Description:
In this drill the students will work on developing better FOCUS by learning to perform their self-defense combinations on both the dominant and non-dominant sides.
Teaching SKILLZ: EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
If the student can escape all three times, then the instructor will have 5 pushups.
Brain SKILLZ: LONG TERM MEMORY
The student must be able to remember the defense for the grabs, and remembering to say “stay back” once they complete the defense.
Step 1
Divide your students into lines
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Demonstrate self-defense combinations 1-3
Have 1 instructor per line to be the attacker.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
Have the first student in line put on the blindfold.
The instructor will attack them with self-defense combination #1, #2 and/or #3
The student must then properly defend themselves.
After the third attack, the next student in line gets a turn.