learning the chain whip

On Tuesday our martial arts elective changed to a new weapon… the chain whip.  This is a big improvement from the other weapon we were learning and I am rather enjoying it.  Thought you all would enjoy watching me try to use it!  The above video is me showing off the first skill we learned.  When I laugh and shake my head at the end it is because our teacher told me to do the next skill which is swinging under the leg.  I have done it, but not on a consistent basis and am sure I look foolish even when I succeed.  If people are interested, I can continue to post videos as I progress.  Today he tried to teach us how to swing it under ourselves while sitting on the ground.  (There are plenty of videos of this skill on YouTube.)  I actually managed to swing it under twice when we were sitting on our side and allowed to use our hand.  When he told us sit on our butts and lean back and do it by just using our abs to get us off the ground… yeah, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon!