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The Power of Scent in Arts Training Spaces

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”

Understanding the Spanish Dagger System for Self-Defense

I receive numerous enthusiastic requests to demonstrate our Spanish dagger system so people can better understand what we do. We differ from many research groups in that everything we teach is based on direct personal transmission. We do not teach interpretations reconstructed from transcripts or historical fragments. That important work of rediscovery is best leftContinue reading “Understanding the Spanish Dagger System for Self-Defense”