
  • Practice the kick as a partner drill where the partner catches the kick and the fighter does 3 x hip rotations and then resets, change sides and repeat
  • Then practice throwing the body kick onto the Gloves
  • If the students can kick to the body progress to the head kick
  • Practice the Body and Head kick on the Thai pads

BJJ Development Lesson  – 10min

• Headlock Escape – Standard Leg Hook Escape
  • Indicator: Bully establishes a tight headlock and neutralises Headlock Escape 1.
  • Essential Detail: Sideways body position and effective inside elbow tuck.
  • Most Common Mistake: Trying to use a pull-up rather than push-up of the back foot.
  • Safety Tip: Insert leg hook carefully to avoid kicking your partner in the groin
  • Transfer Teaching Tip: Make the shoulder getup more and more challenging each time.

Thai Pads – 5min:

• 1min Rounds they will hold for each other. (Instructors need to teach them how to hold)

Sparring – 10min:

• 2 x 2min Rounds, Clinch & Knee
• 2 x 2min Rounds, Positional Escape