Sweden Summary
I’m on the train to the airport now. Just passed Norrköping. There’s been a lot of activity since my last post, so I’ll start with a brief summary. We finished up with group two in a similar fashion to the first group: blade actions and scenework. On that Thursday and...
Day Two, Group Two
Just a quick one tonight. Need to get to bed. Great day today. Lots of revelations (although, that seems to be par for the course these days. Awesome), the biggest one being that I had fantastic use of energy. I was so efficient and present, I was jumping so high and...
Quote of the Day
With all our talk about practicing mindfully, I was reminded of this that I heard through Jared Kirby: “Practice doesn’t make perfect, only permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect" And here's another version from John McGonigle: Proper Practice Prevents Poor...
Day One with Åsi, HIlde, Tarmo and Oula (Group Two)
It’s really fascinating to listen to Brad and Peppe talk about how they thought the first session went and what they think they should do to improve how the second session is taught. During class then, I took a good look at what was different in how the material was...
Dream Journal
Speaking of dealing with habitual patterns: In this dream, Brad was a dentist, and I was his receptionist. For people to get to his office they had to line up among metal stanchions and then they could sit in the waiting area. Now as his office was in an airport,...
Reflections on the Three Days with Group One
I cannot believe how tired I was at the end of the three days. I went to bed about 2 hours earlier than I usually do, and that’s after I was falling asleep at the dinner table, even though Maria and Peppe had an AWESOME dessert for us (meringue with cream, bananas and...
Quote of the Day
Ask yourself what brings you joy, and accept nothing less. --Peppe
First day with Marianne, Lars and Jürgen (Group One)
WHAT A DAY! I can hardly believe that we got through almost the whole primary Pressa system. While I’d gone over just about everything we did today at some point or another, it was a big day for me of things falling into place. It helps that we had a great group of...
You know you’re tired when …
You can’t see right, even with your glasses on ... and then you realize that you haven’t taken your contact lenses out yet.
Week one with Brad in DC
Classes are done for this week. I am continually awed by his eye for the big picture and his ability to listen. I've spend many years looking at the details which are also important, but the big picture is what binds it all together. His style of teaching also...
First couple days with Brad
These first days with Brad have been amazing! I find myself asking so many questions and seeing everything in a new light. For some things, I'm completely changing my mind about how I teach or view a principle, on others, my methods are encouraged and improved....
Scotty time!
The second part of Friday was a "fighty-fun" session with Scott Moyle. We never really have a plan, but we look at the weapon rack, see what catches our eye, and then go from there. On Friday, we made our way through Italian and German Longsword, smallsword,...
a big day on Friday
I had a rather full day on Friday. It began with a meeting and brainstorm session with Jenny Salisbury, then playtime with Scott Moyle, and then watching Such Creatures at Theatre Passe Muraille. It was a great day for the project. We came up with some answers, like...
Emily Oriold
Special Thanks to Emily Oriold for her work with my during my Chalmers Arts Fellowship. Emily has appeared on many stages across Ontario. Selected professional credits include Claire in The Maids (Theatre Passe Muraille); Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Francoise in...
Meeting with Emily
Brainstorming approaches to the fight as a scene.
Make Meadows, Not Lawns
Bees are disappearing, bats are dying. You can help.
Working Out
Spontaneous six-hour hang out session with Scott Moyle!
Learning by watching
I nearly fell out of my seat when I heard what Ramachandran said at 1:30. He talks about mirror neurons: When we reach out for something, motor neurons fire. When we watch someone else reach for something, those same neurons fire, mirroring the action that we see....