{"id":3709,"date":"2012-09-01T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2012-09-01T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T00:09:08","slug":"bartitsu-bootcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/bartitsu-bootcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartitsu Bootcamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to my last post on fitness, I&#8217;m filling in for the morning bootcamp at Academie Duello for the next two weeks. Since it&#8217;s a fighting fitness class, it has a different focus than the strength training I wrote about.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, we&#8217;re using Bartitsu skills as the foundation of our movements.<\/p>\n<h2>One-hour Class Outline<\/h2>\n<h3>Welcome and Salute<\/h3>\n<h3>Warm Up<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jogging<\/li>\n<li>Jump rope (Jumping Jacks for those without rope)<\/li>\n<li>Medicine ball toss and catch with joint rotations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Boxing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation: Shadow boxing<\/li>\n<li>Free punching focus pads<\/li>\n<li>Lead punch chase<\/li>\n<li>Cross punch into target pad against stomach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Savate:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation: Leg swings<\/li>\n<li>Coup de pied bas (low kick)<\/li>\n<li>Side kick from horse stance<\/li>\n<li>knee strikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Jujitsu:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation: Crab-switch, crab walk<\/li>\n<li>Rolling<\/li>\n<li>Partner lifting back-to-back<\/li>\n<li>Irish wrestling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Walking stick:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation:&nbsp;Front-bend, squat with cane overhead&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Bayonet drill<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal cuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg?resize=670%2C499\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2603\" width=\"670\" height=\"499\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg?resize=1024%2C764 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_2603.jpg?w=2010 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Water break.<\/p>\n<h3>Stations: (1 min each)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Heavy bag<\/li>\n<li>Light clubs: wrist rotations<\/li>\n<li>Med clubs: half-circles side raise<\/li>\n<li>Heavy clubs: half-circles&nbsp;front-back<\/li>\n<li>Hands and knees donkey kicks<\/li>\n<li>Supine bicycles<\/li>\n<li>Cane: Hit pell horizontal (one from left, one from right, switch hands)<\/li>\n<li>Cane: Vertical flourishes<\/li>\n<li>Burpees<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Cool Down:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Walking around space randomly shaking hands with classmates<\/li>\n<li>Meditation<\/li>\n<li>Stretch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bartitsu Technique<\/h2>\n<p>Bootcamp participants want the least interruption to their workout, so we keep the instruction simple. At our regular classes on Saturdays at 3pm, we learn and drill technique. And on Fridays, we practice with sparring.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, I only took over for a short time. The next time your usual leader goes away, I&#8217;ll be back for more <del datetime=\"2012-08-31T21:38:21+00:00\">SwordFit<\/del> CaneFit (weird) Bootcamp!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to my last post on fitness, I&#8217;m filling in for the morning bootcamp at Academie Duello for the next two weeks. Since it&#8217;s a fighting fitness class, it has a different focus than the strength training I wrote about. Naturally, we&#8217;re using Bartitsu skills as the foundation of our movements. 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