Lions Among Us

For today’s class, we looked at the idea of striking at different vertical levels.  One way to think about this idea is to first picture yourself in an upright fighting position throwing a punch to the head.  Next, come down to one knee and throw the same punch at about knee level.

With the theme of the week being “keeping your head on straight”, we then made sure if we were punching high or low to maintain good posture.  As an adjunct to this, we went over basic lion dance stepping and worked the idea of moving the lion head vertically – high and low.  (And of course keeping the lion’s head on straight.)