SW Portland Martial Arts Blog

So I did a bunch of videos on Mo Yee Do. What next? More kata? A week of kicks? A bunch of takedowns against giant stuffed animals? What? Think deeply on this. Until then, here is the content from Friday.

One of the themes of Mo Yee Do is power. So, not surprisingly, I made a video about turning your hips and (gasp) focusing on generating power in the form.

Kid’s class was all about horses. Yay! Giddyup! Besides being absurd, we did actually practice sparring from a side facing stance and doing martial things.

CrossFit class was a blast. I am really needing out on these skill pieces. I’m not sure anyone else is, but what can one do in such troubled times?

Internal martial arts class was all about “overcoming technological meltdown to find some zen.” That sounds like a worthy mission.

At some point, we’ll open again for regular classes. I’m not going to bother speculating when that will be, but I am going to bother to speculate on what that will look like. It will look like small classes that folks have to sign up for in advance. We’ll have giant squares marking the floor off so that people get their own space. And for the martial arts folks, there will be no contact at first. Anyway, I’m talking out loud. Just wanted to let you guys know that plans are being planned.

I’ve been doing the programming for Dug’s striking class these nine weeks and today I threw some three strike combinations at him. Go check it out and see how it went.

Ever thought about how the stance you take in sparring dictates the options you have? It’s true! All this week we are exploring different stances in kid’s class and seeing what kind of different options they present. Today was all about the lead. Check it out.

CrossFit? Yeah, we do that. It’s become mostly bodyweight movements because I don’t know what kind of gear folks have at home. Today’s skills were the monkey, frog stand, and big toe pose. I won’t tell you what the workout is, because that’s cheating but you can go watch it here.

Kata? Yes. I’m still on the Mo Yee Do kick. Here is part 6. So close to being done.

I didn’t make a post over the weekend. So here is the mighty aggregating post for three days!

Mabel and I made a forth video in our “how to do BJJ with your kids” series.

Lara and I did a striking class on how to bridge the gap. We covered the idea of using movement and the idea of using fakes to get in close enough to strike at your partner.

Today’s kid’s class was tigers. That is all. Tigers. Watch it, you’ll see.

For the CrossFit workout today, we worked the bridge, the kB windmill, and the pirouette for skills. Plus there was a minute of burpees in there somewhere.

And last, but not least, the Mo Yee Do series continues with part 6. Getting close to the end of going over just the moves.