Master Class – Aberdeen – March 2011

Master Class – Aberdeen – March 2011

Aberdeen class members were treated to a very enjoyable day at the Master Class held in March 2011. There was certainly an International flavour to the event with World Championship representative Léonie Therrien-Tremblay from Canada, and Harold Hortig from Germany in attendance as well as special guest (and close friend of Master Daher) Mr Henry Park.

To begin with, Master Daher took the class through a recap of self defence techniques learned at the previous Master Class before handing over to guest Instructor Mr Michael Yasser for a demonstration on rolling, falling and throwing techniques. The class members went through a number of exercises and had a lot of fun. Then Master Daher got everyone to put on their sparring gear. No-one expected what was to come next as Master Daher asked everyone to get on their knees. We all had to spar on hands and knees against either one or two opponents. As the accompanying photos showed, there was no limit to the tricks that some people would resort to in order to gain the upper hand. Next it was on to practicing sparring techniques with some innovative moves on display. After the sparring drills it was time to warm down and stretch, but true to form Master Daher has no end of tricks up his sleeve in his ability to extract maximum pain (and enjoyment) out of his students. At the end of the day a great time was had by all.    

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