Healthy Hearts for Year 6/7s

The 5 girls; Lisa Mundy, Cassandra Dowling, Miranda Young, Lydia Wolke and Agata Kahan, enlisted the help of a local Martial Arts Club and through a search of the web they came across us. Once making contact they presented me with what they wanted to achieve and we were more than happy to help out. Our involvement would be to hopefully encourage the school students to take up Taekwon-Do as a good source for reaching their goals.

I approached 16 year old Justin Cernoy as he is one of our senior belts (red / black tip) to help out with the presentation, he eagerly accepted the challenge. Once we arrived and met with the girls they were all very keen to get things started. We were then presented with the group of students that had no idea of what they were in for. The School Teacher sat the group down and gave them a stern warning to pay attention and show us the respect that we deserve and that they did. The girls began their presentation by talking about the importance of exercise and eating healthy, once they had finished they threw to Justin and I to do our bit. The only thing going through my head at that stage was to command the audience and gain their respect, which was successfully achieved. Wasting no time I put together a small wrestling contest, pairing each of them up equally until elimination and only one winner. Next we followed up with a circuit style class which included a workout of punching and kicking onto small targets, to raise their heart rates. 15 mins of that was just about enough for most of them including our hosts and before they knew it they were actually exercising. For some this was a new experience and a stepping stone towards a healthier lifestyle.

Justin and I finished off with a display of patterns and board breaking to give it a bit of wow factor.

I would like to thank, the girls from Griffith University and Musgrave Hill Primary for allowing us to bring our techniques, also Justin Cernoy for his contribution to the event.