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Balance training
I’ve done a little bit of silat, a couple of years of Modern Arnis, and Kempo Jutsu Kai (Professor Kimo Ferreira). One of the things I noticed in all of these experiences is that the difference between a good practitioner and a beginner is balance. (And flow and knowledge, of course.)
So my question today [...]
Modern Arnis
I was couch-training on YouTube earlier and decided I would look up Professor Remy A. Presas. The anniversary of his passing was just a couple of days ago and so I’ve been thinking about him a little bit. More importantly, as you may know, a crucial part of the couch-training regime is to watch cool [...]
Yin-yang
There’s an interesting concept in martial arts in general, the idea that to be good you have to be both soft and hard, or more plainly, strong and weak. This is a concept that’s always fascinated me, but frankly at first I hadn’t seen much of it. It seemed like it was always better to [...]
Modern Arnis Seminar
Saturday the 25th of April 2009, Bothell, Washington
There’s a lot of ways to learn FMA, one of the best I’ve found is to take one technique and explore it unarmed, with a knife, and with a stick. Fortunately, this is exactly what Dr. Presas did this Saturday. I think this style of teaching plays to [...]
Flow control contact
So Ramon posted a really cool post here about flow. Between that and some of the stuff we did in class tonight, it really got me thinking a lot. I don’t pretend to be an expert and if this stuff seems like nonsense, please speak up and tell me.
In process analysis or design or martial [...]
Flow and Continuity Pt. 2
Manifestation of Flow and Continuity
If flow and continuity had a physical analog, it could be a canyon of whitewater. The water and the speed of the water fluidly rushing over, around and past the rock is flow and the canyon itself, the length of the canyon and the beginning and end of the canyon is continuity — [...]
Flow and Continuity Pt. 1
So, I’m practicing with Bob Hodge in class this past Saturday and we’re at the point now where we are practicing Palis-Palis technique into one of his patended small-circle ju jitsu locks. This is a way to get us to practice ‘flowing’ from one position in to another. The sequence of movement is:
#4 strike and [...]
The Point Of Control
There are about four ways to attack with a sword, in fencing, for instance, it is all about the point. There is a thrust, a stab, a slash, and a chop. The rapier is really a thrusting/stabbing weapon. It has an edge, but I can’t imagine how you’d kill [...]
