NEO Nunchaku lessons have been established to teach a free
style form of Nunchaku in an exercise format.
In our Nunchaku classes we are looking to teach a wide spectrum
of techniques in a holistic way building up groups of integrated techniques. We do this to keep
the learning process direct and fulfilling.
The exercises, as I call them, consist of chains of integrated
Nunchaku
techniques repeated.
You would
begin with one hand exercises with both your left and right hands. These are backed up with two handed exercises
that are added to link the two hands with a similar exercise. The exercises can be just 2 moves long or can be as
long as the long chain exercises that can be up to 20 or more integrated techniques, they can be longer. You can do as
many as you can remember, ultimately, you would not be using your conventional memory for free style, however,
during learning this is fine as long as one remembers that these patterns of learning have to be dropped for a
freer style.
Some of the exercises are purely repeated Nunchaku
technique exercises that are just designed purely for
quicker learning, these I would call DRILL REPEAT exercises, these will be expressed with a symbol
to focus on
during aspects of training. These are simplified for the abstract
form of notation using symbols. They are also represented differently in
notation form for the longer exercises, which is the form used to teach
initially.
These should not be confused with the techniques
themselves and this has to be stressed as they are constructs of learning
as opposed to the doing.
Of all the exercises some
10%- 15% of them will be this drill repeat type.
Most of the exercises seem to be more like mini katas and seem
to more readily reflect the techniques in action as opposed to 1 or maybe 2 techniques being
drilled for speed in learning. The novice
Low Front Catch lesson consists of 26 integrated techniques, employing up to
one hundred exercises to train and study with these.
The main initial focus will be with straight line swings, circles, expends, returns and
stop returns and the primary catch the Low Front Catch. All of these techniques will form the foundation stone
of your Nunchaku study and act as an island of reference to the beginner, as the basics will remain a constant theme
throughout training. Even the more technical moves will have basic fundamentals at the root. You will have to
develop a deeper awareness of the subtle mechanism of what you do as you study Nunchaku to achieve a freer style.
Backed up with movement, ready positions and blocks and closing techniques.
We also employ the Nunchaku sequences
from the Master Bruce Lee Film "ENTER THE DRAGON" modified for this
Low Front Catch lesson, this will
slowly build up to the original sets, as you progress in skill.
NEO has also developed a compact yet expressive
way of writing its exercises so that the member student can use this to aid learning. They can take these long
and short chain exercises in written form home to study. As you progress you will be able to begin to write your
own short and long chain exercises including movement to further your free style learning curve. The need for a
more descriptive language during the early stages of training is a given as it allows for a greater understanding
of techniques and exercises and will help the student group the various types of techniques providing a useful
framework. Latter it serves more as a tool to aid in the discussion of Nunchaku in general and more specifically
in the field of analyzing other styles and techniques. You should be able to readily list the moves within any
given nunchaku sequence slowed down if required to recreate these for study and training.
Eventually this will
all condense down into a more personal set of moves that the student will favor or that suit the build or character
of the student, creating independence and individualization, this should open the doorway leading to a free style.
That and being aware to.........
"Keep an open mind to the possibilities of the yet
unknown.......
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