Maharlika Class notes: Aug 5, 2014

I was able to go up and help Guro Joe Cypressi teach class. Went over TD1 with Alex and Bob. Then, reviewed different cross tapping. First, pendulum to corkscrew to funnel, and we tried percussion tapping. I had them try percussion tapping in TD1 to see where they could use it.

Later, Guro Joe C. reviewed AK material Bolo Evo 1. We also tried a modifier--an aluminum bat. It was interesting because i had a hard time holding it with one hand. I had to either choke up or use two hands to perform certain techniques. We first warmed up with long smooth X-swings. He mentioned how to keep the flow from one side to the other without stopping/jerking. We later tried performing the Bolo Evo 1 with bats. Very loud!! But it was very cool to see how much we could manipulate the bat to do the Bolo Evo 1 drill.

Class: Aug 19, 2012

Attendees:
Lem
Brian C
Jon (perspective student)
Alex (perspective student)

Notes:
-Discussed blade protocol.
-Explained why we wear the training rigs and why we carry so many blades on our belts. Not many people realize that we use it as a tool. It shows how someone could carry their blade or where you might like to carry your blade. Next, we went over how to pass the training blade safely.
-Performed cross-body tapping drill: two palm down; one palm down, and the other palm up; one hand cross-body parry; same side palm down parry.
-3 of 9 template rh
-3 of 9 w/tapping
-Other topics discussed: timers and switches, reactionary gap.

Class: Dec 22, 2011

Attendence: Todd L, Lem

Notes:
Warm-up with 3 of 9 w/tapping
3 of 9 rh/lh/simultaneously
3 of 9 lf defeats rh
Counters against reflexive grabs
Cross-body parry drill
Ended with free-flow sparring