In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Paul B., Warren D., Maria H., Adam L., Derek L., Aaron T.We reviewed the 10 count palusot drill, then reviewed the 3 of 10 smoking knife template. The “smoking knife” templates have many sentry removal elements within them, which we reviewed.Class ended with free flow and a brief mass attack exercise.
Month: May 2006
Garage Training – May 21, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Warren D., Nyk C., Miguel and Francisco A., Adam B., Aaron T.Informal training in my garage. Trained projectiles and free flow. Hope to make this a fairly regular event.
Class Notes – May 18, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B., Paul B., Joe C., Keith H., Dan H., Adam L., Derek L., Aaron T.We spent the entire class on the kayan 10 count palusot (passing) drill, which introduces simple gunting (scissoring) skills with the blade in pakal (ice pick) grip.The variation we drilled was the “circular” version with feeder 2 executing a “backwards N”.The last past of class was spent in free flow using forward or reverse grip.
Class Notes – May 11, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B., Paul B., Joe C. and prospective student Aaron T.Rainy evening. Small class. We warmed up with AK hourglass footwork.We worked on the Atienza Kali long blade evolution, which introduces the concept of fighter types.We worked through the first four to six moves slowly, alternating between aluminum trainers, rattan sticks, and foam sticks.I let Adam and Aaron work on the 3/9 right hand template, while Joe and Paul sparred. I rotated in to spar with both Joe and Paul. As always, the challenge is to get the clean shot, without the dreaded “double kill”.Joe discovered a flaw in his Mark II blade simulator. I am looking forward to the Mark III.
Class Notes – May 4, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B. Paul B. Joe C., Warren D., Keith H., Derek L., Tom M.After warming up, the advanced students continued to work through TD 5, which includes standing grappling and blind tapping. The others worked on TD 1.After installing the drill, we moved to random isolations from TD 1. It was immediately obvious that executing a technique in the drill vs live were two totally different things.We ended, as usual, with free flow. It is interesting to see how different people treat free flow differently. Some prefer to try to maintain distance. Others like to get in and tie up.When free flowing, don’t forget that we that the distinction between being feeder and receiver is NOT being armed vs not being armed. Empty hand tapping is meant to open lines that you will use to enter. The techniques flow the same way whether your have a knife in your hand or not.