Atienza Kali Seminar

We had a great training session with Tuhon Carl Atienza. He went over some combat analysis drills with us. I got hit in the head a few more times than I wanted. I need to focus on moving better when in the forced feed drill. Movement is the key here. As Feeder moves forward, I have to move away. Also, moving my head like a boxer helps too.

Next, we tried forcing the anchor and retreating. This drill required quickness and balance. I had a better time moving this time. I wasn't getting hit in the head that much but my hand were nice and red. The last part of the seminar we entered in and hit the attack before it got momentum.

After having a good time training, we went out to eat some good Korean BBQ at Honey Pig in Ellicott City, Md.   

Class: June 7, 2012

Attendees:
Todd
Lem
Tavon

Notes:
TD1 and level 3 isolation
Free flow 

Training @ Maharlika Martial Arts: June 5, 2012

Tonight Guro Bob went over Atienza Kali Bolo evolution 1. It was a nice refresher before the upcoming seminar with Tuhon Carl Atienza. A video from Sayoc NorCal shows the flow of the drill. Hopefully, I'll get some pictures if my phone camera doesn't act up.

Class: June 3, 2012

Attendees:
Tavon
Bryant
Lem

Notes:
TD 1 - 5
Review 3 of 9 true left
Also, went over different tapping (pendulum, corkscrew, funnel, percussion).
Bryant stayed a little longer and we went over Bolo Evolution 1.

Atienza Kali Drill by Sayoc NorCal

This is a cool video that was made by Guro John Perrings of Sayoc Norcal school in Oakland, Ca. I like how he shares some of AK's training methods. 

Training @ Maharlika Martial Arts: May 22

Tonight, Guro Bob had us partner up to work on our Atienza Kali long blade techniques. One training partner held out their stick while the other tried to hit it using long slashes. For those of you don't know, long slashes are chambered from the shoulder up. Short slashes are from the shoulder down. After a few tries of not hitting the stick, we tried short slashes. Once we were hitting the stick consistently, we backed up about a step and tried to hit the stick again.

We then tried hitting the hand while the receiver would move his hand away. We then progressed the drill to light sparring (only hitting the hand/arm).

I think all of us had a good time. Some of the guys got accidently hit in the gonads so I think they had a different perspective of the class.

On a side note, I wanted to mention Guro Bob is hosting Tuhon Carl Atienza on June 9, 2012 (Saturday evening training). Please contact Guro Bob Shin for more details: bobshin (at) gmail.com. I believe the materials covered will be Combat Analysis/Stategy session for long blade/stick.

Class: May 20, 2012

Attendees: Tavon, Lem

Notes:
Warm-up with review of TD 1-4.
Reviewed different tapping (pendulum, corkscrew, funnel, percussion)
TD 5
Free flow