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tsurashi shondo
23rd December 2004, 00:13
An open request to artists of all styles and disciplines.

I am compiling ideas to plan an informal curriculum for the coming summer training season for a small mixed styles training group here in our city.
We typically train outdoors on public parkland and we try to work on concepts and commonalities as opposed to technique swapping per-se.
We focus a lot on h2h/cqc type of work. Lots of stickfighting too.
Among the things I'd like to look at this year is bringing in some training aids/equipment that are home-made or cleverly employed household objects.
Portability would be a factor. Any ideas? Links? Blueprints?
Also, I wonder if anyone has links to online resources for drills or scenario training that struck you as worthwhile.
An emphasis on "outside the box" thinking would be a plus.

Anyone have an idea of their own that they've tried out in group training?
Thanks for any help.

Joseph Svinth
23rd December 2004, 04:21
Try http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_fm21-20_1202.htm

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tsurashi shondo
23rd December 2004, 15:11
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tsurashi shondo
24th December 2004, 06:33
Thanks for the link and the material Mr. Svinth, a good read. That was exactly the kind of material that I was hoping to un-earth.

Any one else care to share?

Blackwood
24th December 2004, 14:34
This has some interesting stuff:

http://www.donrearic.com/main.html (Don Rearic)

tsurashi shondo
24th December 2004, 22:49
thanks, some neat stuff there.

www.donrearic.com (http://www.donrearic.com)

tsurashi shondo
25th December 2004, 22:01
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tsurashi shondo
31st December 2004, 07:53
Originally posted by tsurashi shondo
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Harry Cook
1st January 2005, 13:58
You can make a useful and challenging punching tool by attacking a tennis ball to a length of elastic which you then fasten around your forehead. The tennis ball should hang to about your wrist or so. Flick it into the air and start punching, try to keep the ball in motion, so you need to learn to duck, slip and hit with combinations. It may be wise to protect your eyes with goggles, although personally I don't.
You can make useful punching pads by covering a bundle of newspapers with flattened out pipe lagging - tape the whole thing into a solid mass.
Hook and jab pads can be made by gluing closed cell foam to strong gardening gloves, or other industrial type hand protection.
Harry Cook

tsurashi shondo
1st January 2005, 23:26
Thanks Harry, that tennis ball idea is great and I think it would also be a lot of fun too. It will teach some valuable lessons about rhythm, accuracy and flow.
Keep the ideas coming folks!