Some other countries use a separation of terms: Foot Drill and Rifle Drill. At The DrillMaster, we use “Drill” as meaning the feet; Unarmed Exhibition Drill (UXD) and Armed Exhibition Drill (AXD) to mean the body and equipment movement layered over the drill for the feet. On with the question. In General There isn’t such a thing as a “complete …
The Essence of Judging Military Drill
DrillMaster explains how to judge military drill.
The First Recording of Rifle Exhibition Drill
DrillMaster shares Thomas Edison’s video of an Arabian man spinning a rifle.
What is a Military Drill Team?
A military drill team is an armed or unarmed marching unit that performs routines based on military drill. All drill teams, no matter what size, perform or exhibit their routine.
Drill Inside a Church?
Can one drill inside a church? This question was posed to me specifically about an exhibition drill sword routine, but it applies to all weapons as well. Here is the guidance: You must seek the church leader (pastor, rabbi or priest) and see what he says. The thinking is a church is deemed a sanctuary and under the protection of …
LUCK… Has Nothing To Do With It
DrillMaster explains “luck” and how it doesn’t enter in to the equation.
Thinking “Outside of the Box”
When I was about 10 years old I want to the skateboard (similar shape to the one pictured- thanks to machkulture.net). This was around 1975 and skateboards were starting to become more popular – ever kid seemed to have one. Some of the more popular skateboards, at least initially, were plastic and that’s what I wanted. My dad however, thought …
What is “Audience Engagement”?
What is it that makes a routine grab the audience by the eyeballs and yell at them, “Don’t miss this or you’ll regret it!” Audience engagement, my friends, audience engagement. What is it and how do you get some? Read on: You can look up the term “audience engagement” and get all kinds of results for performing arts groups (I’m …
Exhibition Drill Moves
Unarmed Drill When I was in high school (AZ-61, Agua Fria ’83)- just after the dinosaurs and as we started writing on parchment- our drill AFJROTC unarmed drill team marched a long list of different moves. We had 20+ moves and put four or six step in between each move. We incorporated some different arm movements and step styles and …
Appreciating Creative Ability
Back when I was about nine or 10 years old my family went out to what was supposed to be a really nice restaurant in Sun City, Arizona. My grandmother, father, mother, sister and I looked forward to having a relatively expensive but nice meal. We had reservations and walked in with plenty of time. As we entered the hostess …