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1. Get him out of balance.
2. Have a good stand.
3. Grab a hold of him and take him down with you.

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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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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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