Weapons & Choreography Class Description

There is a great deal of fun to be had when learning how to fight with swords.  This class is for your inner Jedi/Ninja/Warrior.  Learning how to RESPONSIBLY use weapons is an undertaking that requires honorable character and attention to detail.  The Way of the Warrior is a life long study that is for people who want to learn the skills necessary to protect their body, their mind, and body and mind of others.

Here are a few reasons to take our Weapons & Choreography Class: 

For Example...

How to prepare for class:

- Wear Exercise Clothes

- Wear Shoes

- Be Mentally prepared to learn proper weapon training etiquette

- Be Mentally prepared to train in a SLOW and CONTROLLED setting

- Be Mentally prepared to learn what it takes to perfect a skill (through progression based training)

Weapons requires patience.  You may find in other environments, there is a consequence for patience.  In Weapons class, patience is required because making one small mistake will cost you BIG and possibly alter your life in a negative way forever.  There are moments where we get to be playful in class, in fact, we play a lot.  But there are times where we must be very seriously focused and understand we are in an unforgiving terrain that requires our absolute focus and attention.  We build good habits from the beginning.  This is a must.  

We start off with foam weapons, then move to wood, Polyethylene plastic, foil, and then steel.  You will never receive a steel weapon until you have proven your skills in foam, wood, plastic, and foil.  You must exercise perfect precision and etiquette during your training years before you graduate to hold and test in a steel weapon.  

Expect 2+ years of training before you move to steel weapons (with exception to projectiles which are introduced within the first 6 months of training).  

Current Weapon Graduation Requirements:

Staff - Must be able to crack a watermelon and demonstrate an 80 movement choreographed form.

Sword - Must be able to slice a suspended apple hurled in the air at 10 mph and demonstrate an 80 movement form

or

Above at 25 mph and demonstrate a 60 movement form

or 

Above at 35 mph and demonstrate a 40 movement form

or

Above at any speed above 50 mph and demonstrate a 30 movement form

AND - peel an apple by slicing it 100 times without cutting the apple in half - this exercise must be done in under 2 minutes.

Nunchucks - Must be able to consecutively strike a ball 5x hurled in the air with reverse spin in between each strike and perform a 30 movement form

Chain Whip - Must be able to strike the bulls eye of a target containing a small paper cup. The dart must penetrate the bottom and collect the cup, and you must cleanly manipulate the chain and dart/cup back to an active grip (Think Scorpion Move from Mortal Combat) and perform a 30 movement form

Throwing Projectiles & Saber - Must be able to strike the bulls eye area of a target with choice of projectiles (knives, axes, or shuriken) 3x and perform 10 saber disarming tactics