What is a typical Taijutsu class like?
Most classes start with a few minutes of joint limbering/range of motion exercises then move into mobility and agility exercises to ‘warm-up’. This is followed by technique practice for the remainder of the session. The majority of techniques are practiced “hands-on” with one or more training partners. All techniques are practiced in a dynamic fashion with an emphasis on timing, distance and position. Partners provide realistic attacks, adjusting intent and speed to the ability of the person they are working with. Weapons are often introduced to reinforce the underlying principles of the techniques being worked, as well as expanding the skill set of each student. As a result of this “hands-on” training approach, our classes involve a great deal of body contact with the hands, feet, knees, elbows and heads of other participants; being thrown, tripped or otherwise brought off of one’s feet and dropped to the ground by other participants; and having pressure applied to joints and other an
Most classes start with a few minutes of joint limbering/range of motion exercises then move into mobility and agility exercises to ‘warm-up’. This is followed by technique practice for the remainder of the session. The majority of techniques are practiced “hands-on” with one or more training partners. All techniques are practiced in a dynamic fashion with an emphasis on timing, distance and position. Partners provide realistic attacks, adjusting intent and speed to the ability of the person they are working with. Training weapons are often introduced to reinforce the underlying principles of the techniques being worked, as well as expanding the skill set of each student. As a result of this “hands-on” training approach, our classes involve a great deal of body contact with the hands, feet, knees, elbows and heads of other participants; being thrown, tripped or otherwise brought off of one’s feet and dropped to the ground by other participants; and having pressure applied to joints and
