We welcomed Guro Joe M. back to Maryland and also had a surprise visit from another senior instructor.
Guro Joe M. taught us panuntukan applications against the jab and jab-cross. We ended the class in free flow.
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.
Too much rain, wind and flooding due to “Frankenstorm” Sandy.
Stay safe!
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.