30/6/16: single stick, stick v knife

SOLO STICK
Angle 1 and angle 2 drilling. Angle refinement, body mechanics refinement and use of the waist. Left and right handed.

Abanico drilling (right hand only) Trying to keep the stick above the head, moving on the horizontal plane, use of the body.

5 angles practise:
Part 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Part 2: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5.

STICK V KNIFE
Defang the snake - destruct form a distance.

Knife feeder feeds the 5 angles:
- Hit the hand
- Hit the hand twice
- Hit the hand twice then the head
- Hit the hand and employ the checking hand

Knife feeder feeds any angle: apply any of the previous practised methods.

Feeder then inserts other attacks with empty hand or legs and stick holder applies any of the previous practised methods.

Fear the walking dead drill. 2 v 1. The second knife feeder is behind the primary feeder. The stick holder is trying to use primary to block the path.

Final drill was reverting back to 1 stick v 1 knife. A world of difference.

28/6/16 Thai 4 count, knife tapping and knife stripping

THAI 4 COUNT
Feeder attacks with a jab or cross - scoop inside or outside then kick-cross-hook-kick
1: outside leg kick, 2 punches, outside leg kick
2: outside leg kick, 2 punches, inside leg kick
3: inside leg kick, 2 punches, outside leg kick
4: inside leg kick, 2 punches, inside leg kick





CATCH AND OBLIQUE KICK
Feeder attacks with a jab or cross:
Catch and cover - right oblique kick, step out, left inside leg kick

Jon Jones exemplification


KNIFE TAPPING
Against the 5 angles
Against #1 move inside, high block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #2 stay behind it, high block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #3 low block (like a bong sau) and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #4 low block (like a bong sau) and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #5 move inside, low block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face

The feeder keeps feeding so it flows.
The defender maintains contact, allow no gaps

Not quite what we were doing but got demo anyway


KNIFE STRIPPING
Feed with a #1 they respond with a #5

Feed with a #1 they respond with and 12 o'clock with pick axe grip

23/6/16 Heaven 6 masterclass and lock flow

HEAVEN 6
Forehand-backhand-backhand
A good hour of practise in several ways:
In the mirror
Against static sticks
Against another swinging sticks and mirroring the pattern as a sinawali flow
Against the #1 and #2 age attacks hitting the hand.

Steve re-iterated the need for slow and smooth becomes fast. Other learning points were
swing the stick like it is a blade
hit with the last 4 inches of the stick
the hips direct the flow

Some examples of the Heaven 6 flow





LOCKFLOW
1-8
1: kotegaesi variation: take control of the thumb, rotate outwards and down towards the toes using a perpendicular palm on the back of his hand to apply rotation and control.
2: arm wrap and tricep extension (if looking the left arm, wrap with the left
3: upward shoulder rotation
4: extended reverse ikkyo
5: slap in inner elbow, rotate the palm towards him, isolate his elbow under your armpit
6: bring it to horizontal, your elbow under his side ribs
7: nikkyo
8: step on the foot, arm under for thumb joystick control
They for us, according to Steve is the grip, primarily strong and on the thumb. Also grab the hand and not the wrist - the wrist is a hold put holding the hand effects the wrist and thus pain and an effective lock.

21/6/16 Cross loop drill, pad work and grappling flow

CROSS LOOP DRILL
- shoulder roll
- short parry
- long parry
- cover with the elbow
- cut punch
- lap and uppercut
- Thai long arm cover
- bob and weave, boy hoo, head hook, he body hooks then head hooks which you bob and weave with body hit and continue the drill by throwing the right cross.

Throw constant alternate crosses between players and inserting any of the defences in any order.

PAD WORK
Jab-cross - bob under the lead hook - shuffle forward to cross-hook - bob under the rear hook - shuffle forward hook-cross-hook

10 hard as you can right crosses

GRAPPLING FLOW
Off the jab (move around the body counter clockwise) or the jab-cross (move around the body clockwise)
Short parry and salute into lap and uppercut into
1 - head control with the arm snaked under his elbow and hand on the back of the head
2 - switch arms with outside arm on the back of the tricep
3 - take the back and the hip creases
4 - fingers in the clavicles at the throat
5 - swim up for the full Nelson
6 and 7 are 1 and 2 in reverse order

18/6/16 Guro Terry Barnett seminar

This is what I can remember, there was a lot more material but retain what I can.

PUNCHING HUBUD
Waslik (scooping/huen sau) change
Lead elbow destruction change
Inside pak and chop to neck change

The basic hubbub roll with the punching variation




Jab cross hook hook - cut cut bicep brace x2
Jab reply with cut and crash in with the outside forearm smash, same with jab cross.
Follow up with single neck control
Neck grip escapes x3

PUNYO SUMBRADA
Basic roll
Attacks - sweeping/cutting his hand off at the end of when his takes the hand down.
- hitting on the half beat on your lower backhand attack






STICK HUBUD
Single stick hubud with 3 attacks
Trap-back fist cover the bicep
Trap back fist inside pak sau and slice
Elbow break

Bloody amazing to be in the room today. There were so many high level martial artists, almost half were instructors!! Just seeing the high level people move so effortlessly was incredible.

16/6/16 Stick v knife and grappling

STICK v KNIFE
Knife hand also has a glove on it. The best defence is to defang the snake. 3 long rounds of each drill.

Knife feeds the 5 angles, stick moves and hits the hand with a single shot

As above but hit twice with the stick

Knife feeds any angle and stick replies with single shot

As above but knife holder also uses the empty hand and stick replies with any shot and constant movement

This type of trading is incredibly draining both physically and mentally. You have to stay sharp, alert and relaxed.

GRAPPLING
1: Feeder throws the jab, as you pak and finger strike to the eyes. Overlook the arm and step around to his 3/4. Your head is now tight to the back of his shoulder and your right arm is around on his right trapezium. As you step back with the right you take him down maintaining arm control. The left knee is now on the floor and strike to the head. Step over with the right leg and pull in tight to close all his gaps and prevent his escape. From here, posture up and rotate left (away from the head) for the submission.

2: Feeder throws a jab-cross, catch the jab and hit over the right cross with your own right hand, move into to throw an uppercut (body outside his arm, punch inside his arm), sandwich grip on the wrist and step in for the elbow break - you put your hips next to his, you are both facing the same way. Drop your level and turn to the right, keeping the grip for the outward first turn takedown (kotegaeshi variation). As he hits the floor, put the shin behind his head as this stop him rolling out of it. Ensure his palm is flat against your hip, extend (lift) his arm and turn to your left keeping the palm on the tip. From here he will tap as there is tremendous torque on the wrist.

14/6/16 Glove work targeting, jab sparring and panantukan

GLOVE WORK - TARGETING
A holds the stick vertically, B throws (1 minutes rounds)
Jab, double jab
Double jab, jab-cross
Jab - stick comes vertically to the head and slip, cross - slip again, jab-cross, vertical swing bob and weave - right hook
KEEP THE BODY MECHANICS SOUNDS AND FLUID

A holds the stick horizontally and constantly punch using body mechanics

JAB SPARRING
Jab only
Jab v cross

PANANTUKAN jab-cross defences
Parry and eye jab, lap and punch

Parry and eye jab, high brace and split to the neck, arm drag

Parry and jab, covering elbow into clavicle, arm pass into uppercut under the arm

Cut punch drilling against continuous jab and cross

Cut punch into arm break by wrapping, shoulder wrench

Cut punch, yield (like a swimming/vertical-ish tan sau) and cover into lead uppercut to chicken eater wrist lock

9/6/16 sensitivity and movement masterclass

SENSITIVITY AND MOVEMENT MASTERCLASS
This was the essence of the class; feeling the depth of their energy and strength, the direction of the energy and their structure. A secondary theme running through the class was using their structure against them, extension of their structure, rotation of limbs and body movement and no strength!

Elbow brace swimming

Grip break on the wrist - rotation, extension, changing levels, sweeping off and passing, huen sau, immovable elbow

Grip break on the elbow - circular body motions

A double grips, any grip, any energy, B moves to escape

A kneels and grips

A kneels and B grips

Playing with it all together

THAI CLINCH SWIMMING
Just swimming the shoulders inside to create the gaps.

7/6/16 Glove work, jab defences and single stick

GLOVE WORK

Jab - jab cross loop drill
A throws a jab, B respond with a jab - cross then switch. Stay in close to apply pressure, practise evasion

JAB DEFENCES
In order to develop higher quality reactions, A attacks with a jab, B responds with a jab then A works the defences below.

1: SALUTE(comb the hair), elbow break followed by an elbow to the face.

2: SCOOP - hammer fist to the neck, ABC

3: SPLIT ENTRY - elbow crank by dropping into his elbow crease, maintain control with your left, grab around the neck to the traps on the right, attack with series of knees.

SINGLE STICK
1: MEETING THE FORCES OF THE 5 ANGLES

2: FOLLOWING THE FORCE OF THE 5 ANGLES

2/6/16 footwork, single stick, empty hand and lock flow

SHADOW BOXING
Moving to get warmed up and lose

FOOTWORK
Male and female patterns plus the x

The diamond

SINGLE STICK.
Main learning point was keeping the sticking shoulder forward despite which foot is forward.
Single stick and the male and female footwork - the big X and 2 strikes on each step, forehand then backhand. Back left, back right, front right, front left and continue this pattern.

Walking the circle

Forwards and backwards

Putting all three motions (footwork patterns) together.

Figure 8 pattern (across and up the centre) with static footwork but plenty of body movement directing the stick work. Then adding all three previous footwork patterns.

EMPTY HAND
Using the same striking motions - the hammerfist, it has been applied in MMA for years.

From unattached: hammer (pak sau) and the other hand comes over and hammers into the side of the head/neck then move around him and hammer fist from a variety of angles.

Against the jab: Same entry as above, hammer with the pak sau hand then double slap elbow across the eye socket.

Against the jab cross: cover the jab then as above.

LOCKFLOW

1 - 8

The fear of getting hit