New T-shirts arrived! After admiring the T-shirts, we worked on Panuntukan Set 1:
1. Jab
2. Jab – Slash
3. Jab – Uppercut
4. Uppercut – Hook
5. Jab – Hook
6. Jab – Takedown – Fan
7. Fan – Uppercut Slash – Jab
8. Jab – Fan – Jab
9. Upper Jab – Lower Jab – Flywheel
10. Reverse Flywheel – Crown Thrust – Jab
11. Jab – Fan – Hook – Lower Slash
12. Whip Strike – Hook – Slash
Guro Joe C.’s notes:
Attendance: Joe C. instructing, Alex, Brian, Ryan, Dave, Asim, Frank
We spent the begining of class reping panuntukan set 1 of 12 scarecrow for memorization. We then rotated partners every 10-15mins working with increasing resistace from the reciever. Starting with static hands up to passive resistance with both hands to actively trying not to die without becoming offensive yet. We also tried them with the reciever in a tradtional left boxing lead. The sequences work just fine if only in a different direction on occasion. It also proved necessary to maintain an outside lead foot position in the open stance just like in boxing. We touched briefly on the importance of forward pressure or movement and the use of foot work in a panuntukan application including Pamana Tuhon’s sweeping footwork from his visit.
In attendance: Bob, Joe, David, Brian, Ann, Ryan, Asim and prospective student Darren.
We started out with the Atienza Kali Bolo Evolution 1 drill, then worked on the bolo and knife material.
1. Load blade (LH) then projectile.
3. Load blade (LH) thrust kidney/armpit.
5. Thrust heart (LH).
7. Thrust throat, jam with forearm (LH). Hubud (RH).
9. Parry heart thrust (LH) into snake lock. Arcing thrust (RH) to carotid hack.
Notes on Pamana Tuhon’s visit from David D. …
Kali Footwork Strategy: introduction and overview
Strategic Angles: their purpose.
The concept behind Sayoc Kali footwork is based on Newton’s Third Law (Brightstorm, 2012). The law of motion tells us that walking is controlled falling. In other words, when we walk our brain tells the legs to function as a tripod which keep us from falling; thus we regain our uprightness. We combine edge weapon technology with this law in order to gain a strategic advantage over the receiver. For instance, we in essence are the third leg of the tripod. Our objective is to cut off the receiver’s footwork mobility and exploit vulnerabilities in the receiver’s balance, forcing the receiver to become unstable when we perform a leg sweep. Our footwork, thus becomes the receiver’s compensation step.
In attendance: Guros Lem and Joe C., Kapatid David D., Chris R., Brian, Asim, Alex and Ann.
(1) The class warmed up with tapping and passing. If you miss one, you use the other.
(2) Counter jab-cross-kick with pass-pass-low pass.
– Then drop foot and kick foot before opponent can plant/anchor.
– Then snap kick groin.
– Then kick opposite leg.
(3) Enter with triangle footwork, facing forward.
– Step on foot then immediately kick ankle, inside or outside.
(4) Enter with triangle footwork, facing backward.
– Enter between feet (step or skip-step), displacing one leg.
– Then turn 90 degrees and step forward, posting and collapsing other leg.
– Then turn 90 degrees and step forward, displacing leg.
David D. ran class while I was stuck in Newark, NJ. As usual, he provided very interesting and detailed notes afterward …
Instructor: David D.
Attendance: Bryant, Dan K., Asim, Brian, Alex, and Rob.
Introduction:
Tuesday we explored fighting strategies that offered approaches for target acquisition. Two concepts were explored to achieve the objective of hitting the target; they were sleight of hand and hubud.