Training On Thursday, 15 March 2007

On Thursday, 15 March 2007:
Easy Chi Kung - added the move Slant Flying

Easy Tai Chi - started on the 8 Movement Form which is the beginning mini section of the Yang Tai Chi form

Easy Arnis: the following has been added –
Random Feeding and Defence 1- attacker feeds any strike and defender has to block and deliver a counter-attack. The attacker is pre-arranged.
Random Feeding and Defence 2 - attacker feeds any strike and defender has to block and deliver a counter-attack. The attacker is not pre-arranged.
Whoever wants to attack, will attack without warning.
Disarms to any of the 4 Strike #3, #4, #7, #8 at will - the defender chooses, on the fly, which strike to execute a disarm on.
Random Feeding and Disarm 1- attacker feeds any strike and defender has to block and disarm. The attacker is pre-arranged.
Random Feeding and Disarm 2 - attacker feeds any strike and defender hasto block and disarm. The attacker is not pre-arranged. Whoever wants to attack, will attack without warning.

The amazing thing is that the students, in particular, one new female student, did very well. It was her 2nd session in my Easy Arnis class.

The class retired indoors to the Martial Arts room at about 8pm, where Easy Arnis, again. was taught to another student who had not had the opportunity to learn it. That quickly progressed in a rapid pace to disarms.

Then Sifu John Chow taught the deeper aspects of disarms using the 1st disarm technique against Strike #3. He demonstrated and explained the variations of the basic techniques and the details such as the flow, and the hold on the venus.

Then Sifu John Chow taught how the disarm can be done with various parts of the body - shoulder, forearm in lower quarter, aist, hip, shin, thigh, neck and even the fore finger!

The class then had a vigorous go at practising the variations.

Lastly, but not least, we continued the rapid pace with - barehand disarms against a stick welding attacker! By then, the class was familiar with the principles and movements of the disarms, and it was not difficult at all. Quite easy really.

That's all for the end of the 3rd week of the 1st semester. See you next week.

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