In attendance: Bob, Joe, Aaron, Mosi, Frank, Josh, big Brian, Mauricio, and Mike. We worked on the AK long blade evolution, emphasizing short slashes and footwork. We ended class with some padded stick sparring.
Class Notes – September 1, 2009
In attendance: Bob, Aaron, Mosi, Mauricio, Brian and prospective student Tre. We worked on 3/10 smoking knife and introduced the zombie drill. Class ended with free flow and light wrestling.
I.M.P.A.C.T. Seminar – Aug 29, 2009
Guro Ervin Quintin set up a Sayoc training group in Virginia Beach, and invited me down to give a seminar. He has a great group of students, and we had a lot of fun.
Here is a list of material we covered:
* Blade protocols* 3 of 9 template* Cross tapping* 3 of 9 knife tapping; with and without second knife* Left defeats Right* True Left* Addressing receiver grabs knife with both hands. Feeder counters.* Left hand isolation; palusot* 3 of 10 template; smoking knife* Transition Drill 1* Non linear attacks discussion* Receiver grips* Multi-person stacking* Initial countering to strips using cross tapping drill, then counter again* Hoagie control
Class Notes – August 25, 2009
In attendance: Bob, Joe, Aaron, David, Frank, little Brian, big Brian, Mosi, William and Mauricio. After warming up, we continued working on 3/9 tapping with Guro Harley Elmore’s variations. Class ended with free flow followed by some light grappling.
Class Notes – August 18, 2009
Joe C. ran class this evening.
Class went well:Attendance: Joe instructing, Aaron, Frank, William, and prospective student Brian.We warmed up with the usual. push up sets went to 20 and we kept it going in pretty rapid succession with no rest so it only took about 8 mins at the beginning of class. Pull ups after class as well. I didn’t keep track of the numbers this week except for William who did 20 in close grip palms in(all the way down).Aaron then led a review of Tuhon Raf’s material that I missed last week and we drilled that entry option on a thai pad. Then Frank, Aaron and William reviewed the 3 of 9 feeder locks that Guro Harley Elmore showed last week while I took Brian through the beginnings of protocol and 3 of 9. We covered the first 3 of 3of9 tapping and reconvened with the rest of the class to drill it with different partners. The more advanced students worked off the cross draw and pushed the receivers in terms of time and speed.We ended with the aforementioned pull ups.
Class Notes – August 11, 2009
In attendance: Bob, Brian, Mosi, Josh, Michael, Phil, Frank and Aaron.
Tuhon Rafael Kayanan and Guro Harley Elmore were in town for a research project and ran class today. Guro Harley added shock entries to 3/9 tapping. Tuhon Raf introduced striking body mechanics. Lots of great tips and details to enhance our training!
Class Notes – August 4, 2009
In attendance: Joe, David, Josh, William, Mosi, Phil, Michael, Frank, Bob and Aaron.Class began with conditioning, including Aaron’s “twist and shout” ab work.We then divided up the class based on competence with 3/9 tapping, transition drill 1, kayan 10 count drill, 7 count passing, and transition drill 2. Aaron and Joe also reviewed AK long blade evolution 1 and AK two sword siniwali.Class ended with pull ups. William and Josh led the class with 18 each.