Training
These sessions are very open sessions as all the teachings are interprtations of very old manuscripts. Everyone has input into improving fighting styles and techniques.
Location
Sessions are at 5:30pm on Thursdays at the NQMRC Hall Townsville Showgrounds. Just organise training sessions on the facebook page or arrange a meet to ensure the training gear is going to be there if you need it.
Typical Session
Introductions for any new faces and to get an idea of what level everyone is at and anything in partcular people want to focus on. The instructor will run over what he will be doing.
Warm ups, Drills, Directed Combat, Light Sparring.
Beginners start with footwork and basic guards, further on you will move into winding, secondary guards and disarms.
Protective gear
A must for training
Minimum is full fingered gloves with protection to knuckles. Commercial options are available, or you can customise. For the face, a 3 weapon fencing mask is a required.
To move onto more aggressive sparring gambeson (chest protection) and joint guards are required.
The club has masks and gloves for newcomers.