The Presidential Sports Award is designed in concept to recognize individual efforts to make personal physical fitness an integral part of one's life. In effect, the program
requires the participant keep a journal or log of their class and practice regimen for a period of 4 months. The general criteria requires the participant practice skills for a
minimum of 50 hours. No more than one hour can be credited per day or per workout. Of the required 50 hours, at least 30 must be under the supervision of a qualified
instructor (there may be some variations in requirements with differeing sports, and arts). You don't have to be a
Black Belt to do this. The award can be achieved by any student provided he or she is able to demonstrate a strong
commitment to class participation and learning over a period of four calendar months. To undertake the program, it
is not necessary that you hold any particular rank, or even that you test for promotion. What is necessary is that you
consistently attend class, and that you consistently practice for a period of four months, while maintaining an activity log documenting your progress. Once that is complete, you submit the documentation, with what I consider
to be a very reasonable fee, and within several weeks, you will receive your award (an impressive certificate), over the signature of the President of the United States, with a patch for your uniform (additional patches can be
ordered at nominal cost). Specific Criteria for the four martial arts categories is provided below:
This comes under the category "If you're not doing it for yourselves or your students, then you should be!"
Judo:
Practice judo skills minimum 50 hours; no more than one hour credited daily.
At least 30 of 50 hours must be under supervision of qualified instructor.
Karate:
Practice karate skills minimum 50 hours; no more than one hour credited daily.
At least 30 or 50 hours must be under supervision of qualified instructor.
Martial Arts (General):
For all martial arts other than Judo, Karate and Tae Kwon Do: Practice martial arts skills a minimum of 50 hours; no more than 1 hour credited daily.
At least 30 of the 50 hours must be under the supervision of a qualified instructor.
Participate minimum 50 hours of T'ai Chi Chuan following standards set by American T'ai Chi Association.
Credit no more than one hour per day, five hours per week to total.
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