ACTIVITIES

 

Martial Arts Instruction

Invite a Martial Arts Instructor or an advanced student to talk about their training, the history and origin of their practice or a demonstration of basic moves. 

Have more than one style of martial arts school in your area?  Invite them all and have them explain the difference in their styles!   

 

Master, May I?

Play like "Captain, May I?"  (For Smaller groups of 10 or less)

Line the players up at a starting point, and select one child or adult to play the role of the master who stands at the finish.  The master gives a number and an way to advance forward to each player such as, "Josh, take 4 Karate Kicks forward."  Josh then must answer, "Master, may I?" to which the master responds, "Yes" and they bow to each other before Josh completes his assignment.  If the child does not ask permission before making a move, they must return to their previous position.  The first child to reach the master then takes over the role.

 

Play like "Simon Says" 

Again, one child plays the master and assigns tasks for each player.  However, this time they don't have to be steps or reach the master.  Instead, if they don't ask for permission and bow before acting, they are out and must sit down and play continues until one child is remaining.

 

Actions: Karate Kick, Punch, Ninja Crawl,  

 

Hi-Yah!

Set up boxes to be kicked over, or start saving styrofoam pieces from packages and karate chop them.  

 

Ninja Name Generator

Use the ninja name decoder to give everyone a ninja name.