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The 12 basic strikes are the building blocks of the system.
When practising the 12 basic strikes, it is good practise to relax, smile and walk like a cat.
All the time using good body mechanics to achieve speed and power.

Picture of the 12 basic strikes:

Video clip of the 12 Basic Strikes with Master Ramil:

Picture of Dacayana’s FIVE consecutive strikes:

The five consecutive strikes can be done with the Eskrima Stick, Knife and Empty hand. They are fast strikes aimed at Kyusho points (Weak Spots) on the body.

The strikes can be made together with Dacayana System’s footwork or without it….
Below is a video of the five consecutive strikes with Master Ramil:

The wall training is a way to more control over your techniques, it can also be used with the knife, Bolo/Sword or even Empty Hand…
Below is a video of Master Ramil doing the wall training:

The Dacayana Eskrima System uses Wing Chun Kung Fu as a part of their Empty Hand style, below is a video clip with Master Dacayana where he talks about the Empty Hand:

When you learn to use the Eskrima stick you also learn how to hit with the end of it and use the Pocket Stick, the Pocket Stick is a small Stick that can fit in your pocket and you use it to target Kyusho points on the body.

Below is a video clip with Master Dacayana where he talks about the Pocket Stick:

Picture of The 12 knife attacks and 4 attack angles:

Below is a video clip of me doing the Dacayana Eskrima 12 knife attacks:

We use two gribs:
1. Common (like a Eskrima Stick).
2. Reverse.

We change between these gribs by shifting grib fast so its possible to use both gribs in combat, below is a video clip of me show how we shift the grib:

When you look at the picture of the knife attacks, you will also notice that there is 4 attack angles (even that the most used is stabbing towards the stomach). These are the angles you could get attacked from with a knife:

1. From above….
2. From your side….
3. From the other side….
4. Below or straight inwards…..

We use above when we train technique, to train defense against all the angles.
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The place to look in Martial Arts is different from style to style some look at the chest (because its close to the arms and legs), others look at the throat/shoulder level (to spot movement in the shoulders), i tell my students to mainly look in the eyes and if they need scan the centerline.

I have many reasons for saying so, some of the reasons i tell my students to use Eye Contact is that it:

1. Shows you most of your opponents body with your Peripheral Vision (which will also be trained by looking in the eyes).
2. Shows your opponents shoulder movements.
3. Tells you if your opponent is out of balance and its time to attack him.
4. The legs are not as fast as the arms….
5. Many times new people within Martial Arts shows you where they will attack by first looking there….
6. The eyes can also be used to play a trick on your opponent.
7. When you look a opponent in the eyes and shows no fear, it also has a intimidating effect.
8. It also teaches good values to learn to have eye contact and can be used in your every day life (just don’t mix it up with eyeballing people, thats not the same ).

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1. Dont damage each other, train in a safe way.
2. Semi-Contact to the body and slaps with open hand to the face (not the face area like eyes, nose and mouth) is okay….
3. Dirty tricks is also allowed…..

Note: The slaps to the face are made like hook, backfists and uppercut just with open hand. Cross is allowed to but you just stop the strike both to avoid damage and to show/train control in your technique….

1. Sparring with the Eskrima Stick:

We do sparring in many different ways, below is a video with me and Grandmaster John Villasin training “the Play” a form of sparring from the Villasin Balintawak Style:

2. Sparring with Empty Hands:

This is a video of two of my students training Empty Hand sparring. Please note: They are both beginners…

3. Sparring with Empty Hands Vs. Knife:

This is a video of two of my students training Empty Hand vs. knife sparring.
Please note: They are both beginners…

4. Sparring with Knife Vs. Knife:

This is a video of two of my students training Knife vs. Knife sparring.
Please note: They are both beginners…

5. Sparring with “focus on one area”:

Besides above we also sometimes trains sparring with focus on one area only like Kicking only, striking only, ground fighting only, the pocket stick only and so on…….

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The Kiai is a yell that commonly comes from the stomach and up, sometimes the Kiai can also be made silent, but most of the time its made as a form of power yell.

This is some of the reasons for using a Kiai:

1. To startle a opponent.
2. To protect the body against strikes
3. To focus and coordinate breathing, bodymovement and mind.
4. To gain a rush.
5. To attract attention from people around you if you are being attacked.
6. To gain power in a technique.

The Kiai empties air from the lungs and makes you able to take a strike to the upper body without lossing your breath, it also tense the muscles in your stomach area (lower body), so if you got a strike there while doing the Kiai it would do less harm….

The Kiai is also good for learning how to breathe out when you strike and this will give you more power in your techniques….

Kiai is also often used to gain a rush doing sparring/fighting since it kind of powers you up……The Kiai can also be used to startle a opponent and take away his fighting spirit, since it demoralize your opponent….

Note: Remember there is a different Kiai for each of the mentality of the elements within Ninjutsu (X-Kans)…..

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