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We all lead busy lives, there are limited times to catch up with friends or spend time with family, and there are tons of distractions that can occupy you into the wee hours if you let them. Perhaps if general life needs won't motivate you, consider how your lack of sleep might be affecting your training.
Devon Boorman ·
Registration is open! The event, which takes place from April 5-7, is a conference focused around intensive three-day programs with an aim to help people along the path of mastery in the many disciplines of Historical European Martial Arts.
Devon Boorman ·
Not only is swordplay a wonderfully fun and fulfilling physical activity, it is also a great way to build physical health and to do so in a low impact way.
Devon Boorman ·
Full speed sparring is a type of simulation that has a hard time approximating the real world, and as training environments go it is not focused enough for efficient skill development. So what's the use?
Devon Boorman ·
Slow sparring is used in boxing, MMA training, diverse Eastern martial arts, as well as sharing many similarities to slow tactical training exercises in lots of different sports. And I have found few swordplay students that don't benefit greatly from its practice.
Devon Boorman ·
I recently visited many groups in all the major cities of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and found myself reiterating over and over why I was there and what I was personally wanting to get out of our meetings. It came down to three activities I used to get closer to the centre of the art of swordplay.
Greg Reimer ·
If my only need was to survive martial encounters in a specific environment, I would most certainly focus my practice on the narrowest set of skills with the highest percentage chance of success. But martial arts and its mastery is more than this.
Devon Boorman ·
When I speak with people who have found places of deeper proficiency and mastery, a common thread among them is often "I just kept showing up."
Devon Boorman ·
One of the primary benefits to practicing assaults is that they provide a means to build your strength and capacity with moving your weapon (or weapons). A good assault brings you through common attack and defense patterns, as well as a great diversity of them.
Devon Boorman ·
One of the most challenging things to deal with in sparring is the mental or emotional intensity of a very forward motivated opponent, someone who throws powerful blows, or someone who comes very ferociously.
Devon Boorman ·
