Knife Seminar (2)

Just a few things that Sifu Dan and Gene Guidry went over in the seminar. Gene started with some good hand and arm stretches that you can't skip when dealing with the knife. He then went into the necessary Pekiti stepping and turning techniques that are also essential. Sifu Dan took over and started with the basics which included knife taping. This is extremely important when learning the knife. Both Gene and Dan made it very clear that taping is not necessarily how you fight or defend with the knife. Later, Sifu talked about emergency techniques (if you want to call them techniques). As always, these things are based on principles in the system which is vast. Later, Sifu Dan delved into takedowns and strips which was very helpful to me. This, to me, is something that has to be practiced over and over, not to memorize but to make sure that they are understood. I am hopeful that there will be more seminars like this one to both emphasize what we have already learned and to gradually add to what we have already learned. By the way, both Gene Guidry and Sifu Dan worked with me a lot in the seminar and I am very grateful for that. Actually, Sifu Dan used me in a few of the demontrations (since I had learned some of this before) and I was very proud that he did. Hope I did well? He said that I did! Check out the picture of me and Sifu Dan in this blog! Next time, some pictures of pit stops and also a picture of Gene that was taken at the knife seminar!