Using the basic punches and kicks, I ran the Lewis students through the ideas of hitting once with "your most powerful shot" and then the idea of a "barrage" of shots. We then moved from throwing strikes into the air to using the street stages drill (one person stands still as a dummy as the other throws shots 1 inch away) and switching between the ideas.

The good news is that the idea appealed to all the students at Lewis. Here's one quote: "I like combinations because you get to string a whole bunch of punches together." Here's another: "I think that if one person was doing single shots and another was doing combinations, in a fight, that the person doing combinations would win."

I'm not sure there was any bad news. I was hoping that someone would speak up and say they liked the idea of throwing one solid technique but nobody did. Clearly, the creative idea of stringing together moves is much more stimulating than the notion blasting someone with a power shot.

In other good news, I see lots of students who have obviously made the decision that they want their orange sashes. I've got a sack of them sitting on my bookshelf, just begging to be worn.

- Wally.