Perspective

This week’s theme has been a good one for me as a teacher. Without the feedback I got from the testing board, I don’t think I’d ever have come up with the idea of blading as a theme.

I love the openness of the testing process. I love that it keeps us all on our toes – teachers and students alike. I love how the process not only helps those who are testing but all the students in the system who them get exposed to the new drills, ideas and feedback that comes out of the process.

Today’s experimental drill was practicing blading while in motion. The idea was to keep part of a fighting posture (a reduced centerline) before the Self defense situation had exploded into a full fight. Better to start with a good position than have to extricate yourself from a bad position.