Teaching Martial Arts

by Sang H. Kim

Teaching: The Way of the Master is the classic text for martial arts instructors. In a revolutionary approach, Sang H. Kim Ph.D has blended his extensive knowledge of martial art training with modern and classical teaching methodology to create a system of teaching martial arts for the 21st century.

Genres: Martial Arts

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

About the author

Sang H. Kim is a martial artist, author, teacher, motivator, and researcher. He has authored over 20 books including the widely acclaimed Vital Point Strikes and the classics Ultimate Flexibility, Martial Arts After 40, Teaching Martial Arts, and 1001 Ways to Motivate Yourself & Others. Dr. Kim conducted clinical research on the effects of mindful movement and deep breathing (MBX-12) for treating PTSD, and published the results in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and was featured in CBS News, Huffington Post, Fox News, and others. He was born in South Korea, moved to the United States in 1985, created over 200 martial arts video programs for YouTube.

Reviews

[Ryan Coons · Rating 1 out of 5]

Everything in this book is intuitively obvious. If you learn from this book, you are grossly unqualified to teach.

[Ormet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall this book was very useful for me. I am a black belt Instructor at my school and I was looking for something to help me with Instructing several age groups. The book covered several aspects of martial arts while making it easy to understand. It got into the best teaching styles for different age groups and how to handle a class in difficult situations. It was a lot of useful information that was quick and easy to read.
I would recommend this book to any experienced martial artist who is looking to get into teaching or wants to improve his/her instructing. The book helped me develop better character and instructing. Teaching martial arts is its own art and understanding it better can make you a better martial artist overall. This book also gets into how to start your own school. I myself am not looking to start a school just yet but it would be helpful for anyone who is thinking of starting one.

[Kathryn Bowman]

Its good if your are trying to open your own , but the principles presented aren't very good unless they are being used as reference for beginner teachers.