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Principles of Footwork
By GrandTuhon Leo T Gaje Jr - Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:12:39 GMT
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
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Footwork strategy is the mainframe of the true original FMA. We call in our dialect " Panikang sang Kabayo" or Paso De Kabayo or footsteps of the horse. A horse has special sense of reaction, quick and can change direction as fast as the speed in running. I had once own a horse during my early days of training with my Grandfather It was a female horse and she was purely white. Her name was Maya-a name of small birds that flew in flocks and it takes care of your rice plantations if there are insects or locust that pester your rice about to be harvested.
Footwork in Pekiti-Tirsia is so important as an initial requirment in training. It includes body mechanics , harmony of motions and adjustments to move forward and backward. It is a foundation for flexibility, agility, firm footage in case of power applicaiton,speed take off for close in assaults, calculated ranging and adjustments to different angles of attack.
Footwork in its basic forms is centered on the principles of a triangle. A forward triangle and reverse triangle provides a footline conditioning that reacts with speed when action demands.
Footwork strategy corresponds to attacking slash and thrust.The speed of the hand movements with weapon / no weapon , footwork movements adjust to the speed in constant harmony.It is amazing to watch the old men of kali in the olden days, how an eighty year old man can move like mongos fighting against the cobra. It is that agility gained from footwork constant training that made the art of fighting very unique.
Many blade fights ends with sad ending. A hand is separated from the arm and the arm is separated from the shoulder and the heads flys drop to the ground rolling with the eyes opened. Legs are exposed in most cases so the first targeted area are the legs. When legs are wounded then it is followed to the arms and if the distant to the neck is favorable, then the neck is expose with no chance to move out from the speeding ginunting.
Footwork is the bread and butter of the true FMA. Without footwork strategy the originality is lost. Common sense suggest that if real fight with multiple opponents, movements of the feet is important because if you only rely on your stances and blocking system then losing the hand and arm is just a wink of an eye.
Never to forget that footwork is footprints in the sands of time. .
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By GrandTuhon Leo T Gaje Jr - Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:12:39 GMT
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
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Footwork strategy is the mainframe of the true original FMA. We call in our dialect " Panikang sang Kabayo" or Paso De Kabayo or footsteps of the horse. A horse has special sense of reaction, quick and can change direction as fast as the speed in running. I had once own a horse during my early days of training with my Grandfather It was a female horse and she was purely white. Her name was Maya-a name of small birds that flew in flocks and it takes care of your rice plantations if there are insects or locust that pester your rice about to be harvested.
Footwork in Pekiti-Tirsia is so important as an initial requirment in training. It includes body mechanics , harmony of motions and adjustments to move forward and backward. It is a foundation for flexibility, agility, firm footage in case of power applicaiton,speed take off for close in assaults, calculated ranging and adjustments to different angles of attack.
Footwork in its basic forms is centered on the principles of a triangle. A forward triangle and reverse triangle provides a footline conditioning that reacts with speed when action demands.
Footwork strategy corresponds to attacking slash and thrust.The speed of the hand movements with weapon / no weapon , footwork movements adjust to the speed in constant harmony.It is amazing to watch the old men of kali in the olden days, how an eighty year old man can move like mongos fighting against the cobra. It is that agility gained from footwork constant training that made the art of fighting very unique.
Many blade fights ends with sad ending. A hand is separated from the arm and the arm is separated from the shoulder and the heads flys drop to the ground rolling with the eyes opened. Legs are exposed in most cases so the first targeted area are the legs. When legs are wounded then it is followed to the arms and if the distant to the neck is favorable, then the neck is expose with no chance to move out from the speeding ginunting.
Footwork is the bread and butter of the true FMA. Without footwork strategy the originality is lost. Common sense suggest that if real fight with multiple opponents, movements of the feet is important because if you only rely on your stances and blocking system then losing the hand and arm is just a wink of an eye.
Never to forget that footwork is footprints in the sands of time. .
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