Sword Class

When we were driving to the class yesterday we weren’t sure what to expect, but when we got there we were greeted by some of the people we met at the international festival! I did not think that they were going to actually trust us with real swords, but they did! Other members who weren’t able to be there for our class left their swords for us to borrow! These swords aren’t the sharpest, but if you had one and you needed to do some damage, you definitely could! We got to learn Yang style 32! It is one of the many routines that they all knew, and it was very long with a lot of different steps! We learned the first half in class, but no one mastered it! The one woman that was helping us told us it took her about a year to master the whole thing! These routines are very technical, they have very specific hand and foot placement and you can feel like you are doing it right, but the odds are you’re doing it wrong. Everyone there was very nice and encouraging! I actually had a bunch of fun learning the routine and I felt very powerful with a sword in my hand, it was pretty cool! If anyone ever gets the chance to do a sword class like we did, I would 100% recommend it!!