BAB Forum : Coaching Information http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; BAB Forum : Coaching Information : Last 10 Posts Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:42:30 +0000 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:11:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.11 30 www.bab.org.uk/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=2 BAB Forum http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/ Coaching Information : Requirements for starting a club http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post527.html#527 Author: cactus
Subject: Requirements for starting a club
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 4:11pm


My understanding is that something like the following will be needed:

1. First aid certificate                             Not mandatory but comes under good practice
2. Insurance (via association?)              Professional Imdemity (PI) and Personal Accident(PA) from a BAB association
3. Association membership                    Yes
4. Teaching certificate (BAB instructor course certificate)  Yes the minimum is Coach Level 1 (CL1) you need this to get PI
5. Police check (child protection)            Only if teaching under 18 years of age
6. Weapons registration (even if bokken)  Look at the BAB website re weapons - soon to be updated

For starting a club in a sports centre, etc, the above should be sufficient?

For starting a club in a dedicated facility then additionally there will be:
1. Planning application                                 Sorry I can't help with this query
2. Business license(?)                                   Sorry I can't help with this query
 
Good luck - all the right questions - so you are well on the way to opening your own dojo
 
]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:11:18 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post527.html#527 Coaching Information : Requirements for starting a club http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post526.html#526 Author: sinomart
Subject: Requirements for starting a club
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 6:41am

Originally posted by dazzler dazzler wrote:

Looks a pretty good list - not sure you need to worry about registering bokkens.
 
If you are interested in retaining your kobayashi links then there is a Kobayashi association in BAB.
 
Or you may wish to send a message to Jeff Mills who is registered on this forum - he's a kobayashi rep.
 
Where are you likely to be located?
 
Regards
 
D
 
 




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Subject: Association Tutor Day
Posted: 26 Nov 2009 at 2:15pm

Cheers Steve.

I'm watching it already.
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Subject: Association Tutor Day
Posted: 26 Nov 2009 at 1:57pm

Hi
 
It was a very informative day. Lots of discussion and information swapping. Plus a demonstration of the BAB Website including the New Passworded Tutor Area.
 
I think though I will let the coaching team advise what was discussed, So watch this space.
]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:57:38 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/association-tutor-day_topic102_post398.html#398 Coaching Information : Association Tutor Day http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/association-tutor-day_topic102_post397.html#397 Author: dazzler
Subject: Association Tutor Day
Posted: 26 Nov 2009 at 1:08pm

Anything interesting come out of the recent get together?

Regards

D
]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:08:48 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/association-tutor-day_topic102_post397.html#397 Coaching Information : Requirements for starting a club http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post311.html#311 Author: dazzler
Subject: Requirements for starting a club
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 12:25pm

Looks a pretty good list - not sure you need to worry about registering bokkens.
 
If you are interested in retaining your kobayashi links then there is a Kobayashi association in BAB.
 
Or you may wish to send a message to Jeff Mills who is registered on this forum - he's a kobayashi rep.
 
Where are you likely to be located?
 
Regards
 
D
 
 
]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:25:04 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post311.html#311 Coaching Information : Requirements for starting a club http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post310.html#310 Author: Andrew Pratt
Subject: Requirements for starting a club
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 3:19am

Dear BAB,

I have been living abroad for 10 years and will soon be returning to the UK. While abroad I continued my Aikido training with an association linked to Kobayashi-sensei. Currently I am 2nd dan and teach the morning class at the main dojo.

Looks like it will be a busy and exciting couple of years for Aikido in the UK with Doshu visiting next year. Having attending morning class at Hombu during business trips to Japan I know this will be a seminar worth attending!

There is one thing that I would like to have some information on. When I return to the UK I will initially stay at my father's place. The plan, naturally enough, is to find a job somewhere and then move to that area. It may be that there will already be a local Aikido club and I will be able to continue my studies with that group.

On the other hand, the town may be Aikido-free in which case, I would be interested in starting an Aikido club. I suspect there will be a bit of 'red tape' involved in establishing a club. I have read various articles and heard hints but I haven't found anywhere where all the requirements are listed in one place. Perhaps here you can help.

My understanding is that something like the following will be needed:

1. First aid certificate
2. Insurance (via association?)
3. Association membership
4. Teaching certificate (BAB instructor course certificate)
5. Police check (child protection)
6. Weapons registration (even if bokken)

For starting a club in a sports centre, etc, the above should be sufficient?

For starting a club in a dedicated facility then additionally there will be:
1. Planning application
2. Business license(?)

Is there anything I have missed?

It would be good if the BAB could provide a fact-pack or at least a check-list on starting a club.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Andrew    ]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:19:25 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/requirements-for-starting-a-club_topic76_post310.html#310 Coaching Information : Grades http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/grades_topic69_post285.html#285 Author: Jamieg
Subject: Grades
Posted: 01 May 2009 at 12:35pm

It is a shame that there is not a standard across the board for Grades. I have certainly come across some "instructors" claiming various grades who's ability to perform techniques appears to be lacking. I have recently taken my Ikkyu grade and have to admit it was hard work. I wasn't entirely convinced I had actually done enough to be worth the grade but I guess that is often the case.
I dont know if I could coach effectively, I am regularly asked to demonstrate techniques in class and generally feel pretty uncomfortable when doing so.
I think there are natural coaches and those who will never be particularly comfortable with or good at coaching. Certainly length of time practising and grade should be a good indicator of an instructors ability. However I have seen aikidoka jumping from association to association and style to style in order to raise their grade particularly when they appear to be stuck at a certain level within a club, including moving to a position where they can effectively buy their senior grades.
How a standard could be managed/ policed is a difficult subject; perhaps individual associations would have to submit to BAB inspections and/ or representation at grading panels to ensure the standard? Not sure that would ever be agreed to - associations value their independance so much - but it is an interesting thought! %3cmile
]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 12:35:22 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/grades_topic69_post285.html#285 Coaching Information : Grades http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/grades_topic69_post283.html#283 Author: SteveBillett
Subject: Grades
Posted: 17 Apr 2009 at 3:09pm

Hi Graham
Although I think it should be the coaching team that replies, My view is that the BAB has set a minimum grade of 1st Kyu, This is to ensure that a BAB Coach has enough Aikido experince to teach, The BAB course does not check your ability in Aikido only your ability to put across what you know and that you teach in a safe and controlled manor.
 
If their were no grade levels then it would be possible to pass someone on a coaching course who has little of no aikido training. for example a teacher who is only a yellow belt.
 
I agree that sometimes the grade level requirement is not correct. In my group we had a orange belt who was brilliant at teaching, Also a University Lecturer who was only a blue belt both of which were at least as good as me or better at teaching/coaching. They have both now passed the BAB Coach Level after they reached 1st Kyu.
 
 
]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:09:39 +0000 http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/grades_topic69_post283.html#283 Coaching Information : Grades http://www.bab.org.uk/forum/grades_topic69_post282.html#282 Author: Graham
Subject: Grades
Posted: 17 Apr 2009 at 1:34pm

Does anybody know why there is the minimum grade for attending the coaching courses?  As said previously, there is a distinction between Aikido ability and coaching ability, and the coaching courses (rightly) focus on teaching ability.

Isn't it up to associations who they deem it appropriate to send on the courses?
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