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Theme of the Week: Variation
Teach a technique and if you’ve got students who are curious (and let’s hope you do) then they’ll ask: “but what if they…” Yes. What if they do that? What would you do? Try it and you will see. If … Continue reading
Garbled in Translation
Summer solstice today. Let’s hope you celebrated the same way we did, by spending between 7 and 25 minutes hopping over pieces of plastic, throwing hunks of metal above our heads and laying prone while whirling about a 5 foot … Continue reading
Theme of the Week: Variation
Teach a technique and if you’ve got students who are curious (and let’s hope you do) then they’ll ask: “but what if they…” Yes. What if they do that? What would you do? Try it and you will see. If … Continue reading
The Story
What’s the story of Mo Duk Pai? What is the system all about? Quality. It’s a broad term, quality, but we can go about examining it in very specific ways. Today in kid’s class, we looked at three calisthenic movements … Continue reading
Elbows, Wrists and Palms
The volume of work we do often takes it’s toll on the body. The elbows get crunchy… the wrists get owie… the palms get ripped up. What to do? For the wrists/elbows: Get a buddy to massage out your wrists … Continue reading