South Durham Modern Arnis

Syllabus

Notes on past and future classes.

March 9, 2016

  • Continuation for new students
    • Review strikes 1-7
    • Review disarms 1-7
    • Add strikes 8-12
    • Disarms 8-12
    • Walking 12-strikes
    • Disarms with different partners
  • Review punyo From Multiple angles
    • Try finding disarms off punyo
  • Work in applications or disarms into single sinawali with pokes
  • Roll and Post drill

March 2, 2016

  • Continuation for new students
    • Review strikes 1-4
    • Review disarms 1-4
    • Add strikes 5-7
    • Add disarms 5-7
    • Striking Styles (figure-eight, up-and-down, abanico, et al)

February 24, 2016

  • Review Single Sinawali
    • Review single sinawali with pokes
      • Focus on stepping and range management
  • Review punyo
    • Add punyo from multiple angles
    • Add punyo into single sinawali with pokes
  • Trapping Hands

February 17, 2016

Bring masking tape to class

  • Possible new student
    • Grip
    • Active Hand vs Weapon Hand
    • Stance
    • V-Stepping
    • Strikes 1-4
    • Disarms 1-4
    • Bow?

Notes

  • Good class! Got through the whole lesson plan.

February 10, 2016

  • Brush blocks
  • Disarms off of flow-through strikes
  • Trapping Hands

Notes

  • We worked mostly on trapping hands.
    • Worked on blocking low / uppercut by using an open-motion rather than turning the whole body
    • Worked on countering throws by dropping center and using legs to pressure against legs

February 3, 2016

  • Standard and Alternate disarms off of pull-back
  • Foam stick sparring

Notes

  • Range and stepping seems to be a challenge for everyone, focus on that extra next class