Mikes training log

This weeks training (my classes at least...)

Monday - pangamut/panantukan

Main concept - slipping/body movement

Drills:
- slip (just body) against jab and cross
- slip (with parry) against jab and cross
- slip and hit against jab and cross (parry and hit)

Technique - split entry to arm pull takedown

Wednesday - pangamut/panantukan

Main concept - basic cover

Drills:
- jab-catch
- jab-catch / cross-parry
- jab-catch / cross-parry / hook-cover

Technique - split entry to arm-pull takedown
-variation - outside foot-trap to counter resistance

Stick fighting:

Basic hubud/ sagang-labo

Lakbay siniwali

Recently I have started teaching filipino boxing/pangmut/panantukan classes at the gym, in addition to the kali class I teach. It worked out well, as I was trying to fit an emptyhand chunk of material into the wednesday class, which made for a 2 hour class.

The bulk of the material is Inosanto-Lacosta blend (via Jarred and other sources), with liberal doses of whatever else seems relavent and related (including the small chunk of Hagibis we covered when Master Rey visited).

It's interesting as it can be related in 2 directions. The kali guys relate the weaponry to the emptyhand, and the new folks can more easily grasp some of the concepts (like tool destruction and some of the more angular attacks) with some exposure to the weaponry.

I'm trying to make a coherent and cohesive structure that allows for entry at any point in the material, but has sufficient scope for advanced folks to keep learning as well.

















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Thursday Knife class:

Basically we covered counters/defences for a forehand stab in pakal grip:

Empty hand:
-Receive/catch with left hand similar to in hubud, but try and make the catch as close to his wrist as possible.
-Turn wrist in (anticlockwise}. This will (or should) bend him, drop him a bit.
-You can then strike with the free hand, lock, whatever.

Variation:

If it all goes horribly wrong and you don't secure the grip, close and turn your arm in and up, trapping/ controlling his elbow. This should achieve a similar result.

Knife to knife: (pakal to pakal)

1:

-Catch the attack with a Pekiti Tersia type sidestep and tap motion.
-Circle the arm anticlockwise until it reaches 6 o'clock.
-Wristlock (kote gaeshi type) with live hand, pushcutting the back out the hand, while trapping his lead foot with yours.
-From this entry you can cut, stab, lock,....

2:

-Female triangle to his outside, cutting the outside of his knife arm, pushing up.
-Pull\ hook straight down, jerking him forward.
-From here, the neck presents as an obvious target, but you can apply whatever..

Stuff to note with this one -
-With the hook\ pull keep it close to you, if its out from you he can recover and cut your side.
-Don't extend too far on the initial cut. It changes the energy and leaves your right flank vulnerable.

After this we sparred a few rounds and then did the forms Alas and Lengua De Fuego.


Oh,yeah, and Damian told us Rahneer's coming over next weekend... heaps of warning for the grading and stuff.

Wedneday - kickboxing/emptyhand

- Warmup (skipping)

- Pad drills (jab, double jab, jab-cross, double jab-cross, cross, double cross)
- Pad drill (jab-cross-slip-cross)

- Thai Pad (jab-right kick, jab-hook-right kick, jab-cross-left kick)
- Thai pad - 40 kicks each side (with doubles and tripples thrown in)

Sparring drills:

Cover drill-

jab->parry, jab->parry/cross->parry, jab->parry/cross->parry/hook->cover

Counter drills-

jab->parry
jab->parry-cross
jab->parry-jab(split entry)
jab->slip-low jab
jab->slip-low cross(...uppercut...)
jab->parry/cross->parry-cross(split entry)
jab->parry/cross->slip-cross(...hook...uppercut...)
jab->parry/cross->bob-right low hook-weave(...hook...uppercut..)

One way sparring:
One side punching, the other defending. (multiple alternating rounds)

Training so far this week.

Monday: Damian's street boxing / conditioning class
- Warmup (skipping).
- Pad work, cover drills
- Pad work, jab - cross - knee - elbow progrssions.
- Chin-na 1) like nikkyo 2) reverse of 1
- Floor exercises (various).

Tuesday: Boxing with Kathy
- Warmup (skipping).
- Bagwork (various).
- Floor exercises (various).

Here's a type of sparring we do to train knife technique.

You spar with chalk, not a training blade. From the marks you can tell how hard a shot was, how deep, and if it was a vital target or not.

Monday night I only did the stick class, as I'm bung in the shoulder, and J's class would kill me...

We warmed up on power strikes, and then worked the attacking blocks drill some more. Unfortunately it's taking a while for everyone to get the drill down. I came prepared with a few techniques to blend into the drill, but didn't have a chance to show them. Next time maybe. Then we did full sparring. Haven't done it for a while, and I'm slightly rusty. Blame the bung arm!

It seems we are having a bit of a re-org on the kali class front. Monday will be more practical stick fighting, with a strong DBMA leaning. Wednesday remains knife. I think Damian is trying to integrate some Pekiti Tirsa material nto it, so yay! Saturday will be the Bakbakan kali class, both stick/sword and knife. More technical emphasis, with balangkas and forms and such, but still some fighting (I hope!). Next year Jarred may teach some JKD/kali emptyhand classes of a more technical bend than his MT classes.

No Balintawak again this week, but maybe next week, as I have a couple of weeks of for the O'Malley's visit.