7/3/19: Knife sparring, double stick back to the wall pad work and syllabus stuff

Knife sparring:

various conditions.

points to remember - stay edge on, point of knife pointing at opponent, keep knife moving

Targets - hand, arm, shoulder/chest, lead leg (wear goggles!)

1) right hand normal grip
2) right vs left hand
3) normal grip vs ice pick grip
4) single knife vs double knife
5) 2 people with knives vs 1 person with knife!!

Double stick:

Various coordination flows

Heaven 6 (to get warmed up)
Heaven 6 as fast as possible
Standard 6 (HLH)
HHH half of heaven with right hand, HHH half of heaven with left hand
 8 count (all high)
HLH half of 8 count, right hand then left hand
then asme as above but 8 count standard (HLLH)

corenza (double stick shadow boxing)

Pads:

Back to wall drill... defend and the pads hitting you then hit the pads for 5/6 hits continue with this or 2 mins each section.

1) Half guard
2) double pillar (great tip from Darren  - after we had done the drill! - keep the arms parallel to the floor - makes defence tighter, forearms are then higher)
3) Crazy monkey with two people hitting you!

Syllabus work:

parry riposte hubud flow with switches
8 count strip flow with sticks
double stick 5 count sumbrada with guntings and 3x strips