Lesson Planning For Karate Instructors: Four Main Components Of An Effective Lesson Plan
As a karate instructor, you no doubt understand the importance of lesson planning. Developing an effective lesson plan is of vital importance, especially for new instructors. However, even for a highly experienced instructor it does not hurt to revisit some basic lesson planning principles. There are several main components that are critical to the overall lesson content of karate at all levels. These components are:
Element, which includes basic training, forms, and partner work;
Type, which includes quality, quantity, fun, and serious;
Level, which is beginner, intermediate, and advanced;
Focus, which includes grading syllabus, analysis and application of forms, self-defense, target training, and general drills.
Generally, every lesson will include all four of these components. The parts of each component relate to the actual lesson content. By combining these components and making slight changes, each lesson will be interesting yet different while still sticking with the necessary content required at each rank level.
Lets define each...