Exploring the slap!

An important part of martial arts is to get over some boundaries when it comes to physical contact.

Being slapped can be uncomfortable and socially awkward. We do use the slap as a tool for training actual contact, ego control, and force scaling.

Here’s an image from an ITF Radix seminar in Stonehaven, Scotland, of Sabum Mark being slapped by GM Gordon. And yes Mark was allowed to slap him back.

Great fun with wonderful people!