24/1/18: Teep masterclass, Pad rounds and double stick drills

Moral of the session: make sure every weapon, be it punch, kick, elbow or knee, works with great technique and power first and foremost... you cannot drill it enough. Know a few techniques inside out and how to apply them first... then get creative!

Warm up:

Footwork (using a pad on the floor to move around)

Pivoting to your left
stepping off to your right (45 forward the twisting to face imaginary opponents side so that you are in left lead)
circling right (pushing off with rear leg)
Circling left (L step)

After each movement fire ABC and then move again. We isolated the movements and then combined them.

Teep:

There are many ways of teaching and learning the teep. It is not a karate front kick, it is not a snap kick (although you do have to raise and bend the knee before the kick). Instead it is driven from the hips like a spear with the ball of your foot.

Low line teep using rear leg to partners lead leg/knee (keep hands up!) - can also do this with lead leg

Mid height lead leg teep (slight twist of standing foot to help extend the kick - trying not to move standing leg so there is no tell) - can also do this with rear leg.

High teep to head - lead or rear leg - bring knee up high first then drive leg up and forward with hips (need some flexibility in hips for this one and is a real surprise of opponent!

We first practice d these in isolation 1 for 1 with partner. then we drilled 3 for 3 any order while partner tried to jab, cross or hook so no matter what they try to do you teep them! (useful sparring strategy)

Pad rounds (Circle of death)

3 x pad stations

Combo 1: jab corss rear elbow (Every round)
Combo 2: corss hook lead elbow Every round)
Thai pad stations: pad holder calls out any of the following - round one: lead teep, rear teep, lead teep rear round kick, rear teep lead round kick. Round 2 - Lead teep, rear teep, lead teep rear knee, rear teep lead knee. Round 3 - everything form previous rounds.

Keep hitting the pads until you are told to move!

Double stick Guntings (scissor motion)

Off of 5 angles (down ward forehand, down ward back hand, horizontal forehand , horizontal back hand, stab)

Meet the force (hit hand as it coming at you) - right hand stick always hits the hand other stick check/monitors/passes partners stick

A1 - open guard to close, A 2 close to open, A3 open to close (point sticks down as you cut), A4 close to open (point stick down as you cut), stab  open to close.

Remember to step off line/lean back....evasion (female/male triangular footwork) and hitting hand most important part of this drill.

Follow the force (using your right hand stick hit the hand as if you are pushing it away..following the direction of travel)

A1 - close to open, A2 - open to close, A3 - close to open (stick down), A4 - open to close (stick down) stab - close to open

Remember to step off line/lean back....evasion and hitting hand most important.

Totsata (stabbing/hooking round motion)

A1 - use right stick to hook round (outside) the attacking stick immediately follow with other stick stabbing to face then follow with multiple hits (stab stab stab left righ left right) your right shoulder will be in front.
A2 - as above but now left shoulder will be in lead
A3 - pass/drop stick using right hand (follow the force) then stab stab stab as above
A4 - as above
Stab - pass/drop stick using right hand (follow the force) then stab stab stab as above

Combining it all:

Higher grades: any of the 5 feeds in any order, use any of the three guntings that we drilled. After the gunting keep hitting like a numerada drill - don't wait for the next feed. Feeder varies tempo and frequency of attacks.

16/1/18: Angles of Defence, Thai round kicks, pad rounds and syllabus work

Todays sessions was about taking some fundamental boxing/JKD/Panantukan defences and applying them to the Jab and Cross (first in isolation and then in a randomised drill).

Warm up:

Shadow boxing incorporating various footwork patterns - left lead jab only and then both hands, then right lead jab only and both hands

Off Jab:

1) Rear hand parry, lead arm push/eye swipe motion (comes up under parrying hand and pushes elbow so opponent is pushed off centre line/twisted) follow with ABC - this gets you on the outside line defence

2) Split entry (hitting down at solor plexis or on the jaw) follow up with ABC (remember to slip off line your rear hand to parry as extra defence) - this gets you on the centre line

3) Rear hand Waslix scoop (guard needs to be a bit higher like thai style as you are coming down on the arm, also works with a little step to the side as a waslik but this drill is more crashing so the thai style is a bit better to close the distance I feel), followed but simultaneous lead elbow crash (driving into face neck area elbow infront of your face to give you protection) follow up with ABC elbows - this gets you on the inside line

Off Cross (same but with other hand!)

1) Lead hand parry and rear arm push (as above) - outside line

2) Split entry (remember to slip off line your lead hand to parry as extra defence)  -centre line

3) Lead hand waslik scoop with simultaneous elbow - inside line

Random drill:

We then started feeding left right left right and parnetr did any of the defences practiced. Higher had random feeds any order and could use any defences/counters they knew inc: stop kicks, jeet tek, thai kicks, cut punches, slips. bobs and weaves etc etc (whatever you knew)

Thai round kicks (with partner)

Focus on proper thai technique rear round kick - stepping onto ball of foot turned 45/90, hard ankle, using hips to rotate, hitting through target with shin almost straight legged like a baseball bat, and coming straight back into balanced stance.

We then did this without the step (no tell) and to get used to rotating on ball of foot from standing position.

Finally with practiced the round kick technique and following through so you are using your hips to drive your leg and turn in a complete circle (while maintaining balance)

Pad rounds (circle of death!!!!!!)

4x pad stations at each station you do the following:

jab, cross, hook,
double jab, cross
3x uppercuts
Thai round kicks (thai pad holder to call out single, double or triple round kicks or fake jab and round kick) - also defending after the kick depending on what pad holder feeds!

Each person stays on their station hitting the pads until they are told to move round (dictated by the thai pad holder). circuit done x3

Syllabus stuff:

We all paired up and looked through a variety of our syllabus work for the upcoming gradings in a few months time. Most people worked a variety of stick and knife drills inc disarms, 3 and 5 count sumbrada, guntings, single and double stick work