{"id":813,"date":"2012-04-29T04:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T04:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2012-04-29T04:15:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T04:15:23","slug":"kranti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"Kranti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I had my second class with four girls of the organization called Kranti. \u00a0Located in Kandivali East, it is a two tuk-tuk ride from where I am staying (one tuk-tuk to the train station at Kandivali West, then disembark and walk to the other side of the tracks which is Kandivali East, and take another tuk-tuk to the final destination). \u00a0 The word ‘kranti’ means revolutionary, and it is in this spirit that the organization works. \u00a0To learn more about their excellent mission and work, see:\u00a0http:\/\/www.kranti-india.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As with many other ladies young or old, the Kranti girls are hesitant at first to try the exercises that I ask them, specifically some of the warm ups like a walking plank or jumping knees-to-chest. \u00a0But gradually, they warm up to the idea, and soon they look like they are having fun. \u00a0Since a few of these girls have been taking Wu Shu, I ask them to show me what they’ve learned and they almost can’t wait to start punching and kicking, at which point I whip out my trusty muay thai pad lest they get the idea my old body is the target. \u00a0Punch and kick they do, and I tell them to keep their hands up and offer suggestions for how to generate some additional power in their techniques. \u00a0We move to basic punches, drill a sparring technique, and end with self defense. \u00a0Knee strikes are very popular. \u00a0I am happy that the girls, in particular those without Wu Shu, take to the techniques quickly. \u00a0And standing on the opposite side of a pad, I can tell you I pity the guy who messes with these ladies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I had my second class with four girls of the organization called Kranti. \u00a0Located in Kandivali East, it is a two tuk-tuk ride from where I am staying (one tuk-tuk to the train station at Kandivali West, then disembark and walk to the other side of the tracks which is Kandivali East, and take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.greentaraproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}