The short stick workshops have long been a favourite of the students. Learning to use this weapon is challenging but highly rewarding and great fun. The 12 hour workshop is spread over 4 sessions of 3 hours each which run on Sunday mornings (not consecutive).

The benefits of learning this very versatile weapon are many and include:

• Gain an understanding of the tactics of weapon use against one or many opponents.
• Learn to effectively disarm a person armed with pool cue, baseball bat, knife and many other weapons.
• Develop the use of both arms individually and gain the coordination to make them work together as a team.
• The short stick is a natural first step to learning other medium range weapons, particularly swords. The transition to both broadsword and straight sword is very easy.

The workshops are open to anyone irrespective of previous experience or membership. Everyone can benefit from these as the use of the short stick is great for general fitness and conditioning as well as teaching specific conditioning skills for use in kung fu and other martial arts.

The dates of the workshops are as follows:
Workshop 1 - Sunday 28 October 10 - 1pm
Workshop 2 - Sunday 11 November 10 - 1pm
Workshop 3 - Sunday 16 December 10 - 1pm
Workshop 4 - Sunday 13 January 10 - 1pm

If you are interested there are still places left so email the school

The cost of the workshops is £100 for non members of the Jade Dragon School and £80 for paying members. For this you will receive:

• 12 hours of quality tuition.
• A Short Stick Practitioner certificate from the Jade Dragon school
• The confidence of knowing that you can handle a weapon with ease and also that you have had experience in a variety of disarming techniques.
• A wide range of movements and exercises to do at home with your stick that will develop you in many ways.

The stick itself will cost an additional £12 (many of our students already have one).

So contact us today and book yourself on these not-to-be-missed workshops.