|
Weapons - Wind-fire wheels / rings (continued) |
| Currently, our
favorite writer about Wing Chun rings is Tyler Rae - he teaches
near Topeka Kansas. |
| The bulk of
students are somewhere on the overly broad autism.spectrum.
Literacy is not high and they generally have a much easier time |
| learning from videos. Some of our students have various
manifestations of arthrogryposis and an early onset arthritis so
working with rings |
| is useful as
we can often use the better side or arm to teach the other side
or arm. Unfortunately, many students have seizures. These are |
| frequently
just a very few seconds where the student freezes
in place and may or may not be aware of surroundings or
sensations. We also |
| have some youngish
students with a range of conditions collectively known as
ataxia as well as problems with balance (leading to falls)
in |
| older
adults. In
some instances rings help limit negative effects when a
functional hand or arm helps govern a suddenly dysfunctional
one. |
| It is also
clear that for some students the movements of fingers, wrists
and forearms when manipulating the ring significantly ease the
pain |
| of what is
described as a fiery arthritis. |
