This camp was a lot of fun. While I was involved in a number of activities that took me out of a couple training sessions, here is a capsule, to the best of my memory:
Master Gaby started things off with the basic single sinawali and it's applications (from what I am told, since I was not at this particular session.) Later in the camp, she taught a session involving the traditionals and had a very impressive knife session involving the application of the figure 8.
Master Gauss taught a two versus one stick session that stressed footwork and angling. He added in the traditional palis palis movements into this drill. Throughout the camp, Chuck covered basic and advanced tapi tapi both for the beginner and advanced students, both L vs. R and R vs. R.
Master Zawilinski, throughout the camp, taught a few sessions on the traditional striking styles and its applications (figure 8, abanico, rompida, etc). He also covered the empty handed aspects of Modern Arnis utilizing the single sinawali movements
Master Smith taught sessions on right vs. right tapi tapi.
Dr. Schea taught a couple of sessions dealing with groundwork and right vs. right tapi tapi. I missed his right vs. right tapi tapi session due to an on going photo shoot.
Master Ladis taught sessions on the sinawali boxing drills and if I recall correctly, a session on right vs. right tapi tapi.
Guro Earl Tullis taught a session on joint locks. Very entertaining to listen to Earl teach in his East Texas twang and humor. He also taught a session on traditionals as well.
Finally Master Dan Anderson taught a session on counters to joint locks, the structural aspects of the diving throw as well as the concepts behind stick disarm reversals.
However fuzzy some of my details of the camp may be, the one thing that is not easily forgotten is the unrelenting focus on the importance of body positioning, footwork, angling, range, leveraging, and structure. In short, nothing really works unless one possesses those attributes. You can have all the fancy techniques in the world but they won't mean squat unless you have the aforementioned attributes.
Take care,
Brian Johns
