Randomly Breaking The Rhythm
This past weekend, I conducted a three-hour grading for several students. All of them are private clients. That is, they all have trained with me one-on-one since March 2020. For many, this was the first time they had seen each other since the beginning of…
Martial Arts Training Seasons
Do you vary your martial arts training seasons? For instance, summer and fall have tended to be the “camp and seminar” seasons. You pick up what you learn at these sessions and integrate it into your repertoire. “Oh! That’s a fantastic technique! Let’s work on…
What Now?
What now? 2020 has been quite the year. Ontario went on a months-long lockdown from March through the end of August. At that time, the province started to relax COVID-19 restrictions in various regions, based on case numbers. Unfortunately and this was foreseeable, cases started…
Old School Garage Testing
As readers of this blog know, I have switched from group classes to private lessons during these unprecedented times. One consequence of this move concerns testing my students for rank. In the past, I have tested my students in a group setting. However, in these…