Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Class Notes: Dec 14, 2014

Attendees:
Dan (from mma)
Lem

Notes:
Reviewed TD 1-4
Taught TD 5 feeders side, Dan learned the Receivers side last week. Will continue to look into adding a modifier next time around.

Class Notes: Dec 7, 2014

Attendees:
Dan (visiting from mma)
Bryant
Lem

Notes:
Reviewed TD 1-4
made sure to tighten up lines of cutting. Reminded to keep the flow without stopping between attacks. I should try different modifiers to make the drills more ingrained.
Taught TD 5


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Class Notes: Nov. 2, 2014

Attendees:
Dan (visiting from MMA)
Tavon
Bryant
Lem

Notes:
Warm up with 3 of 9 (rh/lh/both) template.
Review TD 1-4.
Taught TD 5.
Discussed aging and certain arts we can't continue to perform due to the impact on the body. Or the inability to move our bodies the way we could when we were younger.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Class Notes: Oct 12, 2014

Attendees:
Tavon
Dan
Bryant
Lem

Notes:
Transitional drills 1 to 4
Worked on isolations for TD3
Learned TD 4

Class Notes: Sept 28, 2014

Attendees:
Dan
Bryant
Jimi
Lem

Notes:
Bryant and Dan reviewed transitional drills 1 to 3.
Jimi worked on 3 of 9 w/tapping

Friday, September 26, 2014

Class Notes: Sept 14, 2014

Attendees:
Dan (visiting from MMA)
Jimi (new perspective student)
Lem
Tavon

Notes:
3 of 9 template rh
3 of 9 receiver
Tavon and Dan reviewed TD 1 to TD2
And learned TD 3

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Class Notes: Aug 24, 2014

Attendees:
Tavon
Dan (Visiting from Maharlika Martial Arts)
Guro Lem

Notes:
Review TDs 1 and 2.
Free-flow
Panatukan counts 1-5

Friday, August 22, 2014

Class Notes: Aug 17, 2014

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Manny
Muhamed
Dan (from Maharlika Martial Arts school)
Bryant.

Notes:
Manny and Muhamed performed 3 of 9 right hand w/cross tapping. Reminded them to go slow and smooth when learning drill. Also, noticed that they were adding to the receiver side of the drill; Adding hits. Mentioned that they should first learn the drill well. That it's a process in learning. Installing it into muscle memory.

Dan and Bryant reviewed Transitional drills 1 and 2. Also, made them go through different tapping. Pendulum, cork screw, funnel, and percussion tapping.

Went through reversals against one hand and two hand grabs.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Atienza Kali Training Group Session: Aug 2014



We had a good time at the AK (Atienza Kali) training session with Guro Leo Manalo. Hosted by Guro Joey Marana of Maharlika Martial Arts. We talked a little before the training and caught up with everyone again. It was good to see Guro Dr Bob in the mix as well.

We first reviewed Bolo Evo 1 in the beginning. Then, we learned a new application with the knife vs bolo. Very hard to describe the feeling of almost getting hit by the bolo. I had to learn to close in before the bolo-feeder had time to react. After that, we got to experience some RCE's. Very cool way to train your drills. It's not really sparring or drilling or exercising... but you are doing all of them at the same period of time. After that workout, I was panting for air. Luckily, we had to break for lunch.

After a hearty meal, Guro Leo geared up with his armor and said that each one of us had to go through RCE's and apply what we learned in the Bolo Evo 1. This exercise was going to test our skills. We ran it three times. By my third round, my technique was sloppy and was barely getting my shots in. At least, I think I deflected or passed most of Guro Leo's attacks. But maybe it was my lack of oxygen to my brain telling me that?


Archery was our next training. Practiced shooting with a bow. Then, we trained drawing our bolo after shooting an arrow. Team's of two tactic's and maneuvering. Although, no one seriously got hurt. One of the guys had to sit out because he got a big hematoma from the recoil of the bow's string.

In the end, we all had a good time. We learned some new ways to install our drills and get exercise. Team tactics with bow and blade manipulation.

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 Notes: Aug 3, 2014

Attendees:
Dan
Tavon
Mohamed (perspective new student)
Guro Lem

Notes:

Discussed blade protocol and awareness, reactionary gap, feeder and receivers.
3 of 9 template rh/with cross tapping/odds and evens
Review TD1 and TD2 for Dan and Tavon.


Monday, April 14, 2014

Maharlika Martial Arts April 1, 2014

Guro Joe C. lead out class. He added pressure to the 7 count passing drill by adding a few random attacks into the flow that made it harder to pull off the strips. I wasn't able to work out with the guys like I wanted. Still nursing a bum wrist. Hopefully, I'll be all healed up by sama sama 2014 in July. Noticed some of the new guys reaching for their strips. Tried to help them wait until the last minute to pull off the strip. I told them it looked like they were telegraphing or anticipating the move.

It was a good class to watch and help out.

April 6, 2014

Attendees:
Manny (New perspective student)
Bryant
Lem

Notes:
3 of 9 template Rh
3 of 9 w/tapping

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Class Notes: March 16, 2014

Attendees:
Dan
Tom
Lem

Notes:
Reviewed 3 of 9 template (rh/lh/both), w/tapping
Reviewed TD1 and TD2
TD 1 stop-blocks

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Maharlika Martial Arts Class: March 4, 2014



Tonight, we started with warming up with some transitional drills. Everyone did what they knew up to. Next, we trained some low-light drilling. Guro Joey M. showed us how we could utilize a flashlight in 3 of 9 drill. This worked really well even when you knew the drill. As the Receiver, it was still hard to correctly tap when you felt like you're blinded for that few seconds. Nice class tonight!


NCIS: Los Angeles - What Is Your Fire?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Class Notes: Feb 23, 2014

Attendees:
Lem
Dan

Notes:
3 of 9 w/tapping
3 of 9 left hand template/rh & lh template together
3 of 9 left defeats right
TD 1
TD 1 stop blocks
TD 2
Receiver Grips

Class Notes: Feb 9, 2014

Attendees:
Lem
Dan

Notes:
3 of 9 w/tapping
TD 1
TD 1 w/stop blocks
TD 2
Receiver Grips

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Class: Jan 26, 2014

Attendees:
Bryant
Dan
Lem

Notes:
3 of 9 rh/lh/lh defeats rh
3 of 9 w/tapping
6 count passing drill
Receiver grips

Exercise: had them stand back to back, then feeder decides three attacks (from 3 of 9). Receiver tries to correctly cross tap each attack.
Free flow: I fed both with simple linear attacks to see if they could get a receiver grip. One point that I mentioned was to make sure to tap before trying to grab.