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Todays show is supported by :- “ The Edge - English Online Video Lessons” - great for traveling surfers who are non-native English speakers ! - “ English Lessons for surfers by surfers “ LINK - http://www.queens-edge.com/vid.php For a FREE trial lesson - send me ( Ian ) an email on :- edge@queens-e.net For other previous surfing podcast episodes you may be interested in, check out the links below :- Andrew “Cotty” Cotton ( Red Bull Big Wave Surfer ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JOpESLSXq4&list=PLSMSIrUBGIUOYUigx21TPbyEQL9BPpbBI&index=6 Andy Puddicombe - Co-Founder of the most popular Meditation App in the world - HEADSPACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5q4MF1g0M4&list=PLSMSIrUBGIUNABR696NFEvLx_RiLjjB7j&index=6

In this episode, Ian and Matthew discuss the topic of what is discipline and what place should it hold in our English schools. Ian relays his stories of teaching for 20 years in tough high schools in the UK and Australia, in addition to running a small chain of English schools in Japan. Some of the stories and amusing and/or might be shocking to some listeners - but, "back in the day " !! Matthew who has taught in Japan for more than 10 years brings an historical and academic viewpoint to the subject - please enjoy it !!

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Sponsor links This episode is brought to you by The Active English Association and Nac Sport https://www.nacsport.jp ( video analysis and sharing ) www.activeenglishnow.com Active English private facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/tokyoreal.tv/

Part 2- Surfing Podcast “Starts” from about the 1 hour “time stamp mark “ Sponsor Links :- https://www.nacsport.jp ( video analysis & sharing ) www.indexkrown.com.br ( surfboards ) - Japan contact via Email - edge@queens-e.net

In this Episode, Host and surfer Ian Simpson is joined by Co-Host and surfer Keith Davies who lives on Shida Beach where the first Olympic surfing event will be held. The chat is focussed on Shida beach and the waves it produces.

In this podcast we will talk about the benefits of doing simple meditation, mindfulness or as I like to term it BREATHING drills with the kids we teach in our English lessons. We will discuss, kids concentration spans, types of breathing and how to try and achieve FLOW state. We will chat about ADHD, lesson structure and use of the online meditation app Headspace. Our “ virtual guest “ will be Andy Puddicomble, Co-Founder of Headspace. If you are a teacher or parent, you should find this episode intriguing. The Active podcast in unsponsored at the moment, but this episode is brought to you by :- The Edge- performance Analysis Solutions. So, if you are a teacher or coach and you want to video analyze your students or athletes and provide them with video feedback that contains annotations and on-screen comments, these software solutions will allow you to do this. It also means you can bring all your members together on one online platform at the same time creating a real community. Check out The Edge software solutions for education and sport on the links that you can find in the description box on this podcasts website - “ give yourself the edge” Podcast Website - www.activeenglishnow.com

Dominic Jones BIO & Links :- Dominic Jones is from Cornwall in the United Kingdom. He studied Applied Geology with Law at the University of Plymouth and the University of Wyoming. After graduation, he worked for an environmental consultancy based in Devon and became a Chartered Geologist. In 1999, he moved to Japan where he continues to live in the beautiful city of Sendai in Miyagi with his wife and two children. He has a Master of Education in Applied Linguistics and is a Professor at Sendai Seiyo Gakuin College in the Department of Contemporary English. He teaches English and researches comprehensible input in English education, Neuro-linguistic programming modeling, and martial science in self-defense. He is passionate about martial science. He started learning American Kenpo Karate in 1989 and became a 4th Degree Black Belt. He continues to train in the functional self-defense martial science of American Chúan Fa and is a 2nd Degree Black Belt under Dr. Ron Chapél of the Martial Science University in Los Angeles. He is a TEDx speaker who has presented at education conferences and martial science workshops in England, Ireland, America, and Japan. As an entrepreneur in Japan he founded a LLC in the entertainment and education industry. LINKS:- He can be contacted at www.jonesdominic.com or jones.dominic.mr@gmail.com www.activeenglishnow.com Instagram - queens_english_school Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tokyoreal.tv/

In this episode, our guest is Sean Gallagher, co-owner and manager of Happy English Club and Hisaya International Preschool and author of the soon to be released book “ Find a teaching job in Japan - your road map to better jobs and higher pay “. If you are soon to be on the hunt for a new job, this podcast is a “must listen” for you. Its title is :- “ The 10 most dangerous mistakes EFL teachers make when applying for a job “

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In this Episode 2, Host Matthew Coleman chats with Ian Simpson. Ian is the Founder of Active English ( teaching English through human movement) and Owner of Queens Education Co.,Ltd Bio - Ian Simpson worked as physical education teacher in the UK and Australia for 17 years before moving to Japan as a professional rugby coach and then opening small chain of English schools that include an innovative online school. He is one of only a select group of people from the UK to be awarded “The Winston Churchill Fellowship” for the research and development work he did in the area of elite coaching and teaching methods in education and sport. He is now putting that skill set to use by pioneering the new movement of Active English. Show Notes :- Ian starts by talking briefly about his history in education and sport and how its resulted in the founding of Active English ( AE ) The science behind Active English Types of Active English AE`s place within the curriculum The Active English “Platform” - website and social media and THE ACADEMY ( “inner circle” ) The set up of the Active English “Association” and the Business side of AE Teaching Training Courses and the Safety aspects of AE Introducing the next teacher training course on Sunday February 10th 2019 in Mie Ken. See AE website ands SM for futher details. The future growth of Active English This Episodes Sponsors are :- The Edge - performance analysis solutions. The featured product in this Episode is “ 48 TOPICS” - 48 general English conversation topics for use with adults. Downloadable on the teacher and students device or print out option. SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER for listeners of this podcast - get fifty percent off the price by going to THIS LINK and typing in 50% when you purchase it - for a limited time only !!!!! - Link :- Buy “48 TOPICS” Other LINKS : - Website Private Facebook Group You Tube - please SUBSCRIBE The Academy - join one month FREE now :- The Edge - performance analysis solutions Find us on APPLE PODCASTS and i-Tunes and please SUBSCRIBE and leave us a RATING and REVIEW “ UP THE ACTIVIANS “

Links :- Active English website :- www.activeenglishnow.com Active English Private facebook group :- www.facebook.com/groups/tokyoreal.tv Active English You Tube site :- www.youtube.com/ActiveEnglishNow Our Sponsors :- The Edge - performance analysis solutions www.performanceanalysis.solutions This episodes promoted product :- My TPE - check it out on this link :- http://support.analysispro.com/en/kb/article/25/mytpe-online-athlete-management-file-sharing “ UP THE ACTIVIANS “