Children can get exercise and have fun with games that are based on martial arts moves. Regardless of whether your child has any martial arts training, she can participate in some fun and easy games that are inspired by martial arts techniques. Martian arts games can be used in classrooms or planned as activities for a martial arts-themed birthday party.
Ninja Trail
A ninja trail is an obstacle course that makes children use martial arts techniques. Build a ninja trail by setting up various obstacles around a large, empty room. Use balance beams so children have to practice slow and controlled walking. Set up a large folding table and instruct children to crouch down and quietly crawl or sneak under the table. Remind children that ninjas move swiftly but quietly. Time the children to see how quickly they can complete the obstacle course without making any noise.
Karate Piñata
Piñatas are a common sight at children's parties. To add a martial arts twist to a party game, let the children use karate skills, using their hands and feet to punch, chop and kick the piñata until it breaks open. Test out a piñata first to make sure you buy one that is not too hard so that it can be easily broken without causing injury.
Karate Chop
Collect and clean a bunch of foam meat trays or purchase new sheets of foam at a craft store. Paint the foam brown so that it looks like wooden boards. Hold the foam and let children come up one at a time and karate chop the foam boards into pieces.
Pin the Black Belt on the Samurai
Replace pin the tail on the donkey with a martial arts-inspired alternative. Purchase a poster of a man in a martial arts uniform and hang it on the wall within kids' reach. Use black construction paper to cut out a bunch of black belts that fit the man on the poster. Put tape or glue on the back of each belt. Children can take turns trying to put a black belt on the man in the correct location while blindfolded.
Toss and Kick
Kids can release some energy with a game of toss and kick. Hand each child a foam pool noodle and ask the kids to line up. Ask the first child in line to walk up and hand you his pool noodle. The child should then stand on a designated spot a few feet away, which you can mark on the ground with painter's tape. Throw the noodle to the child, who should kick it, catch it in the air, then run back to the end of the line.
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