Learning to teach,teaching to learn part 2 of 2

I split this weeks post up as Lun and I as on Tuesday we taught the guys going for the grading for applied Eskrima from the Warriors System
and straight after went to Steve Powell’s JKD Class.

It turned out that one of our students out of the two grading turned up. Not because of lack of dedication because he had a bad back and Lun and I wish him a speedy recovery. It turned Gaz (the one who turn up) had a good session as we went through all the different grading criteria. As well as the grading criteria we did some sparring techniques on focus mitts and also general awareness of the knife. I do prefer the defence/awareness/avoiding the knife type drills to the attacking with the knife drills but that’s my opinion on it.

After the hour and twenty minute class with Gaz, Lun and I travelled ten minutes into the centre of Manchester to go to Steve Powell’s JKD Class. It was a good feeling going back to the class. Mostly work and other commitments have contributed somewhat in the lack of going to any Martial Art classes. But the lesson itself was great we saw Steve Powell himself and Chris Sibbald who has become an instructor as well.

We did some focus mitt work into take downs and into some grappling techniques. It was a great lesson and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Like the title of the post says learning to teach, teaching to learn, Lun and I are still constantly learning.

My hands were aching the next day as Lun and I were using cheapo focus mitts that we got from a well known catalogue store here in the UK and the mitts are quite hard. It was also the fact that Lun and I were not wearing gloves when punching on this occasion, which in some cases makes a lot of sense as the old saying goes “They don’t wear gloves in pubs”(you have to say it in an English Northern accent to get the full comedic effect).

Anyway thanks for reading
Kit