Basics of Defence - Stick Fighting Blocks 101

Basic blocking skills are essential for any level of sparring. If you're not blocking, you're getting hit, and that will bring things to a halt in a real hurry.
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[@toronto_Savate-and-JKD]

There is some good "game face" in this video, we generally don't get to see it because of the fencing masks.

[@gurobadger]

There's the little spot in the bloopers where I had to tell Liam "no, aim to HIT me." He laughed and said, "did you ever think you'd see the day when you'd have to tell a Dog Brother to hit someone?"

[@toronto_Savate-and-JKD]

@@gurobadger Yes, I was able to lip read 😀

[@KingMob4313]

BIG L on the Camera!

[@gurobadger]

His comment regarding the footage at the very end: "did you ever think you'd see the day, when you had to *tell* a Dog Brother to hit someone in the head?"

[@KingMob4313]

@@gurobadger even after all this time, it's a little scary, even for those who are full dogs.