A slightly Random session based on low numbers due to various pox's and plagues suffered by the regulars.
These are very much notes to help remember the session as apposed to my usual detailed blog as it was a session designed to focus on the syllabus elements of those in attendance
Arms bars and locks our of Hubud:
1) Salute into arm break
2) Uppercut into sandwich grip and arm break on shoulder
3) cut punch through, turn the head, armpit on elbow into arm wrench/break
4) drive in with elbow, into over arm, arm wrench.
5) Scoop the wrist like a knife disarm (feeding it back), bringing it into your arm/elbow, then move into lock number 2 from lock flow
Upper body control off Jab:
Parry Jab and eye swipe into rear uppercut:
1) use uppercutting hand to clinch neck head and with a motor bike throttle motion twist head to off set, control their arm that is hanging on your uppercut arm with your free hand
2) switch hands so now other hand is controlling head.
3) Waist control (head against their shoulder to stop being elbowed and using fingers to manipulate hips.)
4) jab fingers into clavicle to lift them up
5) full nelson (pushing forward with arms not down
6) flow through to other side and go into head clinch again (like a split punch motion so your clinching arm is inside their arm)
7) change arms so other hand is controlling head
Upper body off the cross:
Parry/salute the cross and then lead uppercut, then go into flow from above but starting on the other arm
Parry repost switches:
1) Stop, inside pass or inside gunting straight into back hand (to go form outside to inside)
2) Inside parry and then punch through with other hand to clinch (changes from inside to outside line)
Tips: keep the stopping hand (stopping the back fist/chop) tight to you as the more to extend the more unlikely you will be able to stop a reversal and you will open yourself up to other attacks)
Note; interesting blends between various types of Hubud (standard, punching, lop sau cycle and parry repost) very easy to start flowing between different variations but the key is to remember all you are doing is trying to hit, grab - stop the hit/grab - or remove a barrier in order to hit and grab, yes you can play a game and have hundreds of variations but you need a basic set that you can make work and can potentially apply to sparring/grappling.
Stick disarm flow:
roof block snake strip
outside stab and strip vine
stick down, squeezing the sticks together on hand to try and strip
punyo to forearm
wrap round (hitting head) into punyo hit forearm strip
pull punyo strip
"figure four" (sab belly and under arm) wrench strip
Monday, 29 October 2018
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
23/10/18: Double stick drills and cob cob
This session was focused on double stick. The key was to not focus on collecting lists of drills and flows, but rather ensuring that the basics are correct and then playing with those. that way your creativity creates combinations for you to explore rather than lists to robotically follow. yes its nice to see variation but it is more useful to make sure what you have works rather than have a dozen lists of 17 hit combo's etc etc
Double stick drills:
Looking at basic angle 1 and 2 strikes, high line and low line and varying these and also implementing sinwalai (weaving motion) - heaven and standard 6
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2 and then heavan 6
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2 and then standard 6
RH A1 and 2, RH half of heavan LH A1 and 2 LH half of heavan
RH A1, watik A2, follow through A2 then RH half of heavan, LH A1, watik A2, follow through A2 the LH half of heavan.
RH - HLH RH half of standard, LH - HLH LH half of standard
Cob Cob (open and closed stance)
Cob cob is a tight motion, not much arm extension, using your body rotation to make the stick hit. It is much more like a tap tap tap like a hammer type of motion as opposed to a baseball bat swing with follow through
RH A1, A2
LH A1,A2
open cob cob RH fisrt (HH, MM, LL)
hit through with RH A1 into closed position
closed cob cob LH first (HH MM LL)
hit through on last low strike then start flow again but with opposite hand
LH A1, A2
RH A1,A2
open cob cob LH fisrt (HH, MM, LL)
hit through with LH A1 into closed position
closed cob cob RH first (HH MM LL)
hit through on last low strike then start flow again but with opposite hand
We did more variations I am sure but the key here was to look at some types of strikes and in partner drills combine them. working with a partner also encourages you to focus on range, hitting with correct part of stick and exploring footwork.(as well as reacting to some slightly wild feeds on occasion!)
Now that we had drilled these concepts we were able to implement them into correnza (stick shadow boxing) - using the footwork we know and combining these striking families (and others we might know but mainly these ones today) - finding ways to implement cob cob into the flow as well, visualising who and what you are hitting and where you are htting them to give your flow purpose.
Syllabus:
We then split into groups to work on syllabus stuff.
I worked with the other higher grades on:
upperbody and arm bar/clinch flows
Take downs from jab and cross
Hubud variations (standard hubud, punching hubud, Lop sau cyle and parry repost) including switches.(1 lop on the hit, 2 inside parry of hit into punch which is bong sau'd - 1 stop, inside, parry, chop, 2 inside parry and punch through with other hand instead of chop)
knife work
5 count hammer and anvil from stab to heart (5 motions not five different feeds -hammer anvil, on me not in me, scoop, slap, elbow control)
Palasut cylcle
THOUGHTS: What was important to note here is that the higher grades "know" these drills - though admittedly a bit rusty - but there are stages to the learning.
Step 1 is mechanical- getting used to the technique and drilling the motion and feel for it - even if it is a natural motion (which most are -if it's not natural then its not going to work in "real life) - you still need to practice it in this compliant form
Step 2 - add forward intent - we are at a stage when we should be aiming for everything we do to have forward pressure, this means motions are tight, "solid" almost "aggressive" in mentality/intent but not at the cost of technique at this stage (and obviously not smashing your training partner but hitting them to let them know they need to keep their hands up etc)
Step 3 - variation and chaos - once you have the forward pressure and have drilled the flow and variations you then apply chaos.. controlled at first - so the focus is on applying the skills, making them work but having to be alert enough to adapt to whatever is given to you (again it is conditioned chaos to start otherwise your not learning) - this means that you have to be focused on what you are trying to do e.g in hubud/trapping: I want to grab them for a clinch or hit them.... that's all... and depending on what gets in the way will decide what I do to remove that thing so I can still grab them or hit them!
Step 4 - sparring.. no compliance and seeing what you can make work BUT to get the most out of it although the sparring might be anything goes YOU have to have a plan of what things you want to try... otherwise you are just sticking to your main/favoured tools
So a very technical brain frying session but a lot of little tips throughout the session, specifically in how to approach the drills, to try and take your training to the next stage.
At the end of the day just keep turning up, work hard, be consistent - but most of all have fun and enjoy! the rest will take care of itself
Double stick drills:
Looking at basic angle 1 and 2 strikes, high line and low line and varying these and also implementing sinwalai (weaving motion) - heaven and standard 6
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2 and then heavan 6
RH A1 and 2, LH A1 and 2 and then standard 6
RH A1 and 2, RH half of heavan LH A1 and 2 LH half of heavan
RH A1, watik A2, follow through A2 then RH half of heavan, LH A1, watik A2, follow through A2 the LH half of heavan.
RH - HLH RH half of standard, LH - HLH LH half of standard
Cob Cob (open and closed stance)
Cob cob is a tight motion, not much arm extension, using your body rotation to make the stick hit. It is much more like a tap tap tap like a hammer type of motion as opposed to a baseball bat swing with follow through
RH A1, A2
LH A1,A2
open cob cob RH fisrt (HH, MM, LL)
hit through with RH A1 into closed position
closed cob cob LH first (HH MM LL)
hit through on last low strike then start flow again but with opposite hand
LH A1, A2
RH A1,A2
open cob cob LH fisrt (HH, MM, LL)
hit through with LH A1 into closed position
closed cob cob RH first (HH MM LL)
hit through on last low strike then start flow again but with opposite hand
We did more variations I am sure but the key here was to look at some types of strikes and in partner drills combine them. working with a partner also encourages you to focus on range, hitting with correct part of stick and exploring footwork.(as well as reacting to some slightly wild feeds on occasion!)
Now that we had drilled these concepts we were able to implement them into correnza (stick shadow boxing) - using the footwork we know and combining these striking families (and others we might know but mainly these ones today) - finding ways to implement cob cob into the flow as well, visualising who and what you are hitting and where you are htting them to give your flow purpose.
Syllabus:
We then split into groups to work on syllabus stuff.
I worked with the other higher grades on:
upperbody and arm bar/clinch flows
Take downs from jab and cross
Hubud variations (standard hubud, punching hubud, Lop sau cyle and parry repost) including switches.(1 lop on the hit, 2 inside parry of hit into punch which is bong sau'd - 1 stop, inside, parry, chop, 2 inside parry and punch through with other hand instead of chop)
knife work
5 count hammer and anvil from stab to heart (5 motions not five different feeds -hammer anvil, on me not in me, scoop, slap, elbow control)
Palasut cylcle
THOUGHTS: What was important to note here is that the higher grades "know" these drills - though admittedly a bit rusty - but there are stages to the learning.
Step 1 is mechanical- getting used to the technique and drilling the motion and feel for it - even if it is a natural motion (which most are -if it's not natural then its not going to work in "real life) - you still need to practice it in this compliant form
Step 2 - add forward intent - we are at a stage when we should be aiming for everything we do to have forward pressure, this means motions are tight, "solid" almost "aggressive" in mentality/intent but not at the cost of technique at this stage (and obviously not smashing your training partner but hitting them to let them know they need to keep their hands up etc)
Step 3 - variation and chaos - once you have the forward pressure and have drilled the flow and variations you then apply chaos.. controlled at first - so the focus is on applying the skills, making them work but having to be alert enough to adapt to whatever is given to you (again it is conditioned chaos to start otherwise your not learning) - this means that you have to be focused on what you are trying to do e.g in hubud/trapping: I want to grab them for a clinch or hit them.... that's all... and depending on what gets in the way will decide what I do to remove that thing so I can still grab them or hit them!
Step 4 - sparring.. no compliance and seeing what you can make work BUT to get the most out of it although the sparring might be anything goes YOU have to have a plan of what things you want to try... otherwise you are just sticking to your main/favoured tools
So a very technical brain frying session but a lot of little tips throughout the session, specifically in how to approach the drills, to try and take your training to the next stage.
At the end of the day just keep turning up, work hard, be consistent - but most of all have fun and enjoy! the rest will take care of itself
Monday, 22 October 2018
18/10/18: Clinch workshop
Warm up
shadow boxing
Clinch
Off jab:
Entry - Waslik/scoop the jab and drive in with lead elbow (covering your face)
From the entry - the hand that did the scoop shoots up into single arm clinch (like you are chopping neck with forearm) and gripping the head (top/back of head not neck), while the hand that did the elbow slides down their arm, gripping the tricep (no thumbs) with elbow inside their forearm. your head should ne next to their head on the side of the tricep gripping arm.
Weight should be as if you are leaning on them (dropping weight from hips not bending over)
From this position we worked on several concepts:
1) Being punch proof - (keep weight on head and arm moving arms in a steering wheel motion as partner tries to punch you and moving partner around with the clinch.
2) Trip/Throw - step off 45 to left, steering wheel motion of clinch, and pivot on stepping foot to move/offset partner, follow up with double knee.
3) Add double clinch - after offset and knee's go into double clinch and work on control. Partner tries a variety of escapes. Keep clinch tight their head on your shoulder your head very close to theirs. Manipulate and move them around and lay with distance. They are trying to drop low get knee on your thigh and bear hug you close
Off cross:
Entry as above and clinch is the same but on the opposite side.
same drills as above but the throw/trip s slightly different:
from clinch, step forward with your rear leg and BUMP their lead leg (et it off the floor) as you do this steering wheel the clinch and pivot off to the right in one motion (this will most likely send person to the floor). if they don't fall over follow up with knee's
PURPOSE OF THE CLINCH: clinching is NOT wrestling, when you clinch you are either going to throw them or hit them. and although we drill escapes when the clinch is on and you try and escape you are often opening yourself up to get hit so escapes need to be drilled carefully with a view to stopping the hits as much as possible.
Pad drills:
From single clinch, throw 3 elbow (on the left) going up, horizontal and downwards, then switch side of the clinch and throw 3 elbows for the other side. repeat for 3 mins - elbow is to hit with tip of elbow not forearm (hand on chest when throwing elbow)
Knees: hold partner in double clinch, control them and throw 2 knees (skipping steps) pad holder will try to hit you and move around as well to keep your clinch honest.
Knife hubud:
in once pick grip - Hubud just like standard hubud (remember to block the knife hand to keep structure strong you don't need the "octopus" covering the hand like in stick hubud)
3 different controls: Pak, push elbow (moving off to side slightly) and control thumb (moving back slightly)
Strip:
Blocking hand grabs and twists wrist, depending on energy given you either push the arm back into ethm, or pull the knife onto your hip. To srip your free hand goes up under the forearm then in a cutting motion towards the neck push with the cutting hand and pull with the twisting hand to striup the knife.
shadow boxing
Clinch
Off jab:
Entry - Waslik/scoop the jab and drive in with lead elbow (covering your face)
From the entry - the hand that did the scoop shoots up into single arm clinch (like you are chopping neck with forearm) and gripping the head (top/back of head not neck), while the hand that did the elbow slides down their arm, gripping the tricep (no thumbs) with elbow inside their forearm. your head should ne next to their head on the side of the tricep gripping arm.
Weight should be as if you are leaning on them (dropping weight from hips not bending over)
From this position we worked on several concepts:
1) Being punch proof - (keep weight on head and arm moving arms in a steering wheel motion as partner tries to punch you and moving partner around with the clinch.
2) Trip/Throw - step off 45 to left, steering wheel motion of clinch, and pivot on stepping foot to move/offset partner, follow up with double knee.
3) Add double clinch - after offset and knee's go into double clinch and work on control. Partner tries a variety of escapes. Keep clinch tight their head on your shoulder your head very close to theirs. Manipulate and move them around and lay with distance. They are trying to drop low get knee on your thigh and bear hug you close
Off cross:
Entry as above and clinch is the same but on the opposite side.
same drills as above but the throw/trip s slightly different:
from clinch, step forward with your rear leg and BUMP their lead leg (et it off the floor) as you do this steering wheel the clinch and pivot off to the right in one motion (this will most likely send person to the floor). if they don't fall over follow up with knee's
PURPOSE OF THE CLINCH: clinching is NOT wrestling, when you clinch you are either going to throw them or hit them. and although we drill escapes when the clinch is on and you try and escape you are often opening yourself up to get hit so escapes need to be drilled carefully with a view to stopping the hits as much as possible.
Pad drills:
From single clinch, throw 3 elbow (on the left) going up, horizontal and downwards, then switch side of the clinch and throw 3 elbows for the other side. repeat for 3 mins - elbow is to hit with tip of elbow not forearm (hand on chest when throwing elbow)
Knees: hold partner in double clinch, control them and throw 2 knees (skipping steps) pad holder will try to hit you and move around as well to keep your clinch honest.
Knife hubud:
in once pick grip - Hubud just like standard hubud (remember to block the knife hand to keep structure strong you don't need the "octopus" covering the hand like in stick hubud)
3 different controls: Pak, push elbow (moving off to side slightly) and control thumb (moving back slightly)
Strip:
Blocking hand grabs and twists wrist, depending on energy given you either push the arm back into ethm, or pull the knife onto your hip. To srip your free hand goes up under the forearm then in a cutting motion towards the neck push with the cutting hand and pull with the twisting hand to striup the knife.
Friday, 5 October 2018
2/10/18: Single Stick and Hubud: Playing with variations and flows
Another week of covering classes. This week I looked at some basics that we had not done for a while and tried to take specific elements to work. The stick section was making sure we got good mechanics of each strike, hitting with correct part of stick and using full body rotation.
The footwork portion was to get familiar with the angels and the reasons for them, the need to "bounce" and be explosive in order to move direction and the importance of moving in triangles (or cutting the corner and being aware of the triangle shape of the movement.
This was applied to range work in numerada and applying the striking families while moving and maintaining optimum range (hitting them without getting hit back)
2/10/18
warm up:
Kali footwork patterns
Male and female triangle
lateral movement
closed triangles
changing direction with triangles
box pattern ("cutting the corners of the triangles")
Single stick
Striking families and body mechanics
cinco terras
Fig 8
Redondo
Abenico
Sunkiti
Numerada with striking families after the hit the hand (targeting and letting it flow and footwork/range)
Really focused on moving out of range and using triangular footwork to get out of range and back in to hit a target and then "cutting the corner" to move round the person
Experienced did Meet the force and follow the force Numerada followed by mixed striking families
Hubud:
Hubud is an energy drill that helps you build sensitivity, reactions, maintain connection/control to a partner, and manage distance. It allows you to play and explore out of movement and can be compliant or competitive depending on your specific needs
Basic flow:
Block the grab/hit with blade of arm, fingers pointing at eye same side as hand energy going forward, other hand goes under the striking arm and lifts up and across slightly (brushing hair motion), pak the arm down with free hand (near elbow and keep light pressure/contact on arm) then hit/grab at partner (wide line) for them to do the drill and repeat.
Experienced guys added different pak motions (hand on top, push elbow, control thumb)
Tried to focus on details: Being relaxed, forward energy, maintaining contact and controlling correct part of the arm or the energy can be used to turn them into locks and arm bars or escapes
Experienced added Switches:
Wave and hack
dagger pass (on the hit)
chi sau
ton sau (which helps to go into punching hubud)
They then did the flow into hubud with switches and into punching hubud and then switches from that
Punching hubud switches included:
Punching hubud (outside parry of straight punch, other hand lifts and brushes, then pak and punch back)
elbow destruction (into hammer, wedge, pak parry)
Gunting
indside parry
low line hit
face slap/lop (not sure of technical name
Doing this made us very aware of foot work and shifting weight and position (essentially a lateral step to the side and the other foot moving forward to the point of a triangle)
4/10/18
Focus of these sessions was getting the basics right: making the "blocks" in sambrada functional (work first time - stopping the stick and not letting them slide through), again make sure footwork is functional (range spring back etc) and then making sure we don't get stuck in a pattern.. add a little chaos in order to react to and not just act robotically.
warm up:
Carenza (stick shadow boxing using movement and striking families from Tuesday)
Single stick
(this was a lot to focus on for the beginners and they did really well)
3 count sambrada (individual blocks and putting together)
Roof block (above head punching up and dropping your head down below the stick)
Inside sweep (stop the stick and check the hand first while moving off line - hide behind the stick)
Outside deflection (step back to give yourself range, checking hand and hitting stick at same time)
Note: when we hit sticks we are really hitting the hand, also range was important; you must be close enough to hit the persons head otherwise you are just defanging)
Experienced: play time!!!!
5 count sambrada, making it tight, correct movement (e.g. off line and range) then introducing random feed (turn an A1 into an A2 at any time) to break the flow (the random A2 meant the response frome that could be anything and therefore makes both partners have to react.
We then added puno sumbrada to the mix (with one person still feeding random A2 strikes into the standard sumbrada) - again it was important to close the range and use correct footwork to make sure (lots of replacement steps!)
Challenge: while doing standard sumbrada with a random A2 and mixing in Puno sumbrada one person at a time add a disarm
This was all about playing with what you know, revisiting the material and trying to apply some things... play time is the best learning time!
Hubud:
Basic flow (as Tuesday) - the beginners did this
switches (as Tuesday) _experienced guys played with these
experienced:
Flow into hubud with switches, into punching hubud and then switches from that.
Once they had this they then had to add locks to the mix (wrist locks arm bars chokes etc anything they knew)
Again there was a lot of playing here, varying speeds trail an error and seeing what you can find from the shapes being presented all the while remaining switched on and trying to make each element effective
A really fun week and the time flew on thursdays session!
The footwork portion was to get familiar with the angels and the reasons for them, the need to "bounce" and be explosive in order to move direction and the importance of moving in triangles (or cutting the corner and being aware of the triangle shape of the movement.
This was applied to range work in numerada and applying the striking families while moving and maintaining optimum range (hitting them without getting hit back)
2/10/18
warm up:
Kali footwork patterns
Male and female triangle
lateral movement
closed triangles
changing direction with triangles
box pattern ("cutting the corners of the triangles")
Single stick
Striking families and body mechanics
cinco terras
Fig 8
Redondo
Abenico
Sunkiti
Numerada with striking families after the hit the hand (targeting and letting it flow and footwork/range)
Really focused on moving out of range and using triangular footwork to get out of range and back in to hit a target and then "cutting the corner" to move round the person
Experienced did Meet the force and follow the force Numerada followed by mixed striking families
Hubud:
Hubud is an energy drill that helps you build sensitivity, reactions, maintain connection/control to a partner, and manage distance. It allows you to play and explore out of movement and can be compliant or competitive depending on your specific needs
Basic flow:
Block the grab/hit with blade of arm, fingers pointing at eye same side as hand energy going forward, other hand goes under the striking arm and lifts up and across slightly (brushing hair motion), pak the arm down with free hand (near elbow and keep light pressure/contact on arm) then hit/grab at partner (wide line) for them to do the drill and repeat.
Experienced guys added different pak motions (hand on top, push elbow, control thumb)
Tried to focus on details: Being relaxed, forward energy, maintaining contact and controlling correct part of the arm or the energy can be used to turn them into locks and arm bars or escapes
Experienced added Switches:
Wave and hack
dagger pass (on the hit)
chi sau
ton sau (which helps to go into punching hubud)
They then did the flow into hubud with switches and into punching hubud and then switches from that
Punching hubud switches included:
Punching hubud (outside parry of straight punch, other hand lifts and brushes, then pak and punch back)
elbow destruction (into hammer, wedge, pak parry)
Gunting
indside parry
low line hit
face slap/lop (not sure of technical name
Doing this made us very aware of foot work and shifting weight and position (essentially a lateral step to the side and the other foot moving forward to the point of a triangle)
4/10/18
Focus of these sessions was getting the basics right: making the "blocks" in sambrada functional (work first time - stopping the stick and not letting them slide through), again make sure footwork is functional (range spring back etc) and then making sure we don't get stuck in a pattern.. add a little chaos in order to react to and not just act robotically.
warm up:
Carenza (stick shadow boxing using movement and striking families from Tuesday)
Single stick
(this was a lot to focus on for the beginners and they did really well)
3 count sambrada (individual blocks and putting together)
Roof block (above head punching up and dropping your head down below the stick)
Inside sweep (stop the stick and check the hand first while moving off line - hide behind the stick)
Outside deflection (step back to give yourself range, checking hand and hitting stick at same time)
Note: when we hit sticks we are really hitting the hand, also range was important; you must be close enough to hit the persons head otherwise you are just defanging)
Experienced: play time!!!!
5 count sambrada, making it tight, correct movement (e.g. off line and range) then introducing random feed (turn an A1 into an A2 at any time) to break the flow (the random A2 meant the response frome that could be anything and therefore makes both partners have to react.
We then added puno sumbrada to the mix (with one person still feeding random A2 strikes into the standard sumbrada) - again it was important to close the range and use correct footwork to make sure (lots of replacement steps!)
Challenge: while doing standard sumbrada with a random A2 and mixing in Puno sumbrada one person at a time add a disarm
This was all about playing with what you know, revisiting the material and trying to apply some things... play time is the best learning time!
Hubud:
Basic flow (as Tuesday) - the beginners did this
switches (as Tuesday) _experienced guys played with these
experienced:
Flow into hubud with switches, into punching hubud and then switches from that.
Once they had this they then had to add locks to the mix (wrist locks arm bars chokes etc anything they knew)
Again there was a lot of playing here, varying speeds trail an error and seeing what you can find from the shapes being presented all the while remaining switched on and trying to make each element effective
A really fun week and the time flew on thursdays session!
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