An obstacle course itself is an easy tool for you to create- you already have a lot of the material in your classroom. There are bags, pads, and much more in your school. Obstacle courses can also involve parents or other students who have just come in. The kids already want to play with the pads and equipment while they are waiting for class to begin. The children also see this as a chance for them to be challenged by the various stations in your Obstacle Course. They enjoy it even if it doesn't change.

Granted, the obvious factor in this game is equipment, but kids will have fun with most things. Below is a list of what I used and what I had the children do to it.

• Wavemaster / Kid Kick: Brand name punching bags that I had kids use. If they were tall enough, I had them use the Wavemaster. If height was not on their side yet, I had them kick at the red foam of the Wavemaster standing on its own. I would have them get into a good stance and kick the bag using a specific kick (maybe one worked on in class.) The kids would relish in the chance to knock the Wavemaster top over and send it rolling. But before they could continue on, they had to stand it back up for the next person. (Especially if I was not there.)
  
• Body Shields: I would stack two body shields up or simply lay one flat on the ground and make the children jump over it, maybe attempting a flying front kick over the foam shield.
  
• Hand Pads: I also had in my possession square punching pads that were used as targets. I had quite a few variations, so I used them in numerous places.
  
• Hand Pads: The obvious use was to involve one of the parents to hold the pads and make the kids get into a good stance and a have them punch. I often had them throw a left punch at the right target and a right punch at the left target. Or I mixed it up and did a low kick followed by a high punch. Just have to find a parent who's not afraid of standing there.
  
• Obstacles: I also placed these hand pads on the ground so kids would either jump over them between major stations or zig zag around them like a Karate slalom course.
  
• Blades of Death: A cute name from my kids class, but what I did was put the hand pads in my hands and swing them back and forth like padded swinging blades. They usually alternated and required kids to use timing to step past the first one and stop to wait the second one. Many got bumped on the head when they ran to fast or too soon. Again, this builds the ability to read motion and help determine when something is coming at them. This drill is similar to the idea of Leap Frog-- that adorably ancient video game where the frog had to dodge traffic of the highway.
  
• Sparring Gear: was used not in a fighting sense, but as a thing to use. It was used either as a method of zig zagging around to avoid the objects. It was also used to jump over or kick off the ground teaching control and foot-eye coordination any soccer coach would appreciate.
  
• Flying Objects: I have also heard of these small padded objects being used as thrown objects where the child would have to dodge or block these weapons. Now a barrage of padding wouldn't teach them anything but getting hit, but many had pretty good hand-eye coordination when it came to blocking away the weapon or dodging the weapon. And for some reason they kept wanting to add this element-- maybe it was because they weren't allowed Dodgeball at school anymore.

I tried a few of these things at my school, and to say all would work at yours is an oversight. But I invite you to play with the ideas seen above and try a few of them out.