A typical Rough Crowd Academy weekend is either a two-day intensive, or two single-day intensives back to back. Individual weekends may vary.
This is the general schedule that a Rough Crowd Academy weekend with two independent classes follows.
Saturday: Foundations
Class starts
- Welcome
- Introductions
- Overview of the day’s agenda
- Rough Crowd Ground Rules
- Introduction of basic concepts used
- Safety
- Before you play
- Basic strikes, movements, sensations, and techniques
- Swing – fundamental body movement
- Open hand – a variety of techniques
Lunch
- Crawl before you walk – learning, practicing, and discussing basic forms
- Punching – not as simple as it sounds
- Hand positions
- Discussion
- Variations
Break
- Check in
- Putting it all together – using what we’ve learned so far
- How to use rough body play in a scene
- Small demo scenes
- Day 1 wrap-up
Class ends
Sunday: Continuing
Class starts
- Welcome
- Introductions
- Overview of the day’s agenda
- Rough Crowd Ground Rules
- Call for the over-trained
- Introduction of basic concepts used
- Safety
- Connection
- Review of technique
- Swing and the open hand
- Punching
- Walk before you run – extending the basic techniques
- Face slapping
- Elbows/shoulders/body blocks
- Knees
- Kicking
- Bastinado
Lunch
- Checking in
- Advanced – coming to a trot
- Backhanding
- Pressure points
- Cunt kicking
- CBT
- Quiet pain
Break
- Scene prep
- Class scenes, peer review, and feedback
Class ends
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