I need to check them out
It was worth the drive. The wife enjoyed it.
The instructor had 3 newbs (us and somebody else). Worked us through the 8 two-handed cuts and then some variations that formed a loop, all while step and slicing across the room. Even with an easy pace, it was a workout.
The advanced students moved from that as a warm up to some fancy reach-around strikes and such that used some of the same strikes but also formed a spin/twirl based on real strikes that looked good.
I can't make it to every class each month, but we'll be back.