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.

The map of the 12 common strikes from Dacayana System above shows also a other things and thats said to be a thing many Arnis, Kali and Eskrima system has in common. There is a clear X attacks angles with number 3, 4, 5 and 6 attacks. Besides this there is also a + striking angel with number 7, 8, 11 and 12 strikes….and if you put these together it makes a star (*) which is common and can be seen in many other schools 12 common strikes (the center of the star is also used as a attack area for stabbing).

The 12 common strikes are in general used as a guide for improvising attacks, it can be used with several different kind of weapons not just the stick. You can also use the “star” attack angles on other parts of the body like the knee, hand or head, there is a little more to the 12 common strikes then first meets the eyes, when you see them and to me its a very effective way of doing it!

Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:38:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Originally posted 2009-09-01 12:12:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Some of you have proberly already heard about this, this is where you attack a opponents weapon like his hand, leg or such to disarm him and in that matter make him less of a treat.
This technique is known in many styles not just FMA but also X-Kans (Ninjutsu) uses attacks against a attackers weapon and for several reasons:

1. Its most likely the closest target of his
2. Its open since he is already hitting
3. You dont have to kill him, you might just end the battle quick and fast with out to many ending in the hospital!

These are some of the reasons for using these targets of course like with all other techniques the are also set backs and down sides and in this case it would be that its possible that you miss or he might be able to fight onwards afterwards depending on the situation and both of yours skillset. But as with all fights its a living thing in nature and you can not predict it, thats why that in my oppion the best is to train techniques to they are a part of you and your movement, from there you will learn to improvise in fight (if you have a good teacher). Its all in your training!

Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:33:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Originally posted 2009-10-17 09:15:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Originally posted 2009-10-16 09:53:16. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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….

Here i am talking about the sticks we use in Migsunedo which is larger then normal arnis stick, this gives more power and range to our blows…
When you start using the stick with the 12 common strikes or 5 basis strikes, then start slow and put focus on your movement make the movement perfect….
The better your movement is the more easy it is to do with empty hand, pocket stick, sword and with more speed, its very important to learn how to move around since it gives power to your strikes and make you stand in ways where you are less of a target to your opponent….

When you do your movement it can be a little like Tai-Chi movement, where you imagine the energy flowing from you and all the way to the tip of your stick, the impact area, you can do this with either the 12 st. or the 5 basis st. 6 times and then shift over to put more speed in it for the last 6 repeats this would make your program a total of 12 repeats of either the 5 basis strikes or the 12 common strikes and that way you would get to train it both with and without speed…

The stick is a great weapon, you very often can find thing in you surrounding that reminds of a stick like a cane or what else you have at hand…But besides the the stick very often also gives you a good leverage in a fight because of range and the power in the blow….
The reason its used in arnis is that a stick looks some what innocent, and are easy to get a hold of, the Philippines have been in wars many times and have had foreign powers ruling there country.
Arnis and the stick fighting is a product of such thing and have its roots in times where the spanish was here and it was illegal to carry a sword, so in stead of a sword they stared using sticks and the art of arnis lasted all the way to now. The system migsunedo has roots in San Miguel arnis and Combat Judo (sometimes called Dumog) and Wing Chun Kung Fu, this i think gives it many good things in both the armed and unarmed combat area since all are proven arts…
I think in many ways the Migsunedo Arnis and Bujinkan has many things in common in the way of thinking in combat, to me thats a sign of both are proven in real battle.
They dont think in fair play, rules, contests or such…..No, they think in terms of survivel!
Thats what its about, to stay alive….This means using weapons in surroundings, bitting, running away or hitting below the belt is okay, just to get away from the attacker alive….
This of course do not mean we in any way tell pepole to kick pepole while they are down or attack other or in other way misuse these things, but purely that we are talking selfdefence….
If you got any questions to this please use my chat or post a comment on the blog…

Sincerly,

Jan

Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:56:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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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Originally posted 2009-10-12 10:23:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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:

Originally posted 2009-09-23 11:37:14. 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.

But these days FMA like Arnis/Escrima is beginnig to be more and more popular because of its very street wise, easy to learn and can even be used as a fun sport!
FMA and Arnis has roots many years back and its said that the native here in the Philippines defeated Magellan and his men with there stick fighting skills.
Later on in history Arnis was again used in World War 2 and the war agaist the US, when they did not have enough rifles they gave Philippinos Bolos (Swords) and had them use Arnis to run down a enemy soldier and cut him down!
This was a lot more effective then it sounds, its said that the US Army changed there handguns to get more stopping power since, the Americans discovered that some Philippinos just keept coming after 2-3 shot and cut down their soldiers.
Now a days the special forces in the Philippines and US are still training and using Arnis….
But as a system in general its still very street wise and up to date for the common person also, it happens many times down here that some Philippinos has had to protect them self using Arnis.
FMA in my mind is a very effective and good MA, that has been overlooked for way to long…..

Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:42:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The are several reasons for this one of the reasons is that the legs are not as fast as the hands, so the is a chance you opponent might grab your leg….
The other reason is you are standing on one leg, when you kick so if you are not skilled enough, you could loose you balance during a kick or if he makes a counter you did not expect….
Make only high kicks when you are 100% sure, you can get one in….

Push forward and get you body into the knee kick, if you are able to grab behind his head it helps making the knee kick even more dangerous, if you at the same time pulls his head downwards….

This can be done low, high and reverse. The main targets is often the knees, thighs, ribs or head. You can kick with the shin, the instep or the ball of the foot.

This is a very powerful kick that can be used high, low and in all directions, the good thing about is it is a lot like walking/stepping (or as the name goes: Stomping) into a guy, which makes it easy to learn and you dont have to be limber to make it work since it does not twist and turn the body in strange ways like some kicks, but uses common body movement….
This kick can also be used both long range and close range (it does not need a lot of space), where some kicks only works on long range…

I think the tittle says it all…..he he

Toe Kick is done with shoes on so you wont damage your toe, it targets shin area and knee (but could also be used other places).

Sweep is when you hook you foot behind your opponents leg/foot and sweeps him by pulling your foot back again.
The Sweep target most of the time the feet, but could also target the knee.

Originally posted 2009-09-10 11:03:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter