by richieforde | February 18, 2020 | Blog, Coaching Styles | 0 Comments

So last night in one of my kids classes, I had my sparring session planned out as usual. The focus of the class was to explore some tactical variations of sparring and let the kids explore possibilities and solutions to broaden their understanding of the game of sparring. The class is made up of...

by richieforde | February 12, 2020 | Blog, Psychology | 0 Comments

  ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1: Studies show those who are in a threat state perform worse than those who are in a challenge state. See each performance as an opportunity, a challenge rather than something that must go right or else...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2 : Everyone feels...

by midwesttkd | February 4, 2020 | Blog, Coaching Styles, Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

So our conversation started with this… do you tell your students that sparring is a game or a fight?