The Imperial TaeKwon-Do syllabus is very
complex, with 24 patterns up to and including 7th Degree Black Belt. So
the Kid Kickers section was introduced to help motivate and encourage the
younger generation to continue training.
Kids Kickers is meant to be
fun,
an hour of solid training for a 5 year old isn't. So here at the Imperial
TKD association we have broken up that hour with a few games. Also the
grading system has altered from that of an adult or older children's
classes.
Imperial has introduced 5 grades,
White/Yellow/Green/Blue/Red/Black striped white belts are worn to signify
the students level of technical attainment.
Thus allowing the children to recognise the different grades, and we find
it helps to motivate the children as Belt promotion is on a continual
assessment.
Once a child has reached White Belt
Black Stripe they are then able to train with TaeKwon-Do specific classes.
Kids Kickers is successful within the
Imperial TaeKwon-Do Association and there are currently over 100 students,
and those who have ascertained Black Stripe seem to find the transgression
into the older classes much easier and are continuing their training
within the normal grading syllabus..
Imperial
Taekwon-D
