Learning to teach teaching to learn part 1 of 2 for this week

Hi All

Another week of Martial Arts although this one will be short as I plan to update again midweek.
Lun and I finally got our venue back for teaching. We did some intense grading training with our grading student which was cool. However not being to train for a couple of weeks made them a bit rusty in some parts, however I am sure they will pull through on the day. In fact they have no choice in the matter, they will succeed on the day. In addition we taught them feinting techniques for their stick sparring. This ensures they just don’t keep beating the living hell out of each other everytime they spar! In fact it was great to see them both incorporate feinting techniques when they did spar as they thought about it more.

Today Lun and I went through some stick work and some pad work. Lun told me about the combatives class he is currently training in private lessons under Greg Hall and its something I would definitely like to try in the future. Combatives is hand to hand combat utilised by the military and was used during the two World Wars taught to civilians who had to join the army. It had to be pretty effective if it was used during wartime so its something I am interested in doing at some point. Anyways I provide a picture of some ancient weapons used in China. The picture is from the British Museum and the swords were used during warfare in Ancient China. Now those look damn effective too!

Anyway I shall write some more mid week
Thanks for reading!
Kit