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 full weekend follows.
Saturday
Class starts
- Welcome
- Introductions
- Expectations for the weekend
- Overview of the day’s agenda
- Rough Crowd Ground Rules
- Call for the over-trained
- Introduction of basic concepts used
- Safety
Lunch
- Before you play
- Crawl before you walk – learning, practicing, and discussing basic forms
- Swing – fundamental body movement
- Open hand – a variety of techniques
- Punching – not as simple as it sounds
- Hand positions
- Discussion
- Variations
- Backhanding
Break
- Check in
- Putting it all together – using what we’ve learned so far
- Walk before you run – extending the basic techniques
- Face slapping
- Elbows/shoulders/body blocks
- Knees
- Kicking
- Bastinado
- Day 1 wrap-up
Day 1 of class ends
Sunday
Class starts
- Welcome
- Thoughts from yesterday and Q & A
- Overview of the day’s agenda
- Recap of Saturday
- Connection
- Attitude and Approach
- Advanced – coming to a trot
- Biting
- Hair pulling
- Pressure points
- Cunt kicking
- CBT
- Quiet pain
Lunch
- Checking in
- Scene prep
- Class scenes, peer review, and feedback
Rough Crowd Academy is a wrap!