Fist of Boof Presents - Boof Kwon Do, The Art of the Over Vertical Boof Stroke

Presents

The Art of the Over Vertical Boof Stroke

Do you want your boof to have three O’s? Sure you do. Well, let the sensei tell you a little secret. To booof, you need to wind up with all of the force you can muster and then unleash it like a roundhouse kick to the face with the stars and stripes pants for looking at Starla. Forget about it. You think anybody thinks I'm a failure because I go home to Starla at night? Forget about it!

Just like at Rex Kwon Do, at the Fist of Boof Dojo, we teach you to discipline your image. You think I got where I am today because I dressed like Peter Pan over here? Forget about it! Now, to accomplish both the goals of adding an O to your boof and of looking good while doing it, today we are going to discuss the over vertical boof stroke. This is a technique I developed over two seasons of fighting in the Octagon. It’s called Boof Kwon Do! I need a volunteer. O.K. You'll do. Bow to your sensei. Bow to your sensei!

Here we have our volunteer Jim Janney showing us the over vertical boof stroke on the Upper Little Wind River in Wyoming on a rapid dubbed Windscraper.

1. Come in hot and in control.
2. Tighten those torso muscles and wind up, reaching your paddle as far forward as you can.
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4. With your elbows at ninety degrees, push your top hand across your body at eye level, and as far out past your boat as you can, while maintaining your torso clench and wind up. Your top hand should be reaching slightly further from the side of your boat than your bottom hand.
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6. Dig your blade in, feel the resistance and unleash your round house torso rotation, using your body torque, not your arms, to pull your blade back through the water to your hips.
7. Bring those knees up to your chest like you’ve been doing your nightly crunches below a framed picture of Starla.
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9. Feel the thickness of the water and the purchase as you remove the blade from the water and finish your torso rotation. Your shoulders should finish parallel to the edge of your boat.
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11. Uncork a torso rotation back to the opposite side of your boat as you dig in for a stroke upon landing.
12. Now you’re prepared to defend yourself with the strength of a grizzly, the reflexes of a puma, and the wisdom of a man.

- Sensei Stafford