HPE-203 Advanced Martial Arts
An advanced martial arts class that features rigorous standards of class participation, etiquette and discipline. In addition to advanced martial arts training, class participants will be part of a martial arts demonstration team. Additional fee is required. Current enrollment or completion of any martial arts class required.
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Course Outline
Department
Health Science and Human Performance
Course Description
An advanced martial arts class that features rigorous standards of class participation, etiquette and discipline. In addition to advanced martial arts training, class participants will be part of a martial arts demonstration team. Additional fee is required. Current enrollment or completion of any martial arts class required.
Credit Hours
1Course Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the overall wellness benefits of martial arts training as a lifetime physical exercise activity
- Analyze and execute advanced martial arts skills and techniques individually
- Employ advanced martial arts skills and techniques with a training partner and as a member of a martial arts demonstration team
- Demonstrate positive role modeling behaviors and high standards of etiquette, discipline and commitment to martial arts training and demonstration team endeavors and events
- Develop proficiency as a college / community educational resource for anti-bullying, conflict avoidance / de-escalation, and personal self-defense
Topic Outline
- 1. Safety considerations relating to advanced martial arts training activities
- 2. Historical and theoretical basis of martial arts techniques utilized in the coursework
- 3. Warm-up and cool-down exercises optimized for martial arts training goals
- 4. High-level conditioning, hand-eye coordination, and speed drills and circuit training
- 5. Advanced hand and foot striking techniques
- 6. Advanced falling and energy dissipation techniques
- 7. Advanced partner-friendly and adversarial takedown training
- 8. Advanced groundwork, hold-downs, and submission techniques
- 9. Citizen and personal self-defense topics
- a. Situational awareness
- b. Pre-contact cues
- c. Conflict avoidance and de-escalation
- d. Common predator tactics and ambush scenarios
- e. Adrenal stress conditioning
- f. Appropriate response techniques
- 10. Anti-bullying and anti-harassment training, conflict avoidance, and de-escalation
- 11. Martial Arts Demonstration Team: hands-on team building and active participation by all class members based on their skills, talents, aptitudes, and passions
- 12. Martial arts as entertainment: event planning, choreography, training, and execution
- 13. Martial arts as a college and community educational resource: training, approvals, and events