Potential Summer Schedule For Kung Fu/Lion Dance /LARP

Greetings,
I want to do classes for adults and kids together over the summer. Here are some ideas for a class.

Mondays through Fridays


6pm-7pm

6:00pm - 6:20pm
Everyone learns Drumming by hitting a chair with a home made drum stick which should be rolled up paper covered in tape. Make sure it is not too thick for a child but heavy enough so that you get used to the weight of a drum stick. These can also double as knives or something for LARP but they are harder than you would think so still use Caution. The beats we will learn will be basic Northern Chinese beats because I have found that for some reason these are easier to teach to a group than the Southern lion Dance beats, which are more spontaneous and have a greater emphasis on individualistic expression. After doing the Northern beats... one should be able to pick up Lion Dance beats and slowly work on them on their own.


6:20pm - 6:30pm
Children: go play
Pool noodle sword fight. Throw balls. Chase each other.
Adults: Learn the lion dance movements without the head


6:30pm - 6:50pm
Adults: try out the lion dance moves with the head.
Children: secondary roles such as tail and cymbals or the child head.


6:50pm - 7pm
Kung Fu forms. Either perform the forms that you already know, children can follow along on a form, or learn a form to perform.

Bonus!

7pm - 7:30

Children may either play or  leave (though some kids might actually want to join in) because next up is...

Standing Basics! 100 each  11 basic movements each done 100 times.

Mein Lay Jum Tai Chi

We will learn some Tai Chi like movements. We will eventually learn the whole form.


Pre game bonus!
5:30pm - 6pm

Meditation. This will be 20-30 minutes of sitting meditation. I will show the basic posture. There is plenty of literature about the benefits of meditation out there and I have my own stories and lineage and perspective. That being said 20-20 minutes can feel like a long time. In fact, it will feel like a long time even for me now that we are in the era of the Smartphone. I don't suggest that children do this... but they have to be quiet if they choose to be in the same room. I know this is something that one can do on their own (as are all the activities listed actually) but there is something special about meditating in a group and practicing in a group.