Photos from the Animal List gathering in Colorado, USA

I don't think I'd like to kick sand on that BBQ...

So what is this animal list thing then?

In line with forum rules ..

1. what did you teach?  saw bits of Heian ..
2. learn anything interesting?
3. did your audience find anything particularly interesting about any of the bunkai?  surprised? impressed?  

Paul Anderson wrote:

So what is this animal list thing then?

It’s an email list ran by US self-protection expert Marc “Animal” MacYoung and his wife Dianna. Members of the list meet up each year at Marc’s house in the third week of July. This was the 10th BBQ (1st one I’ve been to).

Paul Anderson wrote:

What did you teach?  Saw bits of Heian …

I covered general kata principles using the Pinans / Heians and a little from Kanku-Dai / Kushanku. I videoed most of it and will share in due course.

Paul Anderson wrote:

Learn anything interesting?

Loads! You could not move without bumping into an expert. Way too much to write out :-)

Paul Anderson wrote:

Did your audience find anything particularly interesting about any of the bunkai?

The feedback was very positive and people seemed to enjoy it. Afterward it was the stuff on assuming angles that people wanted to talk more about so I guess that was the key takeaway for most. The fact there was lots of trapping / limb-control in what I taught was also commented on by a few people.

As I say, I’ll have footage available soon so people can have a watch and see for themselves what we covered.

All the best,

Iain

Iain's class was a big hit. And Iain himself was a big hit too.

swdw wrote:

Iain's class was a big hit. And Iain himself was a big hit too.

Thanks Sam :-)

Here is the first bit of footage from the event. It’s on stances and I have couple more on angles and “two-hands” that I’ll post on the site over the next week or two. I also intend to make the full thing available in due course.

All the best,

Iain