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Class Notes – October 16, 2012

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Special guest Pamana Tuhon Sayoc teaching Guard 5 material.

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.

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Class Notes – October 2, 2012

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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.

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Class Notes – September 19, 2012

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In attendance: Bob, Joe C., Alex, Asim, Brian and Ryan. Guro Joe C. reviewed some of the material from Pamana Tuhon’s seminar last weekend.

We worked the frame entry to puter kapala finish and looked at other strikes that might be drawn from that position like a hook to the open side of the frame.  We also isolated the puter kapala from a simple double leg.

I figure wrestling is perhaps the most common skill set we will encounter.  If we do get taken down, while we may still employ our blade to victorious end vs the wrestler, his friends will stomp us in the mass attack.  So using the puter to defeat the shot seems a vital skill.

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Class Notes – August 28, 2012

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Guros Lem and Joe taught class while I was out of town:

Attendees: Guros Joe and Lem, Kapatid David D., Brian, Ryan, Asim, Alex, Philip, and Cole (new prospective student).

We combined the drilling of Atienza Kali and Sayoc Kali. We used 3 of 9 as the template. First we started with no tapping and just moved out of the way utilizing body movements, footwork, and angles. Some utilized boxing movements like bob n weave or ducking. We continued to switch partners so that everyone experienced different levels of height. It was interesting to watch how they moved to see what worked and what didn’t work.

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