This week I had the opportunity to visit and document every one of the on-campus projects, and I am most impressed by the degree of focus and participation by students in these intense activities. In the Meeting House on the eastern end of campus--appropriately--two projects, Kenpo and Yoga & Meditiation, studied Eastern practices. These students are performing the eight-point defensive blocks of Kenpo, each executed with an exhalation to minimize pain if struck during the manuever:

After crafting bow staffs and swords in the woodshop, this project studied various pole-fighting steps. Here's Danielle wielding a bow staff against Jake:

In the dance studio, thirty feet below the Kenpo project, Master yoga instructor Nancy Schlosser commanded great respect from a large class of students and faculty.

Like Kenpo, yoga teaches much more than a set of moves, positions and exercises. As Kenpo teacher Ross Young (Language Department) explains, "This is about respect (for self, teacher and others), self-discipline, and self-control. These arts are about lifestyle...your whole manner of looking at the world...of living."

For all of the concentration and focus demanded by these projects, there's still time for loads of fun. Below, Jesse shoots Hunter with a plastic gun while Michael threatens to brain him with a handy piece of furniture.