@Beau Nixon do you get the nagging feeling that you are evolving/transitioning from practitioner to teacher?

@Beau Nixon as the saying goes, to teach is to learn twice.

Sounds like a great idea. Do I just post my bio here?

@William Schrenk Doug Marcaida was promoting his stick bag a few years back and we had one in our school. It was good for targeting, hitting with the tip, abanikos etc but nothing a thick rope couldn’t cope with, unless you intend to slash it with a sharp knife, in which case you just get more ropes. https://youtu.be/qFCAgNlYOCg?si=uKGZ-xZbiyjf1HG3

Here are some more ideas for targets. Some could be adapted for indoor https://youtu.be/tcohlB6h-yw?si=1syfJyNgdu1Pva9s

@Adam Gerrald not a fan of blocking so the counter offense resonates with me. The question then becomes when to attack and where your starting position is relative to your opponent. I guess the objective of fencing training is to prepare to compete under a specific set of rules. If non-linear techniques don’t score or don’t work if you’re only allowed to move back&forth, there’s no point practicing them as it won’t help you to win. Having said that, I always favored linear, straight thrusting type attacks over any other. They’re fast, direct and hard to see coming. Very useful for older folk who aren’t that mobile anymore!.

@Adam Gerrald I like that. It's important to have an idea of what you want to do when facing an opponent. I put together something similar for my students as an initial game plan whenever they meet someone they don't know in a competition or dojo sparring context. Mainly for kickboxing&karate type sparring and purposely kept simple as the aim is to get people to start sparring with intention.

@Adam Gerrald Ah, I understand what you mean now. I had visualized doing a sinawali drill with a partner with both of us using nunchuks! 😄

@Adam Gerrald single nunchuk against single or even double stick could work.