PANANTUKAN (FILIPINO BOXING)
Against the jab and the cross: split entry (get the head off the line of the shot), so against the jab short parry with the right and the left goes straight down the centreline to the throat or face, left gunting to the bicep followed by pak sau with your right to the forearm and left hammer fist to the neck.
On the right side against the cross, short parry left and send the right down the centreline, right gunting, left pak sau and right hammer fist as you step with the right leg. The forward pressure puts them on the back foot.
Steve talked about the functionality of trapping. It is merely a way to isolate or move a limb to facilitate a strike. Nothing more, nothing less. If there is no barrier then hit, if there is a barrier, remove it and hit.
The next phase was adding a punch combination, so after the hammer fist it was cross-groin hit/hook-cross
The following phase was him stopping the hammer fist. You turn the body to create a tan sau (just enough space to clear the line for the strikes) and hit followed up by low covering pak and hit.
The final phase was him giving too much energy and pushing the hammer fist across the centre line, from here you lap sau and hit, low line trap and hit.
Steve earlier on talked about the use of the gunting, not every shot is a KO and some strikes are major and some are minor. The gunting (bicep attacking strike) falls into the minor camp. Minor does not mean useless, it merely means having less reaction and effect than a major one.
Below is an interesting video of Vunak doing his thing. He seems to like the use of the gunting in its various guises in this short video. Also, it hints at some of the work we did tonight.
PAD TRAINING
ROUND 1: Feeder throws a jab, 'pad hitter' split entry, pak and hammer fist, cross-hook-cross
ROUND 2: Feeder throw a jab, split entry, pak and hammer fist, feeder puts up the pad, hitter uses lap and hammer fist and again lap and hammer fist followed by cross-hook-cross. The feeder needs to get the pads and energy forward for the hammer fists. Thankfully I had little Nick, several times my pad was too close to my head and the weight of his shots caused me to hit myself on the forehead. What it did teach me was to give strong energy on the pads when power and weight are coming forward.
HUBUD
The basic roll where the initial attack to to get the neck for the clinch. Steve talked about this drill being excellent to work out of motion and find things with lots of movement and aliveness.
Each person took it in turns to feed the energy for the attacks.
On the first defensive motion (hand inside the neck attack and towards the eyes), step back, extend your left hand so you are inside his forearm, load the right ready to punch with the cross, step and punch with the cross. As the punch comes in, he will short parry left and gunting with the right, the right hand then pistons back as the left hand presses down to clear the path for the right punch along the centreline, from here the hubud drill continues.
The second energy we worked was being on the outside of the arm and attacking with the right cross. To get to the outside of the arm, on your third motion or pak/slap to the arm, rotate the palm down and push your arm long against his elbow. As your right cross comes in, he will this time will short parry left and biu jee/ eye strike with the right, followed by a lap sau with the right and punch with the left. From here, the hubud drill continues.
Like most aspects of training in JKD, hubud is something I love to practise. Yet again, another great session at the Academy. Perhaps the highlight of the night was the fact that it was eventually decided how we end the class and say thank you to each other. There is now a simple solution. Praise Odin. Grading has been set for 17th November at 8pm sharp.
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