Before I begin, I have a follow-up to the centipede poem from last time: A one- legged dragon meets the centipede (after his run-in with the toad). He asks the centipede, “How do you manage all those legs, I can’t even manage one.” Centipede wisely answers, “I don’t manage them.” When I studied technique-based martial arts, it Read More …
Example of how a lesson plan is subject to modification for the benefit of the students. Read More …
Week 3 Integration work – we added mass attack to moving/striking/weapon. Read More …
Early in my Systema training the following exchange happened regularly: 1. Â Vladimir demonstrated an idea. 2. Â Then I grabbed a partner and began working on the lesson, with varying degrees of success. 3. Â As I worked through the material things would start to click and I’d rattle off a few moves that worked seamlessly and Read More …
Theme for this cycle: Moving and Striking with a Weapon Area of Focus: Form/Posture Class Objective(s): We’re going to work on what good form is and how we lose it and how we get it back One of the situations we’ll work through is being attacked with a knife We will start to draw our Read More …
Class #3 of the first 2013 training cycle. Read More …
First Thursday of this cycle – we were still working on moving and striking with weapons. Read More …
These are the class notes from Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013. The first class of the first full cycle in 2013. Read More …
The following interview is about our new DVD Tension and Relaxation: Secrets of Overcoming Larger, Stronger and Resistant Attackers:
In case you haven’t heard of The Second City, it is a comedy troupe that started in Chicago (2nd Largest U.S. City behind New York for years, and my hometown)way back in 1959. Second City was the “training ground for a host of famous alumni including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, Bill Murray, Gilda Read More …
