5/10/17: Sticks, Sticks and more Sticks (single and double)

Focus for this session was range. using footwork to keep at the correct range.. and then playing with that.

Warm up

footwork various patterns:

Female triangle (V)
Male triangle (Upside down V)
Diamond
Diamond with a line through the middle (a combination of closed male and female triangles)
X (mixing male and female triangles)
Using female triangle footwork to change directions (moving right and left)


Single stick

Techniques: make sure you use your hips and body mechanics as if you are throwing a jab and cross.

A1 and 2
upward A1 and 2
A3 and 4 (horizontal)
A1 and A4 (lopsided figure 8)
A2 and 3 (Lopsided figure 8 the other way)
Abenico (high line twisting body to get the whip motion)


nemuerada:

Using the 5 angles of attack to feed, partner uses male triangle (stepping back 45 degrees) to evade and defang. Focus on using tip of stick to hit the hand and foot work to create distance. When staying in the drill the defender is basically moving left right left right left but back 45 each time, and make your partner come to you to get in range to hit you before you evade again. this way YOU are dictating what they do to try and get you. After the defang follow up with any ABC

5 count sumbrada:

A: A1, B roof block
B: A1, A inside sweep
A: A4 to body, B: drop stick
B stab to belly, A: inside parry/wing or step to side and cut across
A: A2, B high wing

Cycle continues but now B is doing what A was doing and visa versa.

Higher grades then mixed box pattern (Punyo sunbrada) and 5 count in order to work footwork and range. They also attempted the odd random feed eg swapping and A1 for an A2 and reacting to it


Double stick

We looked at the motion of Open and Closed Guntings (scissor motion). We focused on using the stick in the right hand to ALWAYS hit your partners hand, the other stick passes their stick (even though the strikes are almost simultaneous. Also use correct footwork to keep range (male triangle back 45 left and right)

We isolated each strike first, then we fed all 5 strikes (as above)

Once we were confident with that, one group played with using guntings to incorporate into 3 count sambrada, the other group used guntings in 5 count.

Really good work by everyone, great effort on maintaining distance and footwork and lots of discussion was had. (basically when doing a gunting on the high line keep the tip of your sticks up, when doing a gunting on a horizontal or stab attack try and keep the tips down)