Kaja Sadowski

Fear is the Mind Killer (eBook, ePUB)

How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How do we cultivate inner strength?

Martial arts and self defense are about so much more than physical skills. Learning to fight is a catalyst for growth. It makes our students stronger, more confident, and more resilient - at least, that's how it's supposed to work. Too often, the students who need that strength the most struggle to find it.

Learn how to build a training environment that helps all your students grow. Help them face their fears, grapple with failure, test themselves, and come out bigger than before.

Fear is the Mind Killer will help you shape your training culture. You'll learn how motor learning and motivation actually work. You'll get a window into the needs of all kinds of students, including vulnerable and under-served groups.

You'll get concrete tools that help you put that knowledge to use. Write and enforce effective policies. Manage your classroom to support and empower diverse students. Design training exercises that incorporate play and problem-solving. Add pressure with stress testing activities.

This book is for all teachers, whether you're building a new community or checking in on an existing one. It will help you ask the right questions and find the answers that make the most sense for you and your community. Practice activities and sample drills will make sure you're on the right track as you work.

You know what your students need. Here's how to get it to them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kaja Sadowski
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781999066314
• Artikelnr.: 56832589

Autorenporträt

Kaja Sadowski has been a physical instructor since 2004. They taught figure skating, climbing, and mountaineering before coming to martial arts in 2010. They are a co-owner and coach at Valkyrie Western Martial Arts Assembly and have taught workshops across Canada, the US, and the UK. Kaja's core martial art is historical swordplay, with a focus on sword in one hand, sword in two hands, dagger, and two swords. They also teach unarmed striking, knife combat, and self defense. Kaja worked with the Vancouver Police Department's Force Options Training Unit from 2015-2020, participating in realistic tactical scenarios and guest teaching for the Special Municipal Constable program. They hold an MA in English Literature, and did their graduate work on medieval chivalric romance. They have taught at the undergraduate level in literature, history, and medieval studies. Kaja lives in Vancouver, Canada. Along with teaching at Valkyrie WMAA, they offer coaching and consulting for fellow instructors through their website, kajaswords.com. When they're not fighting people for fun, they enjoy embroidery, board games, and weightlifting.