Last Saturday was our latest martial arts demonstration. This time we did it at Nishicon, an anime/manga convention. We had two jobs. To do an demonstration on stage and to do a workshop. Which is basically a short preview lesson.

The demonstration was an interesting experience to say the least. The stage was build up off section. Nothing wrong with that, except that the sections were not bolted to each other. So during out demonstration, the sections begun to shift apart. So you were not just doing your techniques, you were also trying not to fall in gaps that would appear. It was kinda like playing Mario while doing a demonstration. Our instructor and some other people that train with us and even some members of the audience would actually push the section so that the gaps would close, while we were doing our demonstration. We did not stop during any of it. We just kept going. Some of the audience did not even notice that the stage was literally falling apart. It was kinda fun though, dangerous, but fun. All in all a great success! We got some nice compliments after we were done. It is a shame that the stage is so dark, so not everything is visible.

The workshop was also extremely fun. The instructor gave a short lesson without a warming up, because if you are dressed up, chances are that you do not want to sweat. It was surreal being part of a normal lesson, only to turn around and see all those colorful characters! The demo team actually helped with the lesson, by explaining and training with the newbies. I trained with catwoman, police woman, ninja woman, supergirl and friend. Lots of girls basically. We were worried about how many people would show up at the workshop, but it really, really busy. And afterwards everyone was excited. After the workshop we walked around the convention and talked with some cosplayers, mostly girls. Some pretty cool people there. Will do again, but hopefully with a sturdier stage.