15/6/17: the art of ripping and tearing limbs

Tonight, was building on the back sweep series from Tuesday in that each technique involved a finish with the opponent on the floor. Furthermore, we were practising by looking after each other to ensure the technique was correct but also because the intention is aggression and speed. If we practised in this format, there would be no one at training for several months.

The principle behind this series of techniques was always to complete the first one. If that fails then move to the second and so on.

1: Against the jab – parry and salute to move his 12 o’clock, step forward with the right to take his weight top heavy. Step back with the left then sweep with the right. He will go down onto a knee but get him belly down by dragging him into his void and away from his based out arm. Essentially this is a #4 straight arm wrist lock but on a different plane. Take the arm vertical (perpendicular to his body) and apply the small circle principle to the wrist – it goes up as it folds for full extension of the joint. Step over the shoulder to simulate a stomp to the head, have the arm braced against your calf for a finish.

2: Against the jab – same as above up until he is face down on the floor. Somehow the arm bends. Slide your right hand to tricep so that your forearms are parallel whilst pinning him with your knee. The knee pressure must be heavy as that alone is grim. Lift the tricep and rotate to the left, trying to get his hand to the back of his head. The finish is due to the rotation of the shoulder muscles.

3: Against the jab – as above but he steps back to avoid the sweep. Transition to the #3 wrist lock (figure 4) take down. As he hits the floor, pin with both knees – one across the ribs and the other across the ear. Again, sound base and lots of pressure driving him into the floor to ensure he can’t move. Your left hand is folding his wrist as your right hand is clasping your left forearm. In addition, his elbow and forearm are glued to your abdomen. Posture up, push the hips forward and lift the wrist for the wrist extension.

4: Against the jab – as above but you can’t get the #3 because he is strong and stable. Step over and behind with the left leg bent and straighten by stomping, almost against his hamstring, for the takedown. Also make sure you are using the elbow close to his chest to apply pressure and help with the leverage for the takedown. When he hits the floor, same finish as the previous technique.

5: Against the jab-cross – split entry followed by the left eye jab and straight into the dumog arm pull so that his arm is pinned to your chest and his balance and base are compromised. Take the flesh of the thumb and rotate using the #1 wrist lock into the takedown. As he goes down, kneel on the bicep, make sure your centre is pointing down his body as this is the safest place to be. If you kneel ‘inside’ the bicep, he can easily reach around roll you to your back. As you kneel on the arm, the upper arm is perpendicular to the body, the forearm is vertical and 90 degrees to the upper arm. Apply the small circle principle to the wrist – up and down and over!

6: Against the jab-cross – as above but as you go for the dumog pull the arm slips out. Change levels and drive straight for the ankle pick with the right and left forearm drive into the hip, drive the hip to the floor so he goes down not away from you as you scoop the foot up. Place the foot under his hip and rotate 180 degrees whilst keep the foot held tight. Wrap tightly with an overhook or underhook. Ensure the leg is close to you, extend by raising, this will ensure no gaps and rotate to your left for some horrendous damage to the knee.

4/4/17: hubud, pad rounds plus stick and knife sumbrada

HUBUD
Basic roll – left and right sides

Chi sau pass – arm on the inside blocking the attack to the neck, rolls out to in, back of the hand wedges onto the two arms, pak sau then hit to the neck to continue the roll. The lower hand also moves in a circular motion to enable the crossing of his arms for the wedging pin and control.

Dagger pass – as he attacks going for the neck, snatch the attack with same side arm by pulling it towards you, follow up immediately with the same arm, slide up his to attack the neck for the clinch. The partner then yields and folds his forearms back in a bong sau fashion to then enable the continuation of the drill.

Dagger pass to clinch – as above but he does not get the elbow up in time, and so you clinch on the near side of his neck, the rear hand monitors his other arm, pinning it to his torso momentarily before joining the other hand at the back of the head for full clinch.

Clinch defence 1 – lose the neck, drop the weight yet posture up as get the hips as close to his as possible and step a leg between his; interlock your hands behind his back just above the hips to enable control of his base.

Clinch defence 2 - Lose the neck, arms over the top compress and face push. Keep it all tight to allow no slippage or simple escape from him.

PAD TRAINING
Thai 4 counts

Lead switch kick to the front leg – cross – hook – round kick to the rear leg.

Lead round kick to the front leg – cross – hook - lead switch kick to the front leg.

STICK AND KNIFE
High box 3 beat sumbrada, using the knife to replace the checking hand

5 beat sumbrada – as above

Stripping the knife – building on the work of last lesson:
Application of the motions:
Person A: attacks with angle #1
Person B: zone off line, inside sweep with the stick and use the knife to check the weapon hand followed by angle #4 to the lower torso.
Person A: straight stab to the abdomen
Person B: zone right and drop stick right against the stab, maintain stick pressure on his arm as you stab over your arm to his ribs. Small redondo with the right hand followed by a stab over the top to the neck. From here, slide the knife holding hand down his arm to where the stick is monitoring his wrist, pinch the wrist and have the back of the blade against his wrist. Strip the blade out from this control position.

JKD locking

Taken from http://jkdlibrary.com/jeet-kune-do-counter-attacks-locking/270/

In the original article there are lots of screen captures from magazines showing a range of lock flow methods

There are times when controlling an opponent is more important than cleaning his clock.
Arm and wristlocks are common to many martial arts. They are important primary techniques in chin na, jiujitsu and aikido.

In developing Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee considered locking to be either accidental or incidental. It’s accidental because in JKD, while we don’t look for a lock, we may find one. For example, you may slip an opponent’s punch, throw an uppercut to the stomach and get him in a front headlock. It’s accidental because it’s not planned; it’s just there. It’s as if your opponent’s own energy or body position leads him into a lock. Locking in JKD is incidental because it’s seldom a primary goal. Locking almost always follows a punch, kick, trap or throw. We believe in softening up and opponent before locking him.

This is not to say that locking should be disregarded. There are times when controlling an opponent may be more important than punching him out. For example, your “opponent” may be a drunk at a party of a mentally disturbed person who may harm himself or others. You may have a job such as bodyguard, bouncer or police officer where controlling an opponent is desired.
The Kali Lock-Flow

Experts in Filipino Kali practice locking by flowing from one lock to another. The flow occurs when you attempt a lock and your opponent resists. When he resists he gives you energy. You flow (or go with) his energy and into another lock. The

Kali lock-flow is an example of flowing with your opponent’s energy.

Many Kali instructors will do a different lock-flow every time they show you an example. This follows the JKD principle of no set pattern, and shows that energy will differ from opponent to opponent. Remember, the lock-flow shown in this article is only one example. Learn it, but don’t be bound to it. Once you’ve learned it, dissolve it and just go with the flow. Take each lock to the point where it is defined or set. Stay on the threshold of pain, but don’t push past it.

17/3/16 Footwork and single stick

FOOTWORK
Step and slide (mirroring with the partner)

Cross step (mirroring with the partner)

Male and female patterns. Female is the v step forward, male is the v-step to the rear.

SINGLE STICK
High box 3 beat sumbrada

Adding the knife to the checking hand

Strips off all 3 attacks from the high box.
1: Against the #1: use the roof and crash in, wrap the checking hand around his attacking arm, almost like a tan sau, be ready to strike with the butt of the stick. His stick should be levered against your body.

2: Against the #1: block and check, step out and stab on the outside of his attacking arm, lever the stick down for the disarm.

3: Against the #2: block and check, snake your stick under his arm to the back of the wrist, have both hands on your stick for the strip.

These are quite difficult to articulate as they are fast, flowing and dynamic motions. The following videos show elements of what we were exploring tonight.

Some examples of stripping methods





20 clicks: Try to perform your 3 disarms within the 3 beat high box sumbradra inside 20 clicks; strikes on the sticks.

The best stick disarms: long range smashing of the hand.

8/3/16 Thai knees, Thai elbows, pad training and standing grappling

THAI KNEES
Thai stance - short, high hips, high hands and short guard.
1. Feeder jabs, catch the jab and cover his rear hand, turn the left foot out and have a strong ankle, lift the knee then push it forward from the hips. As the knee comes up, the right arm cuts into the neck fro the clinch. It literally felt like a jamming strike. Step away after the knee strike and throw an elbow.

2. Feeder throws jab then cross, capture the right hand, take a small step with the right, turning the toes out and having the strong ankle, strike with the left knee. Again, finish with the elbow strike.

THAI ELBOWS
1. Feeder throws jab-cross, pull down and tug the right cross as you step in with the right elbow (kiss the bicep style), follow up with left elbow, right elbow, right back spinning forearm/elbow.

2. Feeder throw the jab, step in with the left elbow, follow up with right then left elbow, finishing off with the spinning back forearm / elbow.



PAD TRAINING

1. Jab - cross, bob and weave under the lead hook, throw the left body hook, right cross - left hook, bob and weave under the rear hook and you throw the right body hook, left head hook - right cross.

2. Jab - cross, feeder throws head high attack, cover with elbow up the centreline, step in with the rear elbow strike.

STANDING GRAPPLING

1. Feeder throw jab –cross, parry the cross and step in with a covering elbow, reach up, over and around for the standing guillotine. Get the armpit on the back of the head, get arm in deep and finish – left elbow high and on his shoulder, push the hips forward and lever his head.

2. As above but the guillotine is not deep, he gets his fingers in. Release the neck arm for the undertook, the left arm either pulls on his forearm or jams his humerus into his side (it just depends where his arm is) and reap him down to the ground.

1/3/16 Pad training, jab sparring, lock flow and locking out of striking

FOOTWORK:
Jabbing the pads using step and slide footwork pattern in 4 directions.

Jab and he moves back as he has your jab timed in. On the second jab cross step in, pressure the shoulder and neck with your left and strike with the right cross.

PAD TRAINING
Keeping the focus on footwork, combination was right cross, left jab (step in song the female triangle, v-step right), be tight at his hip and side as you throw the right body hook, right head hook.

SPARRING
Jab only. Light and fast, varying levels and numbers. Keeping it active.

LOCK FLOW
1 to 4 and back to 1. Left and right side.
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

The video below shows a very similar lock flow.



LOCKING OUT OF STRIKES
1: Feeder throws jab, pal and biu to the eyes (make a simultaneous motion, cut across his centre to affect his centre as this will keep the right hand away), lap and punch, slide the punch down the arm to take control of the thrumb and apply number 1 lock to the wrist, turning out and down to the floor.

2: Feeder throws jab, pak and salute and you enter in, shear the arm (left pulls the wrist back as the right elbow wrenches in the opposite direction just above his elbow), control the thumb and use the forearm to apply pressure as you are in so close and tight.

3: Feeder throw jab and cross, catch the jab and parry the cross as you throat strike, apply the dumog pull as you step the front leg to the rear. This will greatly affect his structure, from here the upward shoulder rotation is waiting.

Rick Faye. Curso JKD-Kali. Madrid (Spain) 2003

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