THE HAZARDS OF FLOW DRILLS

Like-minded readers no doubt have made the jump to visions of martial demos conducted in sanitized, predictable environments with freeze-framed partners behaving exactly the way the demonstrating master desires. In such conditions, our martial surgeries can do wondrous things. We can execute pinpoint strikes with spinning hook kicks, expertly slash and cut with knife techniques aimed at static targets, and even find that specific nerve bundle that will render the attacker’s knees like jelly.

To be candid, some martial