We had a fantastic day today as we attended our first weapons workshop of the year. Rothwell had a great turn out totalling 12 students and instructors learning the history and proper use of traditional Okinawa weaponry. Amongst the weapons Rothwell students and instructors chose to learn about and use correctly were Aido, Jo-staff, Nunchaku
Category: Weapons
Now that’s commitment!
Kudos to the commitment of our ladies who turned up to train tonight on Valentines night. You all worked hard as always and most of you got your first introduction to traditional martial arts weapons. There was some real potential shown with both Nunchaku and Jo-staff so well done for giving them a go.
Nunchaku Fun!
We have spent a little less time focusing on kata this week in our junior and adult classes, as we wanted to spend a little time introducing our juniors and high grades to Nunchaku in a safe and controlled way. We took the decision during the Christmas break that we wanted to to occasionally be