Indian Club Use and Practice Workshop

This class will examine how Indian clubs can mimic the movements of swordplay and prepare the body for sword-based martial arts, and how the movements found in Chinese swordsmanship can benefit from this practice.

Learning to swing a single Indian club will allow us to transfer that dexterity and mobility to the dao, the single-handed Chinese saber. John will walk you through introductory movements with both the club and the saber and show how the skills learned with one transfer back and forth between tools, allowing you to build skill with both tools.

John will then show how to swing two clubs simultaneously, synchronous and asynchronous, and show how building this skill set can prepare us to use the dao and tengpai (saber and shield) together in combat and even give us some insight into how double weapons can be used.

You won't want to miss this fusion of martial arts and physical culture!

John’s Bio

With an eclectic martial arts career spanning two decades, John Partika's dedication to training has brought him to the doors of many systems, from the empty hand and weapon arts of Southern China to the blade arts of Japan and the Philippines. Currently specializing in Chinese swordsmanship, John is the founder of Iron Ox Physical Culture and head instructor at Great River Taoist Center San Diego, focused on preserving and promoting the practical methods of Chinese fencing and martial arts.

Beyond his experience in swordplay, John is also a certified Indian clubs instructor and steel mace flow coach, using his knowledge of unconventional fitness and physical culture to condition his students to both heal and prevent common training injuries.

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