Spring(board) Madness

By popular demand we got the springboard and trampette out in the tinies kung fu class on Saturday - they like nothing better than throwing themselves off it onto the crash mats. One or two of them can nearly do a full somersault when they hit the board right which is quite impressive in a seven/eight year old. Conversely my youngest is such a lightweight that she can't even depress the board and doesn't get any added spring out of it at all! Not quite sure what it's supposed to be teaching them from a martial arts perspective (although we did try to get them to attempt some flying kicks) but I suppose just improving their co-ordination and confidence is good.

Good session with T afterward, going through most of the empty handed 2-person sets from the syllabus. My shin is a world of pain following a high-speed impact with his elbow though....