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Empower Kickboxing Fitness Instructor Training

This course is approved by ACE & ISSA for 22 hours of CECs/CEUs and is a necessity for anyone who plans to teach rhythmic choreography (like teaching a choreographed aerobic dance class or Step class) kickboxing workouts.

This course consists of:

  • One 229 page Manual and a 44 page Instructor Workbook
  • 3 DVDs covering Technique Execution, Choreography & Drills, and Focus Pad Training
  • One Written Exam

The Manual includes instruction and information on:

  • Demonstration and instruction on the safe and proper execution of the Stances, Jab, Cross, Hook, Uppercut, Knee Strike, Palm Heel, Front Kick, Defensive Side Kick, Step Side Kick, Roundhouse Kick, Inside Crescent Kick, Outside Crescent Kick, Back Kick, Elbow strikes, Bob and Weave, Blocks, and Foot Movement Patterns.
  • Primary joint movements involved in each technique.
  • Safety concerns of each movement / technique.
  • Modifications of technique execution to prevent injury.
  • The concept of beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of participation, as related to both skill and conditioning of individual participants.
  • The concepts and factors that influence kickboxing fitness class design, related to Class Structure, Class Formats, and Balanced Workouts
  • How to evaluate, plan the use of, and use kickboxing training equipment.
  • The basic equipment characteristics that influence the safe and proper use in an exercise class environment.
  • Kickboxing fitness instructor qualifications.
  • Guidelines to use when evaluating potential instructor training resources.
  • How to plan and teach basic to advanced level choreography.

 

FitStrike MMA / Kickboxing Fitness Instructor Training

This is a follow-up course to our original Empower Kickboxing Fitness course (shown above) and is approved for 1.8 CECs for ACE & 20 CEUs for ISSA. The information, skills and drills contained in this course are better used in a circuit/interval type workout format – great for personal training with individual clients and small group training or for group instructors who do not teach choreographed routines. These skills and drills may be performed with or without training equipment (heavy bags, focus pads, elastic tubing, etc).

The course includes the following:

2 Instructor Training manuals

  • Technique & Equipment Training – provides a review of technique biomechanics, safety issues, class design, program development, instructional techniques, training equipment evaluation, the integration and use of equipment in classes, and much more!
  • Skills, Drills and Workout Routines – brand new information for non-choreography-type classes! This manual provides in-depth information on circuit or interval type classes that may or may not use equipment. All drills, skills and workout routines described in this manual can be performed with or without equipment! This book (and the accompanying video) provides instruction on several dozen brand new kickboxing/ MMA skills and drills that can be performed without equipment, on heavy bags, on focus pads, with medicine balls and using elastic tubing. The manual also contains some actual Class Plan examples for 8 week sessions!

3 Instructor DVDs

  • Technique – demonstrates and explains safe and proper performance of all techniques. Also provides guidance for teaching the techniques and observing performance.
  • Focus Pad – demonstrates and explains safe and proper use of Focus Pads. Also provides guidance for teaching the use of this equipment, observing equipment use AND several drills using the equipment.
  • Skills, Drills & Workout Routines – this video demonstrates how to perform and teach dozens of different kickboxing/MMA training skills & drills! Detailed instructions for each skill, drill and workout routine shown on the video are documented in the Instructor Manual. “Improvement Metrics”, for every skill, drill and workout routine, are provided for instructors to use to keep training participants motivated.

One Written Exam