FitnessGram and Flex Day

Week B: Sept. 8 & 9 and Sept. 14 & 15

You will take the curl up, push up, shoulder stretch and trunk lift tests.

For Flex Day Sept. 13 you can choose to do:

HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) WORKOUT

1) Jumping Jacks (20 Sec)

2) Push-Ups (20 Sec)

3) Jumping Jacks (20 Sec)

4) Curl-Ups (20 Sec)

5) Jumping Jacks (20 Sec)

6) Shoulder Stretch (20 sec)

or

Take a 15-minute WOG! A WOG is a combination of WALK and JOG.

Begin walking. Then, lean forward and pick up the speed just a little.

It’s okay to take short, quick steps. If you can go 1 mile in just under

15 minutes, then you’ve set a good WOGGING pace.

We are kid Sumo Wrestlers!

Week B: August 23 - 26

Sumo is a religious ritual

Compared with most sports in the world today, sumo originated a heck of a long time ago. About 1,500 years, in fact. From the very beginning it was entwined with Shinto ritual, when it was performed at shrines to ensure a bountiful harvest and to honor the spirits – known as kami.

The rules of the match

A sumo match doesn’t start until both wrestlers have placed both hands on the ground at the same time.

Sumo wrestlers haven’t always been overweight.

In fact, it was only very recently in the history of sumo that the wrestlers developed the chubbiness they are now famous for.

Sumo wrestlers have to wear traditional clothes

They are also expected to grow their hair in order to form a topknot, or chonmage, similar to the samurai hairstyles of the Edo Period.

The Japanese people bow in order to:

• Show respect

• Express deep gratitude

• Say goodbye

• Offer an apology

• Tell someone congratulations

• Express sympathy

• Ask for a favor

• Show appreciation

• Begin a formal ceremony

• Begin a training session

• Enter or leave a martial arts dojo

Important vocabulary: konichiwa (good afternoon) Onegaishimasu (let's begin )

Kids Web Japan Please refer to this website for more information about Japan and Sumo.