Lets talk about techniqe and the stick today
We start by using the weapons in Arnis and later we move on to empty hand, the reason for this is that the movement is the same and the weapons trains your movement and workout your body when you use it…. Read more »
Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:56:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Many beginners might get the impression that MA is not much related to many of the things you see in the movies and such at all like meditation, Ki/Chi energy and such…But the truth is that the mind plays a very big role in a MA with roots, here by i mean arts like Wing Chun, Bujinkan Ninjutsu, Eskrima etc. Where as many arts has been changed, now a days, to fit a sport setting more, these arts are often, not always, things like Karate, Taekwondo, Judo etc. and there are new MA sports to, commonly know as MMA…. Read more »
Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:52:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Many of you might not have heard about FMA (Filippine Martial Arts), it might be because tv and books have help making other martial arts from China, Korea and Japan famous a lot faster. Read more »
Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:42:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
The Villasin Balintawak style starts with lesson A, B and C….
Lesson A: Lesson A is the 12 strikes, which can be done with the Eskrima stick, Knife, Pocket Stick or Empty Hand.
This lesson teaches you how and where to attack, this is a good guide to learning the weak spots of the body and some basic body movement.
Lesson B: Lesson B is how to block the 12 strikes and next step from Lesson A. B Lesson includes at-random.
Lesson C: Lesson C is block the 12 strikes with a counter and at-random, Lesson C connects to Group 1-5 and “the play”.
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Originally posted 2009-09-01 15:52:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Many might be suprised to hear it, but in many ways FMA (Arnis, Eskrima etc.) does have a lot in common with Ninjutsu (X-Kans like Bujinkan, Jinenkan and Genbukan). FMA and Bujinkan both also have many things in common with arts like Wing Tsun, Krav Maga and other more streetwise arts. Read more »
Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:45:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
One thing in particular with Arnis and Kali systems is they very often have 12 common strikes, thats 12 spots weak spots on the body and also 12 blocking techniques. These spots are the same as used by many other system also as kyusho and dim-mak points, but when you look at a picture of the common strikes from Arnis you can clearly see that, they focus mainly on the big kyusho points. Read more »
Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:38:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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