Extremely brief notes from Guro Lem:
David D, Brian, Tavon, Joe C, Ryan, Lem, Bryant, Colin, Tyus, Asim, and two new guys.
Notes: Guro Joe C. reviewed Receiver Grips. Very nice class!
Notes
Class Notes – August 9, 2011
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.
Class Notes – August 2, 2011
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.
Class Notes – July 26, 2011
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.
Class Notes – July 19, 2011
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.
Class Notes – July 12, 2011
Happy birthday to me!
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.
Sama Sama 2011 (July 1 – 4, 2011)
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This year Maharlika Martial Arts was represented by SIX different training groups:
- Vedo and Alfred A. (NOVA Sayoc)
- Ervin Q. (IMPACT Athletes)
- Warren D. (Western NY Sayoc)
- Lem T. (Takoma Park Sayoc)
- Mosi J. (Washington DC Sayoc)
- Joe C. and Chris R. (Towson MD Sayoc)
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!!!