Planting seeds for future fighters

This is a small portion of the demo we did for the local scouting group. We hoped to give a taste for possible future members and testing the waters for teaching kids on our part. The event went perfectly even though the camera failed 1 minute into the first fight. The older kids were much more aggressive and we even did a two on one match with the scout master. Yes the helmets were too big on these kids but we compensated and it worked out.

Mixed gender match

We have a new female member to our club and we were breaking her in so we were not going as hard as we normally go. But we were pleasantly surprised on her aggressiveness and ability to dish out shots. We hope to be able to get more women interested in fighting.

Tres Espadas vs Boffer fighter

Here we have a new member who has had only your typical larp fighting experience. He was totally unprepared for the onslaught of blows that our club experiences. After the fight he told us that we would be thrown out of any LARP event for our contact and brutal tactics. Key points to remember to all those that accuse us of larping because of the weapons being foam.

Seth and Ben before video on knife basics

It is good to see Seth back and he did an excellent job. If this teaching forum works then we will have video proof that we can train your average person with no martial arts history how to effectively defend himself with a knife very quickly.

Ben and Phil before videos for knife basics

Here we see the current skill both Ben and I have before we go through our rigorous new training program. Kind of a beta testing ground.

Knife Basic Sparring

I expect us to be emphasizing the knife as a practical self defense weapon more in 2012 than we have in the past. Phil wasn't happy with the production quality of these two videos, so he never posted them. However I think they are really good examples of basic sparring with knives, and so here they are:

You can see how quick Phil is here with a knife, pretty scary IMHO:

January 21st, 2012, 9:30 AM, Evergreen Park

We are excited to announce that the next Tres Espadas meeting will be at 9:30 AM on Saturday, January 21st, 2012.  It will be at Evergreen Park in Bremerton:
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