Here is a video of some stick sparring!
Enjoy!
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Just a little Stick sparring video!
- Thread starter Brian R. VanCise
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Cool! Thanks for sharing!!
robertlk808
Orange Belt
Nice clip!
darkavenger
White Belt
Very cool.
The transistion from flurry style stick sparring to clinch to grapppling was interesting to watch.
Gotta love the internet.
-matt
The transistion from flurry style stick sparring to clinch to grapppling was interesting to watch.
Gotta love the internet.
-matt
HKphooey
Senior Master
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the videos
Stan
Green Belt
Was that Modern Arnis in those videos? Or just generic stick sparring?
OP
- Thread Starter
- #8
I believe those were some Modern Arnis practitioners located in the Phillipines.
robertlk808
Orange Belt
You know remember the days before youtube came along? People had to video tape, convert to mpg then find a site to host it. Now with youtube EVERYBODY has a site and can post whatever, lol. There is just so much cool stuff on youtube and google video. Amazing.
Stan
Green Belt
This session seemed to be at longer range that I'm used to in Modern Arnis. Little trapping or tapi-tapi. They go straight from long range to wrestling.
OP
- Thread Starter
- #11
A lot of times when you free spar that is how it works out. Longer range tactics eventually lead to a punyo or two and then whamo someone clinches and you are into a ground fighting situation.
OP
- Thread Starter
- #12
You have to love youtube and googlevideo!
Working the longer range was the focus at the last Summer camp. We worked single siniwali from a longer than usual range and also worked on entering from that longer range. Very important but often overlooked. 
Mike
Mike
Hello Sir,
You are quite correct about the long range fighting styles that often dominate sparring contests and particularly when both participants are padded, however the cliching and punyo work is far less frequent when the sparring is unpadded. See videoclops referenced below:
Video clips put out by members of the American Modern Arnis Associates, Guro Ocsar Lopez and Guro Peter Vargas, on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i893cp_DwKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i893cp_DwKQ&mode=related&search=
Morgan
Great clips! Thanks for posting them! :ultracool
Mike
Mike
OP
- Thread Starter
- #16
Nice video's. I enjoyed the free play that they were having. However I would not categorize what they were doing as sparring as there was no commitment to doing damage by either individual. Sure they were moving and striking and parrying, etc. However neither individual was trying to finish the encounter. Both of the above martial artists move very nicely and I enjoyed their clip. So in no way am I knocking their skill as they move very nicely. Nor am I trying to imply that every situation with a stick goes to the ground. If you get a good strike in on the wrist or head/neck/collarbone etc. of your opponent you have a very good chance of disarming, knockout or maintaining distance. However, when two people are actively trying to do damage to one another if a good hit does not occur they quite often end up into a closer range where butts/punyos are used and if that is not effective then clinching and grappling generally will occur. Thanks for the reply though and keep posting.
