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Questions tagged [drills]

Drills are short, repeatable activities which help an individual gain more speed, strength, or skill in a particular technique or overall fitness. Use this tag when you want to know about a particular drill or drills aimed to help learn a martial art.

Drills are short, repeatable activities which help an individual gain more speed, strength, or skill in a particular technique or overall fitness. Use this tag when you want to know about a particular drill or drills aimed to help learn a martial art.

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What is the best way to work with a partner who misunderstands the drill?

Regardless of the two-person drill, sometimes you have a partner who's certain he understands the drill, particularly when he's been doing it a while. Unfortunately, that's ... Not always true. In my eyes, the absolute best things to do are: Ask…
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Drills for teaching range analysis

One of the things that I spent a lot of time in rapier drilling on were range drills. The essence of a rapier range drill is that there are three fundamental ranges that you frequently find yourself at: Lethal Range: Close enough to hit by moving…
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