19/3/19: snake and vine

single and double stick sessions. lower grade worked getting the snake strips from 5 angles single stick, higher grades worked vine strips with double stick from 5 angles.

Double stick drills:

Focus on defanging (hitting the hand) and follow up strikes - trying to let it go a little and flow.

using 6 angles A1, A2, (diagonal down for and back hand) A3 A4 (gorizontal fore and back hand) and final 2 angles were diagonally upwards (forehand and back hand)

1) Sticks hitting (to represent hitting the hand)
2) Follow up with a watik (to represent hitting the hand and an immediate follow up strike)
3) Follow up with watik and then heaven 6 (left or right side depending on where you are) - representing hitting hand follow up strike and continuous flurry

We then split into groups. one group worked on "snake" strips (wrapping from the inside line?) from 5 angles of attack, the other worked on vine strips (wrapping from the outside line?)

Vine strips:

A1 - double stick  hit (on on hand other stopping stick) then using the stick tat hit hand to hit writ or stab to face and then strip while walking off line.

A2 - double stick outside deflection, immediate stab to chest/stomach, wrapping hand under wrist and trap thiumb if possible. keep the wrapping stick vertical. then pull towards and you push their stick with your forearm (towards their elbow)

A3 - as A1 but drop to lower level (bend knees)

A4 - Block with one stick down the other up (like an A4 knife block) then use A2 vine

A5 (stab) - either vine can be used (e.g. like A3 or A4 strips) depending on if you block on inside line or go to outside.

We drilled each of these individually and then put them together into a flow - this took a lot of time and repetition.

Shadow boxing to flow at end - double stick, single stick (left and right hand), stick and knife, double and single knife (left and right hand), boxing and thai boxing.