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  • LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS SEMINARS (1980 through the present)

    by Tuhon Bill McGrath
    The Learning Through Comparisons principle: There are great benefits to be had for both students and instructors when they experience different ways of solving the same problem. I first saw this during my teacher’s joint seminars in the early 1980s with Eddie Jafri and Guro Dan Inosanto.
    Posted in Learning Through Comparisons, TEACHING METHODOLOGY

  • LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS PT 4: Bowie vs Kukri vs Tomahawk

    by Tuhon Bill McGrath
    LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS PT 4:
    Comparing speed and power between the Bowie, the Kukri and the Tomahawk. 8 videos with text. Tools used in this essay:  Cold Steel Leatherneck Bowie, Laredo Rubber Trainer, Gurkha Plus Kukri, Rubber Kukri Trainer, Trail Hawk and an Axe Head Cane cut down to the length of a Trail Hawk.
    Posted in AXE & KNIFE DESIGN, Learning Through Comparisons, TEACHING METHODOLOGY

  • LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS: Part 3. Axe Head Design.

    by Tuhon Bill McGrath
    WHY LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS?  This course is based on comparing the use of three categories of tools as weapons, the bowie knife, the kukri and the axe/tomahawk. My goal is to show you how to recognize both the pros and cons of each design and how to use them effectively, taking into account their strengths and weaknesses.
    Posted in AXE & KNIFE DESIGN, Learning Through Comparisons

  • LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS PT 2 DRAWING THE WEAPON

    by Tuhon Bill McGrath

    The purpose of this series is to learn how to learn; ie the teachnique of learning something new. One way human beings do this (especially when young) is by learning through comparisons. In this essay we will examine the differences in drawing three categories of weapons; the bowie, the kukri and the hatchet/tomahawk.

    Posted in KNIFE TRAINING, Learning Through Comparisons, TEACHING METHODOLOGY

  • LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS: Part 1

    by WILLIAM McGrath
        Comparisons Based vs Rules Based learning methods (and how to combine them).   I read an interesting article several years ago on an experiment...
    Posted in Learning Through Comparisons, TEACHING METHODOLOGY