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Chipping Away…
Trying to get the green sash training manual done. 6.8 Fighting Principle # 5 – Critical Distance Line Before every boxing match begins, the announcer goes over both fighter’s statistics. One of the things that bets listed is reach – … Continue reading
Curl Kick
I like to think of the curl kick as a distant cousin to the backfist. The backfist is designed, in part, to sneak around a partner’s frontal guard – to get a strike to the side of the head when … Continue reading
Single Sinawali
This introductory two handed stick drill comes from the Filipino art of Modern Arnis. So why do we have it in our system? Because, historically much of our weapon work came originally from Modern Arnis. The weight of history is … Continue reading
Calf Strangle
The calf strangle (aka calf cutter) is a grappling submission that works by driving a hard object (in our basic the radius bone) into a soft target – the calf muscle, which causes enough pain (hopefully) to make your partner … Continue reading
Kick Combination #2
Kick combination #2 is the first kick combination that students learn in kids class. The reason for this is that younger students seem to have a much easier time with the footwork in this combination that they do with the … Continue reading