01 August 2018

The shape of things to come

For many years, the last day of the summer workshop has been like an 'extra day' as fewer people were able to come along. We tended to do study requests and syllabus. Nowadays the Friday is as busy as all the other days, and listening to feedback from people, Mark will make Fridays the culmination day in future, where we will recap what we have done during the week, and not do any new topics or work on technical things such as applications. We will work all together rather than in smaller groups, and consolidate the theme we have built during the week, answering any questions, going over things so it feels nicely bedded-in to send us back out into the world and so we can practice all summer. Earlier in the week there will always be moments for you to grab Mark or myself with any form or technical questions, and a good time for this is often just after the food break, when we often do a couple of weapons forms, or similar. Partnerwork questions can be brought on the Friday night session before the workshop properly starts.

Thanks to all those who have come along this year and made it such a success. Do feel free to drop me an email if you have any comments of suggestions. I will pass them on to Mark.

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