Lynne
Master of Arts
Master R taught a Bo Clinic at his Ithaca school on Monday. The Ithaca school is a small dojang compared to the one in Endicott.
It was a beautiful day, 72 degrees and sunny, and we had the clinic outside in the parking lot. We'd have never fit in the dojang anyway.
This was my first time working with a Staff. We first learned how to hold the staff at attention, then how to hold it inside and outside of the dojang. From there, we progressed to forward figure 8's and backward figure 8's. We then learned how to do blocks which were very similar to Hadon Makee. Next, we learned the first quarter of a form (someone said it's the third staff form). Wow, that must be one long form. Finally, we worked on twirling the staff around our body.
I have tendonitis in my left wrist (from doing hundreds of pushups and then fingertip pushsups) but I was able to work with the staff as long as I wore my splint.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun.
It was a beautiful day, 72 degrees and sunny, and we had the clinic outside in the parking lot. We'd have never fit in the dojang anyway.
This was my first time working with a Staff. We first learned how to hold the staff at attention, then how to hold it inside and outside of the dojang. From there, we progressed to forward figure 8's and backward figure 8's. We then learned how to do blocks which were very similar to Hadon Makee. Next, we learned the first quarter of a form (someone said it's the third staff form). Wow, that must be one long form. Finally, we worked on twirling the staff around our body.
I have tendonitis in my left wrist (from doing hundreds of pushups and then fingertip pushsups) but I was able to work with the staff as long as I wore my splint.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun.