The Guard: the stance every one of the nine forms is built on, taught by Sifu Edward Armstrong, who wrote the curriculum. Sixty seconds now, four more clips in your inbox this week. Train tonight, on any floor, with any saber.
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Train it three times this week. The full Guard lesson, twenty-four minutes with Sifu Edward, is the first thing inside Shadow Warriors, and the lower blocks come right after it.
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The stance and the grip, the line of the blade. Everything else in the nine forms is built on top of this.
Full and half steps, attack and defense posture. How you move without losing the Guard.
Every session ends with live sparring. The Guard is what keeps you safe in it.
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