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New Beginnings, part 8

April 29, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

This is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of this beginner’s course. Unusually for me I actually wrote out a class plan in advance. I wondered whether given … [Read more...]

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New Beginnings, part 7

April 18, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I should warn you, reading this, that my experiments in the land of data entry have shifted to a new phase. I am boldly going into Star Trek territory, and dictating this to the computer. This … [Read more...]

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New Beginnings parts 5 and 6

April 11, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I’ve been rushed off my feet with a plethora of interesting projects, including a card game version of Fiore’s art of arms, an upcoming trip to Oulu, and finding out the hard way that my youngest … [Read more...]

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New Beginnings, part 4

March 28, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Week 4 and we are half way through the course. We ran through a normal warm-up, including kicking squats, knuckle push-ups and falling. Then I had them remember as much as they could of the four … [Read more...]

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New Beginnings, part 3

March 22, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

The third class of this beginner’s course was oddly attended, in that half the students present were not members of this course. Great for the true beginners, of course. We started with the salute, … [Read more...]

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New Beginnings part 2

March 20, 2013 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

The second class of this course (on March 12th) began with the warm-up, to which I added kicking squats, and basic falling. We then swiftly reviewed the four steps and four guards, which they then … [Read more...]

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