An Interesting Game For Judo Classes…
Submitted by Khadaji on Thu, 05/04/2006 - 12:00
Ran across an interesting game - I’m always on the lookout for new games for teaching kids in Judo…
Make a line of Judoka (Front to back, not side to side…), each one grabbing the belt of the Judoka in front of him. The person in the very back is the target, then one Judoka who is not in the line is the ‘player’. The player attempts to merely touch the very last person in the line. The line, of course, must move in ways that prevent the player from touching their last person. In the line, all people must keep both hands on the belt of the Judoka in front of them.
Should the player touch the last person, then the player goes to the front of the line, and the last person in the line becomes the new player…
Although I’ve not yet experimented with this, there may well be an optimum number of people to place in the ‘line’, whether it is a short line of just 3-4 people, or a much longer line of 10 or more… I suspect that the nature of the game changes depending on how many people are in the ‘line’.
Anyone have games that they like to play in the class?
