BACKROOM NEWS
The Backroom of North Knox was more than honored to have Master Louie Grinnell humble our Arnis Class last night.
As most of you know I’m not easily impressed, but Master Grinnell in a matter of minutes changed my entire perspective of the Martial Arts …
He started the night off with some demonstrations of Pressure Points and Energy Flow that not only shattered my skepticism but literally took me to my knees. From there he moved on to kata bunkai beginning with the first move of Seisan which immediately put this Go-Dan in his place as an eternal student. Finally wrapping up with Arnis, from disarms to empty hand … throughout the night I was most impressed by his seemingly effortless power and economy of motion.
Needless to say it will take months to process, learn and hopefully implement just a few of the many concepts he tossed our way.
I’m sure I will pay dearly for my praise and overuse of the title, but trust me the knowledge is worth the pain…
Hopefully Master Bowers and myself were not to inept that we can convince Master Grinnell to return in the near future for more seminars … If and when this happens I hope that all of you serious about Martial Arts will jump at the opportunity to train with a true Sensei of Sensei’s ….
Mike,
I met Mr. Grinnell a few times while i trained at Wheelers back in the 90's . Your description of his moves was very accurate. I made the mistake of asking to see a joint lock one time and was paraded around on my tippy toes . Not a pleasant experience. Look forward to seeing y'all at the end of the month.
Mark
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Mark,
I'm the same way ... can't see a technique without having it done to me .... it's a sickness ...
Shane can tell you about throwing me to the ground repeatedly while I was trying to figure out a counter ....
I'll be sure to give everyone a heads up when we can get something else scheduled .... didn't post this last one because I wasn't sure that Evan would come through on it....
Speaking of pleasant experiences, have you ever attended a Pete Mills Street Defense Class when he's wearing his wingtips?
Or ask Evan to show you a finger lock ....
We're lucky to have these guys around who have put their time and effort into really studying the Martial Arts ... Hopefully in the months to come we can have them all in the Backroom for some small informal seminars where we actually have time to pick their brains .... between Pete, Louie, Evan, James and Doyle there's such a wealth of knowledge we'd be foolish not to pester them to share it ......
Looking forward to Halls,
Michael
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