Sumbrada Drill #1

[coolwaterdvr]

The stance should be south paw. Right foot should be in the front.

[iliketheodds]

practicing and having fun...I love it.

[teyacapan]

you should know that you should also practice going out at an angle when practicing these..........  good job

[punongbayan4492]

your son is very lucky to have you sir, what you are doing in sumbrada is very much appreciated here. perfection is the ever receding goal that cannot be achieved but practicing diligently will lead to expertise, hope to see more of your vids, thank you so much.

[xxmarauder]

wrong technique. you never block a stick with your hand, you have to block with the stick! your hand just controls and backup, after your stick has blocked! try to block a laptik with your hand... no chance!

Sorry, but that video has minimum 3 errors in doing the sumbrada drill.

[renoboy666]

@xxmarauder -- Please elaborate on the errors, please. Thanks!

[squash2097]

@xxmarauder They're not blocking with the hand they're checking with it. And this is not combat, it's a sensitivity/coordination drill. Sometimes it's important to stress the role of the live hand as part of the flow before actually trying to kill each other.

[pedrokombatan]

Hi!

You are very lucky to have 2 sons interested in learning Arnis. My respect to yuo and them! I hope they can keep up with their father...

I found your videos very well explained..

Best regards from the other syde of the Atlantic - Portugal.

[renoboy666]

Thanks, pedrokombatan!

[iSTANDMA]

Different styles provides different sumbrada drills. Anyone heard of Manaois System? We provide 15 strikes.

[ditrex001]

OMG you guys suck! You need to have the footwork! Plus that Sumbrada is incomplete. It's 1, 1, 4, 5, 2

[renoboy666]

Yes, there is associated footwork with Sumbrada #1, but you can make a mistake by moving around too much before you get the basic pattern down. I seen various Sumbrada drills done by various people where they actually move around too much, trying to do this drill from too far away. In the beginning one needs to stay fairly close, ditrex001. I'm not sure why you think this particular Sumbrada drill is incomplete. This comes straight from Dan Inosanto and it is exactly the way he teaches it.

[blacksilkblacksilk]

Sir, this is great stuff.

HOWEVER:

It would be even greater, if you could make a video where you are dissecting and explaining the drill.

My problem (currently) is, that I want to practice that stuff, but there is no good instructor around where I live.

So like many I turn to "utube_sifu" . You present all the basic drills, for which I am very gratefull.

I am sure there would be many out there aprreciating if you could give detailed instructions.

Respect & Peace

silk

;-))

[renoboy666]

Good idea. I should probably do that. I could break down each movement and explain what is going on and why you are using that particular block or deflection against that particular strike. If you do these sumbrada drills long enough, they become rather automatic.

[katz808]

need to work on fluidity

[twotetah]

thanx for the heads up about the local escrima. I couldn't find the Presas(?)escrima,I did see American free style karate,tho. I'll have to check them out.

[hgearangler]

[Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong cha cha champion ]

Hi renoboy666,

I love to know this info as I never kno.

Do you hv any paper or smilar material supporting to this info. If so, could you email to me such document to enlarge my

kung-fu library.

Thank you in advance!

[renoboy666]

I first learned these Sumbrada drills during a kali seminar by Dan Inosanto at the 1985 JKD/Kali/Thai Camp in Brasstown, NC. But they are also on Dan's Filipino Martial Arts instructional video tape series (on the tape that deals with Higot Hubud Lubud and other sensitivity drills).

[renoboy666]

Bruce's expertise in cha cha competitions is well documented. I believe the first place I read about it was Linda Lee's book, "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew." Bruce used to give cha cha lessons in the early-to-mid 60s.

[twotetah]

nice drill. I wish there was some FMA/street m.a. around Roanoke.

Good drill,keep it up.

[renoboy666]

Actually, Roanoke is just up the interstate from me and I'm pretty sure there are some guys in downtown Salem who do some sort of escrima (I believe it is Presas' Modern Arnis) as well as American Open Style Karate. There is also a place in Covington where they do Jun Fan/JKD, kali/escrima/silat, and Muay Thai.

[largomano54]

Please check out:

Bahala na Multi-style "the Flow"

for our version. tj stockton ca.

[renoboy666]

Thanks, largomano54.I'll check it out.

[mSmirasol]

isn't it more like a Flamingo dancing?

I am very eager to learn this, first step always the hardest considering its the basic, at least to the beginners point of view. Once you practise this routine then it becomes like a dance. Does this makes sense?

[renoboy666]

Yes, definitely. There is a certain dance-like quality to any flow or sensitivity drill involving a partner. It is not coincidental that Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong cha cha champion as well as a master martial artist.

[ninjaxtx]

Thank you for posting vids. You're really helping me expand my own FMA training. Could you do a few vids on Stick drills from a sitting position ?

[renoboy666]

We might be able to do some drills from a seated position, but one thing I would point out -- you can do any of these sumbrada drills from a seated position and it works pretty much the same. You just have to adapt to the environment, remembering that the ground limits some of your stick motions. I also recommend you try them with one person up higher and the other person lower (like on a staircase or with one person standing on a box).

[mSmirasol]

This is all about the flow and reflexes. One hand holding the stick and the hand is used to block it. Good job!

[renoboy666]

Thanks.