I’m always looking for ways to enhance my students’ experience of the arts, not just technique, but atmosphere too. Lately, that’s meant something a bit different: controlling the smell of the training space when we study the Spanish arts. Spanish oranges, the real ones, have that sharp, slightly bitter citrus edge. It’s distinctive, memorable… itContinue reading “The Power of Scent in Arts Training Spaces”
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Ilustrisimo vs KORA: Hourglass Sword Comparison
For those in the KORA sword class, part of this very nice video (around the 3 min mark) shows what they call in Spanish sword, the hourglass, sometimes called the X or half X in FMA. I don’t like to use the term half X because it misleads the student; we want our students toContinue reading “Ilustrisimo vs KORA: Hourglass Sword Comparison”