Wooden Weapons and Wing Chun with Carina Cirrincione

The Sword Guy Podcast episode 89 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/wooden-weapons-and-wing-chun-episode89/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This week’s episode is with Carina Cirrincione of Raven Studios, based in Oracle, Arizona. Carina makes wooden training weapons such as longsword wasters, rondel daggers, and implements for Eastern martial arts. She's also a Tai Chi and Wing Chun practitioner and instructor. We talk about woodwork, Eastern martial arts, turning a hobby into a business and the challenges involved. Photos to accompany this episode This is Guy’s little chest of drawers: Here’s a photo of a pair of Carina’s Wing Chun Bot Jaam Do, or butterfly swords: And this is a wooden dummy used in Wing Chun, which Carina describes making: You can find all Carina’s products at www.little-raven.com and if you’re in the Oracle area and want to train in Wing Chun or Tai Chi, get in touch with her through the website. Raven Studios is also on Facebook and Instagram.