Smart Moves™ - Martial Arts for children in Cornwall

Smart Moves is a unique Life Skills style programme for children from 5 to 12 years old. At the British Tang Soo Do Federation we believe that it is important to teach children social, emotional and life skills along side the physical aspects of our curriculum. Therefore the Smart Moves programme for Tigers and Dragons has been developed and written by Mr Woodmason, the South West Area Instructor for the British Tang Soo Do Federation. Mr Woodmason is also an experienced Primary School Teacher that specialises in Physical Education and Behaviour Management.

Mr Woodmason has been working in primary schools since 1999 and has linked the Smart Moves curriculum with key areas of the Primary National Curriculum. We can then use our martial arts curriculum to support and reinforce areas of social and emotional education that children are taught in schools. Examples of this are: "Going for Goals", "Its Good to be Me" and"Say No to Bullying". This is then interlinked to life skills such as Stranger Danger and Healthy Eating. In turn, this is then linked with the Eight Key Concepts of Tang Soo Do - for example Courage, Concentration, and Honesty. Leadership skills are also linked such as persistence and confidence.

This is a unique and comprehensive two year programme that focuses on different linked aspects each half term. Children are then rewarded when the have shown they have worked towards achieving each target.