Drive By:
Mirror the opponent's stance
Chamber the double sticks
One stick up and ready by the head
The other stick down and relaxed
If going to the left (left foot in the back)
If going to the right (right foot in the back)
Lower Canine:
Triangle
3 point of a triangle
1.Stick Hand
2.Elbow
3.Head
Friday, August 8, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Silat Elbows
Silat Elbows
Compressive Force (sandwich effect of opposing forces to generate more power).
Up Elbow
Horizontal Elbow
Diagonal Elbow
Twist palm out for more torque on horizontal and diagonals.
Compressive Force (sandwich effect of opposing forces to generate more power).
Up Elbow
Horizontal Elbow
Diagonal Elbow
Twist palm out for more torque on horizontal and diagonals.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Zerg (zirconium) Footwork
CraftyDog
Can be used in a false lead.
Hands up with either a right or left lead.
Push off in a diagonal toward the opponent (not straight, horizontal, or vertical).
Jab as you step diagonally to block the opponent's vision.
Now from a new diagonal angle throw a HOOK across the opponent's face/jaw.
Follow up with a kick, knee, elbow.
Can be used in a false lead.
Hands up with either a right or left lead.
Push off in a diagonal toward the opponent (not straight, horizontal, or vertical).
Jab as you step diagonally to block the opponent's vision.
Now from a new diagonal angle throw a HOOK across the opponent's face/jaw.
Follow up with a kick, knee, elbow.
Kali Fence
Another Craftydog Original.
False lead
feet are parallel
hands are up and moving (careful not to give anybody a chance to grab fingers)
hands are facing opponent while the body is slightly twisted
spring into opponent with a forearm strike into the neck to disrupt him
other hand checks elbow
spin opponent (using both hands from opponent's shoulder and elbow) and step behind
the hand on the neck moves down to opponent's above elbow
the hand checking on elbow will snake inside to control weapon
snake inside to check knife hand (hand shoots between hips and arms and grab the hand top control weapon)
other hand checks elbow
if opponent struggles ride the momentum
be careful not to let opponent switch hands
False lead
feet are parallel
hands are up and moving (careful not to give anybody a chance to grab fingers)
hands are facing opponent while the body is slightly twisted
spring into opponent with a forearm strike into the neck to disrupt him
other hand checks elbow
spin opponent (using both hands from opponent's shoulder and elbow) and step behind
the hand on the neck moves down to opponent's above elbow
the hand checking on elbow will snake inside to control weapon
snake inside to check knife hand (hand shoots between hips and arms and grab the hand top control weapon)
other hand checks elbow
if opponent struggles ride the momentum
be careful not to let opponent switch hands
Friday, June 20, 2008
So Close - Enchanted GOOD QUALITY!
Lyrics:
You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive
As life goes by
Romantic dreams will start
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close
So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come
So far we are so close
How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Andrea Bocelli- Con te Partiro
I’LL GO WITH YOU
When I’m alone
I dream on the horizon
and words fail;
yes, I know there is no light
in a room where the sun is absent,
if you are not with me, with me.
At the windows
show everyone my heart
which you set alight;
enclose within me
the light you
encountered on the street.
I’ll go with you,
to countries I never
saw and shared with you,
now, yes, I shall experience them.
I’ll go with you
on ships across seas
which, I know,
no, no, exist no longer;
wjth you I shall experience them.
When you are far away
I dream on the horizon
And words fail,
and, Yes, I know
that you are with me;
you, my moon, are here with me,
my sun, you are here with me,
with me, with me, with me.
I’ll go with you,
To countries I never
Saw and shared with you,
now, yes, I shall experience them.
I’ll go with you
On ships across seas
which, I know,
no, no, exist no longer,
with you I shall experience them again.
I’ll go with you
On ships across seas
Which, I know,
No, no, exist no longer;
with you I shall experience them again.
I’ll go with you,
I with you.
Andrea Bocelli - il Mare Calmo Della Sera
THE CALM EVENING SEA
I do not know
what fidelity is,
the reason for my song
which cannot resist
such sweet tears
that changed my love.
And if
also the rising of the sun
were to find us still together
please say no;
it also makes fools of the wise,
love, my love.
If within the soul
you were music,
if the sun were within you,
if you really were
within my soul,
then, yes, I could hear
in my silence
the calm evening sea.
But,
that image of you
so lost in my eyes
brought the truth to me;
it loves what it does not have,
love, my love.
If within the soul
you were music,
if the sun were within you,
if you really were
within my soul,
then, yes, I could hear
the calm evening sea,
in my silence
the calm evening sea.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Body Language
posts by Deaf Smith
I've picked the ones below over the years. I don't claim to have 'discovered' them, but they all are quite vaild.
Head attitudes:
Head neutral = Neutral and open attitude
Tilted back = Superior attitude
Tilted down = Negative and Judgmental attitude.
Tilted to one side = Interest
Body Postures:
Leaning back and closed = Lack of interest.
Leaning back and open = Contemplation and cautious interest.
Leaning forward and closed = Potential aggressive behavior .
Leaning forward and open = Interest and agreement .
Gestures:
Hands on hips (confrontational gesture).
Rolling shirt sleeves up (A rather obvious sign of high stress and anxiety.. Getting ready to fight).
Looking away (Ignoring you. He is done with whatever you have to say. Possibly looking for witnesses, escape routes, preparing to fight or run).
Walking away (This is read as a sign of contempt for you, a sign the subject is done listening to you).
Things to look for:
Head angle indicates fight or flight.
1) A dropped chin means fight.
2) A raised chin means flight.
Confirming gesture of flight:
- a fixed stare.
- brushing hair back.
- rubbing chin or face.
If flight, look for darting eyes.
Watch area around neck for possible attack (upper body muscles.)
“Happy feet” could be a strong indicator of flight.
When you see a threat potential, call attention to it. May get him to reconsider threatening action.
Short, choppy gestures/verbal communication, the threat is real.
Hands inward/anger inward; hands outward/anger outward.
Palms in - mad at himself.
Palms out - mad at you.
Watch deadly hands; drying of hands, hands stroking to get dry for attack.
Knuckle-popping, loosening of fingers, flexing of fingers. Then watch setting of hands.
Multiple gestures and deadly gaze mean likely trouble.
The face can be a barometer of a subject’s intentions.
-Flared nostrils, setting of jaw indication of nervousness, anger.
-Eyes wider during periods of intense emotion.
-Mouth breathing indication of nervousness, anger.
-Mouth tense, lips down at corners.
-Raised eyebrows.
-Red face.
-Underneath eyes opposite rest of skin surface.
-Fixed, dilated stare.
Assault not immiinent but possible if you see this below:
-Face is red, twitching, jerking.
-Head, neck, shoulders go back (person making themselves look bigger).
-Lips pushed forward bearing teeth (you’ve seen the same thing in dogs before they attack).
-Breathing is fast and shallow.
-Beads of sweat appear about the face/neck.
-Thousand mile glare.
-Exaggerated movements.
-Finger pointing
-Head pecking (you see this alot with drug users.)
Assault is imminent:
-Directs anger towards other inanimate items such as tables, chairs, walls.
-Face goes from red to white ( during a physical confrontation the blood will leave the surface of the body and pool to the big muscles and internal organs of the body needed for survival), The person is either going to fight or run.
-Lips tighten over teeth.
-Breathing is fast and deep.
-Change of stance, their body blades and shoulder drops.
-Hands closed into fist (not uncommon to see whites of knuckles due to hands being so tight.)
-Bobbing up and down or rocking back and forth on feet (this is the bodies way to hide/ mask the initial movement of a first strike.)
-Target glace (here you will see your opponent look to where he is going to hit, or where he is going to run/escape.)
More on Assault is imminent:
-Putting head and shin down (body wants to protect airway, this action does so to a degree.)
-Eye brows brought forward into a frown (again the body wants to naturally protect the visual system, this action does so to a degree.)
-Stops all movements/ freezes in place.
-Dropping center or lowering of body (no different that a cat or dog getting ready to pounce.)
-One syllable replies (go from full sentences to one syllable replies….. reptilian brain is clicking in.)
I've picked the ones below over the years. I don't claim to have 'discovered' them, but they all are quite vaild.
Head attitudes:
Head neutral = Neutral and open attitude
Tilted back = Superior attitude
Tilted down = Negative and Judgmental attitude.
Tilted to one side = Interest
Body Postures:
Leaning back and closed = Lack of interest.
Leaning back and open = Contemplation and cautious interest.
Leaning forward and closed = Potential aggressive behavior .
Leaning forward and open = Interest and agreement .
Gestures:
Hands on hips (confrontational gesture).
Rolling shirt sleeves up (A rather obvious sign of high stress and anxiety.. Getting ready to fight).
Looking away (Ignoring you. He is done with whatever you have to say. Possibly looking for witnesses, escape routes, preparing to fight or run).
Walking away (This is read as a sign of contempt for you, a sign the subject is done listening to you).
Things to look for:
Head angle indicates fight or flight.
1) A dropped chin means fight.
2) A raised chin means flight.
Confirming gesture of flight:
- a fixed stare.
- brushing hair back.
- rubbing chin or face.
If flight, look for darting eyes.
Watch area around neck for possible attack (upper body muscles.)
“Happy feet” could be a strong indicator of flight.
When you see a threat potential, call attention to it. May get him to reconsider threatening action.
Short, choppy gestures/verbal communication, the threat is real.
Hands inward/anger inward; hands outward/anger outward.
Palms in - mad at himself.
Palms out - mad at you.
Watch deadly hands; drying of hands, hands stroking to get dry for attack.
Knuckle-popping, loosening of fingers, flexing of fingers. Then watch setting of hands.
Multiple gestures and deadly gaze mean likely trouble.
The face can be a barometer of a subject’s intentions.
-Flared nostrils, setting of jaw indication of nervousness, anger.
-Eyes wider during periods of intense emotion.
-Mouth breathing indication of nervousness, anger.
-Mouth tense, lips down at corners.
-Raised eyebrows.
-Red face.
-Underneath eyes opposite rest of skin surface.
-Fixed, dilated stare.
Assault not immiinent but possible if you see this below:
-Face is red, twitching, jerking.
-Head, neck, shoulders go back (person making themselves look bigger).
-Lips pushed forward bearing teeth (you’ve seen the same thing in dogs before they attack).
-Breathing is fast and shallow.
-Beads of sweat appear about the face/neck.
-Thousand mile glare.
-Exaggerated movements.
-Finger pointing
-Head pecking (you see this alot with drug users.)
Assault is imminent:
-Directs anger towards other inanimate items such as tables, chairs, walls.
-Face goes from red to white ( during a physical confrontation the blood will leave the surface of the body and pool to the big muscles and internal organs of the body needed for survival), The person is either going to fight or run.
-Lips tighten over teeth.
-Breathing is fast and deep.
-Change of stance, their body blades and shoulder drops.
-Hands closed into fist (not uncommon to see whites of knuckles due to hands being so tight.)
-Bobbing up and down or rocking back and forth on feet (this is the bodies way to hide/ mask the initial movement of a first strike.)
-Target glace (here you will see your opponent look to where he is going to hit, or where he is going to run/escape.)
More on Assault is imminent:
-Putting head and shin down (body wants to protect airway, this action does so to a degree.)
-Eye brows brought forward into a frown (again the body wants to naturally protect the visual system, this action does so to a degree.)
-Stops all movements/ freezes in place.
-Dropping center or lowering of body (no different that a cat or dog getting ready to pounce.)
-One syllable replies (go from full sentences to one syllable replies….. reptilian brain is clicking in.)
Eye Jab
Eye Jab
Close up -
Either use a bent thumb.
Either bend your fingers.
Little farther away, but still close -
Karate chop using the last three fingers (pinky, ring, middle) with a loose wrist to snap out hands.
Look for methods to protect your hands.
Close up -
Either use a bent thumb.
Either bend your fingers.
Little farther away, but still close -
Karate chop using the last three fingers (pinky, ring, middle) with a loose wrist to snap out hands.
Look for methods to protect your hands.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Roof Block
Roof block for an oncoming attack to the head.
Set up the opponent with a jab to the hand so he will raise his stick then come in.
3 Points.
Point #1 the stick/hand.
Point#2 the elbow.
Point#3 the head.
Roof block and punch up to meet the stick.
Set up the opponent with a jab to the hand so he will raise his stick then come in.
3 Points.
Point #1 the stick/hand.
Point#2 the elbow.
Point#3 the head.
Roof block and punch up to meet the stick.
Dog Catcher
Another Crafty Dog technique.
The Dog Catcher is similar to the Inayan knife defense with an X block, but adds a head butt for distraction and positioning of the head against opponent's neck.
The Dog Catcher variation has a Pekti Tirsa hand up and the other hand down to trap the arm of the knife attacker and milk down to the wrist. Remember the initial false lead to set up the striking dog bite and head butt.
Pass under to my right to position myself to the outside.
Left hand under the arm.
Right hand over the wrist/thumb meat.
Hold arm tight to chest.
Be careful if opponent attempts to pull out the knife against your chest (survival better than stomach). If you feel the pull ride the knife and counter.
The Dog Catcher is similar to the Inayan knife defense with an X block, but adds a head butt for distraction and positioning of the head against opponent's neck.
The Dog Catcher variation has a Pekti Tirsa hand up and the other hand down to trap the arm of the knife attacker and milk down to the wrist. Remember the initial false lead to set up the striking dog bite and head butt.
Pass under to my right to position myself to the outside.
Left hand under the arm.
Right hand over the wrist/thumb meat.
Hold arm tight to chest.
Be careful if opponent attempts to pull out the knife against your chest (survival better than stomach). If you feel the pull ride the knife and counter.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
John Wooden Quotes
John Wooden Quotes (1-5)
* "It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
* "Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
* "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
* "For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment."
* "I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere."
John Wooden Quotes (6-10)
* "The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move."
* "It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion."
* "Our land is everything to us... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives."
* "What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
* "Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."
John Wooden Quotes (11-15)
* "Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best."
* "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
* "It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
* "You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
* "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
John Wooden Quotes (16-20)
* "Young people need models, not critics."
* "It is what we learn after we know it all that really counts."
* "I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
* "Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."
* "Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."
John Wooden Quotes (21-25)
* "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
* "Never mistake activity for achievement."
* "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
* "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
* "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
John Wooden Quotes (26-30)
* "Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
* "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
* "You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors / how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices."
* "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
* "Ability is a poor man's wealth."
John Wooden Quotes (31-35)
* "Be prepared and be honest."
* "The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones."
* "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
* "Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability."
* "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
John Wooden Quotes (36-40)
* "You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
* "Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out."
* "It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
* "Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
* "There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer."
* "It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
* "Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
* "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
* "For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment."
* "I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere."
John Wooden Quotes (6-10)
* "The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move."
* "It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion."
* "Our land is everything to us... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives."
* "What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
* "Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."
John Wooden Quotes (11-15)
* "Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best."
* "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
* "It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
* "You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
* "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
John Wooden Quotes (16-20)
* "Young people need models, not critics."
* "It is what we learn after we know it all that really counts."
* "I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
* "Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."
* "Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."
John Wooden Quotes (21-25)
* "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
* "Never mistake activity for achievement."
* "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
* "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
* "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
John Wooden Quotes (26-30)
* "Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
* "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
* "You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors / how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices."
* "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
* "Ability is a poor man's wealth."
John Wooden Quotes (31-35)
* "Be prepared and be honest."
* "The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones."
* "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
* "Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability."
* "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
John Wooden Quotes (36-40)
* "You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
* "Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out."
* "It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
* "Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
* "There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer."
John Wooden Quotes
Talent is God given. Be humble.
Fame is man-given. Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
Fame is man-given. Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
Knife Attack Squence
Guro Marc demonstrated some options with a knife.
Variation 1:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: Blocks with a single left hand.
You: Move elbow from vertical (down) to horizontal (sideways) and slash over and down from opponent's upper left chest diagonally down to lower right side of opponent.
Variation 2:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: Left Hand Blocks your knife hand away to your right.
You: Move with the new energy under the left arm and slash cut across chest to neck and stab throat.
Variation 3:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: LH Blocks and brings arm back so you cannot go under or over.
You: drop blade across femoral artery, or belly, then stab into thigh crease/spleen/groin to bend opponent over and walk step and cut up. STAB throat. Turn over blade across throat to bring opponent down to ground head up.
Variation 1:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: Blocks with a single left hand.
You: Move elbow from vertical (down) to horizontal (sideways) and slash over and down from opponent's upper left chest diagonally down to lower right side of opponent.
Variation 2:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: Left Hand Blocks your knife hand away to your right.
You: Move with the new energy under the left arm and slash cut across chest to neck and stab throat.
Variation 3:
You: Stab with elbow down to Opponent's upper left chest (your right side).
Opponent: LH Blocks and brings arm back so you cannot go under or over.
You: drop blade across femoral artery, or belly, then stab into thigh crease/spleen/groin to bend opponent over and walk step and cut up. STAB throat. Turn over blade across throat to bring opponent down to ground head up.
Prison Riot Drill
Prison Riot Drill.
Move with 360 degree awareness.
Mind your surroundings.
Exercise: Tag your out.
Move with 360 degree awareness.
Mind your surroundings.
Exercise: Tag your out.
Hourglass
Knife in dominate hand (remember to work both hands).
Ice pick / earth grip.
1. Right hand STAB (in with Left Foot) to Opponent's upper left chest and SLASH diagonal down to Opponent's right LIVER.
2. Right hand STAB to Opponent's LIVER and SLASH horizontal to SPLEEN.
3. RH STAB to SPLEEN and up diagonal to Opponent's upper right chest.
4. RH STAB to Opponent's upper right chest and SLASH horizontal across to upper left chest to complete the hourglass.
Knife attack exercise to work both feet and hands. Remember to switch feet from attacking angles. Using the female triangle walk and stab each point.
Ice pick / earth grip.
1. Right hand STAB (in with Left Foot) to Opponent's upper left chest and SLASH diagonal down to Opponent's right LIVER.
2. Right hand STAB to Opponent's LIVER and SLASH horizontal to SPLEEN.
3. RH STAB to SPLEEN and up diagonal to Opponent's upper right chest.
4. RH STAB to Opponent's upper right chest and SLASH horizontal across to upper left chest to complete the hourglass.
Knife attack exercise to work both feet and hands. Remember to switch feet from attacking angles. Using the female triangle walk and stab each point.
Four Headed Snake
Dog Brothers - 4 Heads of a Snake:
Snake #1: Left Fist Counter to Opponent's Left Jab.
Snake #2: Left Elbow to protect face (Dracula) and counter Opponent's Right Cross. Left elbow can also strike opponents face.
Snake #3: Right Uppercut (hidden from opponent's line of sight).
Snake #4: Right Elbow (sandwich) to opponent's face.
Snake #1: Left Fist Counter to Opponent's Left Jab.
Snake #2: Left Elbow to protect face (Dracula) and counter Opponent's Right Cross. Left elbow can also strike opponents face.
Snake #3: Right Uppercut (hidden from opponent's line of sight).
Snake #4: Right Elbow (sandwich) to opponent's face.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Knives & Snakes
Switch feet knife work.
Stab - Slash
Hourglass
4 Snakes
Rt & Lft Fist and Elbow.
Dracula to cover face.
Uppercut hidden under the Dracula move.
Stab - Slash
Hourglass
4 Snakes
Rt & Lft Fist and Elbow.
Dracula to cover face.
Uppercut hidden under the Dracula move.
Friday, May 9, 2008
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE by Dali Lama
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Sticks
Partner: Angle #1 to the left side of head
You: Block w/ angle #1 and swivel stick to opponent's neck
Slash - Thrust
Slash - Slash
Thrust - Thrust
You: Block w/ angle #1 and swivel stick to opponent's neck
Slash - Thrust
Slash - Slash
Thrust - Thrust
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
ABCs of Fightings
ABC reminds me of Ed Parker's Kenpo. How we learn the alphabet, then the words, sentences, and expand even further.
Today at the Academy we learn A B C. Knives, Stick, Elbow. Draw the alphabet using your tool.
8 diagram. Slash the slash.
Slash
Thrust
Slash-Slash
Slash-Thrust
Thrust - Thrust
Slash - Slash - Thurst
Slash - Thrust - Slash
Thrust - Slash - Thrust
and so on.
Today at the Academy we learn A B C. Knives, Stick, Elbow. Draw the alphabet using your tool.
8 diagram. Slash the slash.
Slash
Thrust
Slash-Slash
Slash-Thrust
Thrust - Thrust
Slash - Slash - Thurst
Slash - Thrust - Slash
Thrust - Slash - Thrust
and so on.
Knee Sweep
Shield series
1 - Hand compress to hip
Sweep partners front leg toward me.
2 - Stand behind partner in horse stance - sweep over knee
1 - Hand compress to hip
Sweep partners front leg toward me.
2 - Stand behind partner in horse stance - sweep over knee
Monday, April 28, 2008
Stole this from Bobbe:
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
-Rudyard Kipling
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
-Rudyard Kipling
Sunday, April 27, 2008
The Forbidden Kingdom - In theaters April 18th
Karate Kid meets Wizard of Oz.
This movie oozes with cheese, but I had a blast. This movie brought back memories of BLACK BELT THEATER. You hear tons of old Chinese sayings that you grew up with as you train in traditional martial arts.
"learn it all so you may forget get it all.""be like water"
"must taste bitter before sweet"
"remember to breathe"
"he who honors his teacher honors himself"
I bet they had the line, "see noting so you may notice everything." The scene probably got edited out.
Jackie praying for rain...eeewww, but totally hilarious.
Lots of CGI and wire work.
Yuen Wo Ping made some interesting comments about the movie.
The fight between Jackie Chan and Jet Li rocks. I wish they had more fight scenes together. A friend of mine didn't like how balance the fight scene was without a clear winner. He thought that Jackie's or Jet's ego couldn't take a beating.
Teaching a Dog New Tricks
Today I met another instructor at the academy where I train. Guru Marc Denny (discovered on the net that he is also known as "Crafty Dog" and a co-founder of the Dog Brothers) showed me some cool take downs and submission holds. He had me demonstrate some of the moves on him so I can get a feel for the technique. The class was pretty physical. When Guru Marc got me in a painful submission he would call this uncomfortable position the negotiation position.
Guru Marc: As a short guy if you fall down you may end up on your back.
I nod.
Guru Marc: I hate to hammer the fact that you're short, but you may have noticed that.
I laughed. I'm around 5'5".
Guru Marc worked with me to show me options that I can use in the real world.
He talked about having an exit strategy. The guy you fight may have a buddy or two or a whole gang.
When fighting give your opponent something to think about so you can misdirect and hit him hard in a better place.
Some of the techniques we practiced for the hour:
When your opponent/partner has a stick and you don't circle to the outside to gain distance. As the circle gets bigger and bigger the guy with the stick has to close the gap to hit you. When he closes in to strike you wrap one arm around his stick hand while your head sinks into his neck and your other arm wraps around his neck to help squeeze your head into his neck (this also may work when he wants to throw a jab or anything else to close the distance).
My notes so I can remember (no video taping allowed):
left arm - around the top of his right arm above the elbow and grab your own bicep on the right arm
head - into the side of his neck
right arm - wrapped around his neck being pulled into your head to create a sandwich effect
left leg - left neutral/front stance
right leg - back and far from your opponent
Push your opponent until he bases.
Knee your opponent until he tries to cover the blow with his free left hand.
Your left arm is still wrapped over his right arm trap his left hand when he tries to block your knee strikes.
Variation 1: Right kick/knee with a reinforce snake disarm (prayer) and follow thru with a right forearm strike to the neck.
Variation 2: PK take down (if head is lower then spin him using your leg over his head and move his arm to turn and spin him to the ground and land on his ribs and chin with your knees
Variation 3: Pick up his leg and take him down and spin around to knee him in the head.
Guru Marc: As a short guy if you fall down you may end up on your back.
I nod.
Guru Marc: I hate to hammer the fact that you're short, but you may have noticed that.
I laughed. I'm around 5'5".
Guru Marc worked with me to show me options that I can use in the real world.
He talked about having an exit strategy. The guy you fight may have a buddy or two or a whole gang.
When fighting give your opponent something to think about so you can misdirect and hit him hard in a better place.
Some of the techniques we practiced for the hour:
When your opponent/partner has a stick and you don't circle to the outside to gain distance. As the circle gets bigger and bigger the guy with the stick has to close the gap to hit you. When he closes in to strike you wrap one arm around his stick hand while your head sinks into his neck and your other arm wraps around his neck to help squeeze your head into his neck (this also may work when he wants to throw a jab or anything else to close the distance).
My notes so I can remember (no video taping allowed):
left arm - around the top of his right arm above the elbow and grab your own bicep on the right arm
head - into the side of his neck
right arm - wrapped around his neck being pulled into your head to create a sandwich effect
left leg - left neutral/front stance
right leg - back and far from your opponent
Push your opponent until he bases.
Knee your opponent until he tries to cover the blow with his free left hand.
Your left arm is still wrapped over his right arm trap his left hand when he tries to block your knee strikes.
Variation 1: Right kick/knee with a reinforce snake disarm (prayer) and follow thru with a right forearm strike to the neck.
Variation 2: PK take down (if head is lower then spin him using your leg over his head and move his arm to turn and spin him to the ground and land on his ribs and chin with your knees
Variation 3: Pick up his leg and take him down and spin around to knee him in the head.
INTRODUCTION TO MADJAPAHIT SILAT
No matter where I go Silat finds me.
A friend told me that my local community college teaches North African martial art. I have never seen this style so I was curious to discover this mysterious martial art. When I talked with the instructor Nathen Carlen he told me the art was Pencak Silat, an Indonesian martial art. I had a few months exposure to this art before in South Central Los Angeles.
Time goes by and while I was training in Kali Silat I came across an article about Bobbe Edmonds on the net. I checked out his blog. From there I came across Mariah Moore.
More time goes by and I discover a DVD by Suzanne Luna Spezzano on YouTube. I asked Bobbe his opinion of Suzanne and her DVD. He gave glowing recommendations about her and her DVD. I must say that this DVD is quite a find. She explains each technique clearly and repeats the moves a few times. The DVD is well organized and is a better production than most martial art DVDs.
I emailed Suzanne to compliment her DVD and we began to email each other back and forth. She invited me over to where she trains in Marina Del Rey. I took Bobbe's advice and drove down to the Inosanto Academy. When I got there the training facility looks like a HUGE garage with lots of training tools available (bags, wooden dummies, sticks, staves, boxing gloves). I would put up a picture but the place has a no camera policy. The people there are very nice, especially the head instructor Guru Dan Inosanto. He's around 72 and he moves super fast and makes everything look easy. Guru Dan is also super nice. One of the most humble man I ever came across.
I'm looking forward to training with Suzanne when she gets back to Los Angeles.
A friend told me that my local community college teaches North African martial art. I have never seen this style so I was curious to discover this mysterious martial art. When I talked with the instructor Nathen Carlen he told me the art was Pencak Silat, an Indonesian martial art. I had a few months exposure to this art before in South Central Los Angeles.
Time goes by and while I was training in Kali Silat I came across an article about Bobbe Edmonds on the net. I checked out his blog. From there I came across Mariah Moore.
More time goes by and I discover a DVD by Suzanne Luna Spezzano on YouTube. I asked Bobbe his opinion of Suzanne and her DVD. He gave glowing recommendations about her and her DVD. I must say that this DVD is quite a find. She explains each technique clearly and repeats the moves a few times. The DVD is well organized and is a better production than most martial art DVDs.
I emailed Suzanne to compliment her DVD and we began to email each other back and forth. She invited me over to where she trains in Marina Del Rey. I took Bobbe's advice and drove down to the Inosanto Academy. When I got there the training facility looks like a HUGE garage with lots of training tools available (bags, wooden dummies, sticks, staves, boxing gloves). I would put up a picture but the place has a no camera policy. The people there are very nice, especially the head instructor Guru Dan Inosanto. He's around 72 and he moves super fast and makes everything look easy. Guru Dan is also super nice. One of the most humble man I ever came across.
I'm looking forward to training with Suzanne when she gets back to Los Angeles.
My Martial Art Journey So Far...
I've been playing around with FMA and Silat for a little bit. By chance I discovered that my local community college was teaching Kali Silat so I enrolled in the spring class of 2008.
My first encounter with FMA was around 2002 when I met a homeless man in Northern California who wanted some change for some coffee at an IN&OUT fast food. I just got him a burger and drink instead of coffee (I don't think they sell coffee). He told me about Escrima Serrada. I never heard of any Filipino Martial Art. I knew nothing about angles. As a kid I grew up learning Korean Martial Arts (TKD, TSD, Hapkido) and Aikido in college.
We would meet once a week and he taught me Escrima Serrada for $20 a lesson. After about a year he would move down to Los Angeles.
When I moved down to La La Land I looked around for a martial art to study again. Using the internet I discovered Chinese Street Fighting (Kung Fu San Soo mixed with FMA) at a local Japanese-American Community Center. We would meet once a week during the weekday and Saturday morning to train. The instructor appeared to have a difficult time showing up to class so a higher rank student would teach. I decided to find a Kung Fu San Soo school that trained all week. I did a free class and the instructor knew his art well. The people there were cool and kind. The head instructor would use me to promote his art (in the kids class) because I was able to break my fall from my Aikido training. He also had other students practice on me as well. It appeared I was the only one that could break my fall at that school. We did no workouts. We hit no bags. We did not spar. We pretend to hit each other with light contact. There was no testing. You get a belt after the instructor felt you have improved enough for the next rank. After three months I looked for another art to study.
I discovered, MartialTalk, a martial art forum. I came across American Kenpo Karate. I found out that Bryan Hawkins had one of his school near my home. I asked around the web about him. Quite a few people gave glowing recommendations about him. I did a free class with him. He answered all my questions. I stayed with him for about 8 months until school started.
A member at MartialTalk left a post for free Kali Silat training over at South Central. I met the instructor at Leimert Park (South Central LA). He wanted to improve the neighborhood.
My first encounter with FMA was around 2002 when I met a homeless man in Northern California who wanted some change for some coffee at an IN&OUT fast food. I just got him a burger and drink instead of coffee (I don't think they sell coffee). He told me about Escrima Serrada. I never heard of any Filipino Martial Art. I knew nothing about angles. As a kid I grew up learning Korean Martial Arts (TKD, TSD, Hapkido) and Aikido in college.
We would meet once a week and he taught me Escrima Serrada for $20 a lesson. After about a year he would move down to Los Angeles.
When I moved down to La La Land I looked around for a martial art to study again. Using the internet I discovered Chinese Street Fighting (Kung Fu San Soo mixed with FMA) at a local Japanese-American Community Center. We would meet once a week during the weekday and Saturday morning to train. The instructor appeared to have a difficult time showing up to class so a higher rank student would teach. I decided to find a Kung Fu San Soo school that trained all week. I did a free class and the instructor knew his art well. The people there were cool and kind. The head instructor would use me to promote his art (in the kids class) because I was able to break my fall from my Aikido training. He also had other students practice on me as well. It appeared I was the only one that could break my fall at that school. We did no workouts. We hit no bags. We did not spar. We pretend to hit each other with light contact. There was no testing. You get a belt after the instructor felt you have improved enough for the next rank. After three months I looked for another art to study.
I discovered, MartialTalk, a martial art forum. I came across American Kenpo Karate. I found out that Bryan Hawkins had one of his school near my home. I asked around the web about him. Quite a few people gave glowing recommendations about him. I did a free class with him. He answered all my questions. I stayed with him for about 8 months until school started.
A member at MartialTalk left a post for free Kali Silat training over at South Central. I met the instructor at Leimert Park (South Central LA). He wanted to improve the neighborhood.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Madonna - Crazy For You
Swaying room as the music starts
Strangers making the most of the dark
Two by two their bodies become one
I see you through the smokey air
Can't you feel the weight of my stare
You're so close but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that
Chorus:
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you
Trying hard to control my heart
I walk over to where you are
Eye to eye we need no words at all
Slowly now we begin to move
Every breath I'm deeper into you
Soon we two are standing still in time
If you read my mind, you'll see
Chorus:
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
I'ts all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
You'll feel it in my kiss because
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
Its all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
im crazy for you,
crazy for you
crazy for you
crazy for you
its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, im crazy, crazy for you
its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, yeah, Im crazy for you
Crazy for you baby
im crazy for you
Thursday, March 6, 2008
What A Mess
Juggling school, work, training, while attempting to maintain a social life.
I need to clean this blog one day (which means never for now). hehe.
My friend Libby gave me a Calvin and Hobbes book and a toy turtle (so cute). The timing of the book was a godsend because I'm sick. So I'm pumping up my immune system by reading comics.
I need to clean this blog one day (which means never for now). hehe.
My friend Libby gave me a Calvin and Hobbes book and a toy turtle (so cute). The timing of the book was a godsend because I'm sick. So I'm pumping up my immune system by reading comics.
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