Sylo wrote:
What you are describing as what you would do is EXACTLY what our school does. I haven't seen any plastic Bo Staves as of yet, but I'm sure they are out there. (As my wife and I buy our weapons, we have been buying white wax wood.) The kids (6 & 8) are still using the foam ones. I do orthopedics, and it's been time consuming just to keep my son out of plaster/slings for a full year.
The Demo team is just that. We got involved with demo as it was extra practice, and part of the autumn demonstration was our initial form "Songahm 1".
One thing ATA could do to improve its reputation, is split its adults and kids efforts into 2 different things. Watching people in their 30s and 40s twirling a plastic bo staff just seems silly to me. I mean, if you want to be a baton twirler in your spare time its a good way to learn.. but I just feel like that sort of stuff should be only open to the younger set or at least give the adults the option to opt out of it. I don't think any of the "flash" should be required, but there as an option if you want to participate. Somewhat like demo teams are handled in traditional schools (our school is too old school for demo teams, but I actually like the idea of demo teams.. as it draws attention to what we do in a positive way that the public can relate to.
What you are describing as what you would do is EXACTLY what our school does. I haven't seen any plastic Bo Staves as of yet, but I'm sure they are out there. (As my wife and I buy our weapons, we have been buying white wax wood.) The kids (6 & 8) are still using the foam ones. I do orthopedics, and it's been time consuming just to keep my son out of plaster/slings for a full year.
The Demo team is just that. We got involved with demo as it was extra practice, and part of the autumn demonstration was our initial form "Songahm 1".