Session 9-28-08

3 of us today
2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds three count cadence drills with emphasis on counters
1 rd floor bag
2 rds feed & follow footwork
1 rd freestyle footwork
Jackets on….
2 rds grip offbalancing work
1 rd ground engagements
2 rds sambo
we finished the day with some med ball work…
sprawl toss
sit-up toss
med ball slams
We ended a bit early this week. [...]

Session 9-21-08

We got a new roof on our training area! Well at least half of a new
roof. Hopefully the rest will be on before our next session. No more
getting rained on or having to clean up puddles on the mats, no more
mushrooms growing along the wall! No more icicles hanging from the
ceiling in the winter!
Three of [...]

Classes at SCA Saxon Summer

Well saturday I taught two classes at the local Northeast Ohio SCA groups event called Saxon Summer. I taught right after the heavy fighting.
FIrst class…medival dagger and wrestling with a definite focus on wrestling in the manner put forth by Fiore Dei Liberi in his 1410 text. We discussed the 7 requirements for wrestling and [...]

Session 9-7-08

2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds savate sparring
1 rd partnered footwork drill
1 min conditioning
1 rd freestyle footwork
1 min conditioning
Onto grappling…..we worked on single leg take downs, mostly on the
shot and getting in deep enough with that first penetrating step. We
either used a gathering step to close the distance or a passing step.
We then worked for a [...]

8-31-08

Three of us today….
2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds 2 man feed and follow drill with jab only
2 rds three count cadence drills
1 rd freestyle foot work
2 rds feed and follow 2 man footwork drills
Decided to take a short break from sparring and work more on technique for a bit.
We then threw our jackets on for [...]