In attendance: Joe C., David D., Tyus, Brian, Colin, Bryant, Bob and Tavon. Prospective students Tony and Martin observed.
Class began with transition drills. Joe, David and Brian worked on polishing Transition Drill 5. Tyus, Colin, Bryant and Tavon worked on Transition Drill 1.
The second half of class was spent introducing the 14 count Receiver Grips.
In attendance: Joe C., David D., Tyus, Brian, Colin, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Bob and Lem.
While the newer students reviewed transition drills, the apprentice/associate instructors worked on converting 3 of 9 tapping and transition drills into either blade on blade or phase II versions of the drills.
At the end of class, we worked on countering a knife to the throat.
In attendance: Brian, Asim, Lem, Mosi, Colin, Ryan, Tavon, Bryant, Bob, Tyus and David D.
We warmed up with transition drills, then continued with Tuhon Tom’s stickgrappling curriculum. We added the headlock and leg takedowns to the material covered the past two weeks.
In attendance: Joe C., David D., Tyus, Brian, Colin, Asim and Bob.
We reviewed transition drills, then continued with Tuhon Tom’s stickfighting curriculum. Starting from the cross body lock, we reviewed the triangle choke and the “pez dispenser”. Working from the over under position, we covered the triceps lock and the triangle choke.
In attendance: Joe C., David D., Tyus, Mosi, Brian, Colin, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Bob and two prospective students.
Class began with transition drills and some of the drills covered at Sama Sama (e.g. Tuhon Ray’s drill). We also began working on Tuhon Tom’s stickgrappling material. Colin helped the prospective students install 3 of 9.
My family and I went down to the Inner Harbor to watch the fireworks on the 4th. As the crowd shuffled off of Pier 6 after the show, we walked past a man lying on the ground bleeding from his neck just outside of McCormick & Schmick’s. (I was carrying my youngest child, with the other two beside me.) First responders were trying to apply pressure to the man’s wound, but it took a while before paramedics and an ambulance could work their way through the crowd. They had started chest compressions as they loaded the man into the ambulance.
26-year-old Joseph Calo had been visiting Baltimore from Alabama when he and his brother became involved in a shoving match with a group of other men, including 32-year-old Marcus Harris. The fight was broken up at first, but Calo and Marcus apparently “re-engaged” each other later on. Calo was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle and died after being taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
It was a disturbing end to my family’s 4th of July celebration, less than 24 hours after I returned from Sama Sama, but it served as a reminder that violence can erupt anywhere and anytime. All the more reason for an “all blade, all the time” mentality, paired with training in mass attack and improvised weapons concepts …
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| From Sama Sama 2011 |
This year Maharlika Martial Arts was represented by SIX different training groups:
In addition, David D. attended his first Sama Sama, testing for Apprentice Instructor. David barely survived the blade toss/quick draw examination but stepped it up a notch during the one-on-one sparring, surprising everyone with his “aggression”. :)
Our training brother, Guro Joe Maraña, posted a nice review of Sama Sama and talked about what it means to be a part of the Sayoc family on his Inland Empire Filipino Martial Arts blog. Check it out!
Remember to save the date for SAMA SAMA 2012!!!
