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KORA Cold Reaction Sparring Drill

As a teacher and a practitioner, I utilise a few drills to road test what comes out in an ambush. You can use this drill for any aspect of your arts; we always go straight into the drill cold. The video below is a mixture of the drill and a post-drill review. It’s very muchContinue reading “KORA Cold Reaction Sparring Drill”

Class Plan

Sword & Dagger KORA Core Pencak Silat Week Sword Savate Strikes and Footwork 1 Sword Savate Parries and Manipulations 2 Dagger Lutte Throws and Sweeps 3 Combined Combined Combined 4 Focus Focus Focus 5 The loose plan for what I will teach during class each week. Going to try it for the next three months.Continue reading “Class Plan”

10 October 2023 Class Reflections

Every training program has development phases. Once you have been taught the basic toolkit, tactics, and strategies, you move into the isolation skill development stage to road-test your skills live.

6/7 May 2023 Class Reflections

Saturday started a little differently as I woke up with a back spasm. Which was probably a result of some grappling. This meant I missed sword sparring. After rehab exercises and some yoga flows, I could train in and teach my class. KORA Class We did a quick ten-minute review of some things James, myContinue reading “6/7 May 2023 Class Reflections”

2022 KORA Research Group Review

2022 was supposed to be the year we got out, and about a little more, visiting friends in Ireland, Amsterdam and Spain, but not all our plans came together. Sword I progressed with my Ilustrisimo sword training over the year but still struggled to get it right 100% of the time; I dropped my stickContinue reading “2022 KORA Research Group Review”

9 July 2022 Class Reflections

Third group class back after six weeks off due to holidays and research in Spain. Minimal numbers this week as lots of people are either away or dealing with emergencies. Bancroft came early, and we worked about an hour and a half on the Ilustrisimo sword. We got to train outside instead of my garageContinue reading “9 July 2022 Class Reflections”