Secrets of Teaching Martial Arts More Effectively, av Keith Pascal

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ere you have an e-book (electronic book) about this vital subject: How to become a better instructor, so that your students will perform better and learn more, while having a great time doing so. Being a present or coming teacher/instructor you can never have too much quality information about these subjects!

An electronic book is delivered either in .pdf or .exe-format, and can be read on your computer, lap-top, palm (hand-held device) or similar. The advantages are that the prices are lower, and that you can gain access immediately (normally these books are bought and downloaded online).

Keith Pascal has a backgound as a professional teacher as well as martial arts instructor. He scores well by pinpointing the fact that the issue of good and effective teaching and coaching is not about jumping on the current bandwagon or what is the latest fad - what is popular or "in" at the moment. To the contrary he claims that teaching and learning are based (or rather, should be based) on some functional, well tested, researched and fundamentally sound methods. In this book he starts out with showing some of the small steps that are required to bring about change - in other words how easy it is hold better classes and create and maintain a good learning environment.

The author has many interesting takes on various methodical approaches, as well as how to develop yourself as a teacher and instructor. One such take is how he can start with a "perfectly" executed technique or class. He then "subtracts" the present level of the student or class as a whole. The gap between these two levels is what the teacher then needs to fill. This method is quite crafty, simply because it gives you a possibility (clearer, as well as faster) to see what the individual student or class needs in order to obtain maximum results.

It's obvious that Pascal is a teacher that speaks with a great degree of knowledge and experience. And even though a few of the things being presented here are geared towards the arts that he teaches (anything else would be strange really), the underlying principles are universal. In other words, it doesn't make a difference if you're into MMA, judo, karate, taekwondo, kickboxing, grappling, kung fu or anything else. The tone throughout the book is easy and pleasent, and there's a wealth of information to be found!

All in all this is a book that I really would recommend to anyone doing martial arts,  martial sports or budo. And it really doesn't make a big difference if you're a teacher or student. From both perspectives you will be hard pressed not to gain new insight. If you are very experienced in teaching the arts, then maybe not everything here is totally new to you - after all we are talking about the very fundaments of quality teaching here!. Any how: This is a great book! Anything negative? Yes, the lousy cover image that, sadly, gives a rather bad impression of the book.

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