Anabasis Marozzo
We’re transitioning to three days a week of training at Valkyrie WMAA. The plan is to keep the Monday and Thursday night slots ongoing at One Thousand Rivers, and start outdoor classes Saturday afternoons, taking advantage of the awesome Vancouver…
March of Marozzo
Marozzo’s progression…I have taught that damned thing so many times, in so many different ways…I’m always eager to abandon it from my teaching repertoire. Familiarity can breed contempt. It’s a bit inescapable, though. Marozzo’s method makes the guards into valuable…
A look behind the doors
If we had doors to hide behind, anyways… Putting together the first promo clip for the Valkyrie WMA Assembly was a bit of a challenge. Our camera has been busy. I leave it on a table at the side of…
Movements subtle, strong, swift, supple and bold
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity, Where past and future are…
Balance, Timing, and the War.
The problem with most martial arts teaching, especially in written form, stems from a basic misunderstanding. In order for me to explain the technique I want to teach, I have to break it down. I have to talk about the…
Boxing Marozzo
We had a complex technique to learn, so I decided to start the class out with warm up drills. In theory, an angled off-line step is a simple thing, even with a passing step. In practice…much more complex. Facing an…
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