London Academy of Arnis

Thanks again to Imi for another superb lesson. Here's day #10:-

Warm Up

• Jump Rope Challenge (2min)
• Plank Challenge (2min)

Jab Counters

1. Push down jab back (3 min rounds)
2. Parry away low kick (3 min rounds)
3. Open up, clinch knee (3 min rounds)

Hook Counters

1. Bob and weave, body shot
2. Block, clinch knee strike
3. Block, uppercut, hook

Kick Blocking

How to block kicks using your shin, employing long guard when checking kicks and stable base

Kick Drills

1. One for one kicks lightly, moving around and firing a kick, blocking or taking then firing a kick back.
2. One fires a kick the other uses their power leg to kick the inside of the attacker. So basically kick, step, inside leg kick counter (5 min rounds) one for one.
3. Side step catch drill, (5 min rounds)

Ring work

Legs only sparring, rotate everyone, 3 min rounds to finish

Introducing basic grappling techniques, here's Day #9:

Warmup:

Boxing on heavy bag, 10 mins

Padwork:

• Jab (1)
• Jab, cross (1, 2)
• Jab, cross, hook (1, 2, 3)
• Jab, cross, hook, uppercut (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Jab, cross, hook, hook
• Jab, cross, uppercut, overhand
• Cross, uppercut, cross
• Double jab, cross
• Slipping vs straights
• Slip > respond (1, 2)
• Bob & weave vs hooks
• Bob & weave > shovel hook, hook

Breakfalls:

• Backwards breakfall low
• Backwards breakfall high
• Side breakfall low
• Side breakfall high

Empty hand takedowns and throws:

• Entry > leg reap (inside or outside)
• Entry > single leg takedown (inside)
• Entry > head-control takedown (outside)
• Entry > stamp to back of knee (outside)
• Entry > combat drop (inside)

Dagger takedowns and throws:

All of the above takedowns and throws, finishing opponent  on the ground

Double dagger crossada:

• vs top left
• vs top right
• vs bottom left
• vs bottom right
• Disarm and finish vs high attacks
• Disarm and finish vs low attacks

Advanced tech and combative applications, brought to you courtesy of Louis and Andy:-

Warmups:

• Empty hands – freestyle on punchbag
• Single stick – 5x 1 min "angry" rounds on stickbag
• Dagger – slash'n'stab drills

Dagger (point up):

• Gunting entry > pass
• Chopping entry > pass
• Killing points
• Anatomical stoppage

Affecting perception of enemy through elimination of senses and biomechanical functions.

Empty hand:

• Crossada entry inside hook
• Crossada entry outside hook
• Control points
• Basic lock counters

Affecting perception of enemy by using control points to limit their attacking options.

Hi folks,

Back from Birmingham now, so time to catch up with our small backlog of diary updates! Here's day #7:-

Warmup:

4x stations, 5 mins each.

• Solo freeplay
• Stick bag – power combinations
• Dirty boxing on short punchbag
• Muay Thai on long punchbag

Empty hand:

• Lockflow 1-5 (1-18 for seniors)
• Hubud + strikes
• Hubud > striking combo (bolos & elbows)
• Bolo doubletaps on focus mitts
• Corto indexing drill
• Corto striking combinations

Dagger:

• Hubud – dagger point-down
• Hubud – dagger point-up
• Gunting
• Corto indexing drill

Single stick:

• Hubud + strikes
• Corto sparring

This session was done with Louis covering impact stickwork, and Imi covering empty hand:-

Single stick

Basic long range block and strike drills with partners – full power, full speed, deep lunges. When one attacks, the other defends, and vice versa.

• A: Angle 1 > roof block > Angle 1
• B: Roof block > angle 1 > roof block

• A: Angle 1 > roof block > low angle 3
• B: Roof block > angle 1 > low roof block

• A: Angle 1 > roof block > angle 4 (round head)
• B Roof block > angle 1 > outside block

• A: High angle 4 > roof block
• B: High backhand arco > angle 12

• Largo box pattern

Empty hand

During this session we discussed and practiced breathing when punching and being punched, we looked at a Thai boxing stance, the movement of a Thai boxer the traditional Rama three step movement. We also drilled the correct way to throw punches, we looked at hip movement when throwing hooks and body alignment when executing jabs and crosses.

• Warm Up

2x rounds of jump rope (2 mins each), between each round a set of

1. 20 Push Ups (on knuckles)
2. 20 situps (crunches)
3. 20 squats

• Technical Drills

1. Memory drills jab-cross-hook-uppercuts (switch partners)
2. Jab, Cross, Step
3. Jab, Cross, L.Hook, Step
4. Cross, L.Hook, Cross, Step
5. Jab, Cross, Counter L.Hook, Counter R.Hook

• Kicking

1. Power kicks on each other and then bags
2. Switch kicks on each other and then bags

• Light Sparring

1. Body Sparring  (Switch Partners)
2. Full Sparring  (Switch Partners)

PLEASE NOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN FULL SPARRING NEXT WEEK YOU MUST BRING A GUM SHIELD WITH YOU.

Another densely packed session, covering the basics from week 1:-

Warmup

3 mins on each station

• Syllabus forms & armaras
• Singlestick on heavy bag
• Solo freeplay
• Empty hands on heavy bag

Refreshers:

• 12 angles (solo + pairs)
• Male triangle (solo + pairs)
• Female triangle (solo + pairs)
• Crossleg (solo + pairs)
• Anyo Isa
• Armara Isa
• Point-up blocks vs. 12 Angles
• Point-down blocks vs. 12 Angles

Hubud drills:

Hubud version 1, seniors do all versions

• + strikes
• + wristlock
• + shoulderlock
• + hammerlock/snake disarm
• + disarms (senior)
• + takedowns (senior)
• + locks (senior)
• + counter vs random LH punch

Corto sparring:

Controlled sparring at close range. 90 second rounds. Later adding slaps, sweeps, and disarms.

Sorry it took so long folks, but this is a big one. Thanks to Imi and Louis for their input on day #4:-

Warmup on Bag

• round 1 – hands only
• round 2 – elbows and knees
• round 3 – hands, elbows, knees and kicks

Walking Drills
Attacker focuses on drilling combos; defender focuses on blocking/absorbing punches.

• 1) Jab, cross, step
• 2) jab, cross, hook, step
• 3) cross, l.hook, cross, step

Memory Blocking Drills
Work some basic punches with basic blocks

• 1) jab (parry off the chin)
• 2) cross (push away from the face with the lead hand)
• 3) hooks (palm over the ear, answering the telephone position)

Kicking Drills

• 1) a few rounds of power kicks (back leg kicking)
• 2) a few rounds of switch kicks (front leg switching to back to kick)

Technical Sparring Drills

• 1) jab, counter jab
• 2) jab, cross – counter jab cross

Advanced tech and combatives:-

Stick and Dagger

• A series of counters vs Angles 1-4, countering the initial attack and "setting the trap" for the next attack. Picking up both hands and finishing opponents.

Single Dagger

• The ruse – isolating one hand, and forcing the other hand to come into play  defensively. Method of entry is created.

Both methods rely either upon the opponent's intent to attack, or their intent to defend themselves. Setting a trap anticipates that an aggressive opponent, under stress, will take the most direct and convenient route to destroy his enemy (a route that is presented, of course, by you). The ruse anticipates that an opponent will act with a sense of self preservation when attacked. Both are important tactics, regardless of specific context.

Basically, a quick refresher of Day #1, and then the following:-

Single stick

• Point-up blocks vs 12 angles of attack
• Point-down blocks vs 12 angles of attack

… vs bag

• Using jab to cover entry and exit
• Angled exits
• Transition from long range, to close range combo, back out to long range

Single dagger

• Creating an entry through action
• Creating an entry through reaction
• Tracking the weaponhand

Sparring

• Creating an entry
• Counterattacks
• High-low combos