Category Archives: Weapons

Today during the daytime class, we played with sticks. Specifically, we worked on some strategies to deal with when your partner has a stick and you don’t. The simple answer is: don’t get hit and either get way OUT of … Continue reading →

Today in weapons class we broke down knife defense into three pieces: moving our bodies out of the way, using our hands and moving our feet. Not surprisingly, defending against a knife by just moving the body out of the … Continue reading →

We’ve been working a lot on knife defense during regular classes this week.  Since the theme is “moment to moment” I figured playing with blades is a good way to keep people engaged and present. For today’s weapon class, however, … Continue reading →

Spend some time playing with sticks and your more than likely going to be hit… a few dozen times.  Luckily, on the training floor, we can use padded sticks so as to make this feedback loop somewhat less painful. The … Continue reading →

Today’s weapon class was stick versus empty hand.  Riffing off the theme of the week – booksmarts – we talked about what strategies it is important to keep in mind when solving the (difficult) problem of facing a partner armed … Continue reading →