Martial Arts
The day our year was thought martial arts started off with a talk about why you should know self-defence. This included videos from security cameras which show the signs of when you are going to be attacked. This is where our instructor made it clear about what we were going to be undertaking during the two days.
After the talk we went down to the sports hall where we started of by hitting pads with our palms, elbows, knees, feet and eventually making combinations. Once we all could do that we were shown some boxing moves. When we had everything covered the last activity of the first day was ground fighting. This was probably the most enjoyable part of the day because everyone really expressed themselves the most.
For the final day we did a quick recap of the day before and then went straight into some weapon defence and finally we finished the day with a test. It tested our fitness and it tested if we had learned all the combinations from the day before. But everyone did well.
Overall it was a new but exciting and useful skill to have.
After the talk we went down to the sports hall where we started of by hitting pads with our palms, elbows, knees, feet and eventually making combinations. Once we all could do that we were shown some boxing moves. When we had everything covered the last activity of the first day was ground fighting. This was probably the most enjoyable part of the day because everyone really expressed themselves the most.
For the final day we did a quick recap of the day before and then went straight into some weapon defence and finally we finished the day with a test. It tested our fitness and it tested if we had learned all the combinations from the day before. But everyone did well.
Overall it was a new but exciting and useful skill to have.