Sinawali Drills #3

Some basic double stick drills from Filipino kali, especially as they relate to empty-handed applications. I find that many beginning boxing/kickboxing students benefit from learning a few basic stick drills because it helps to teach them body mechanics. In many ways, this is one of major advantages to the Filipino approach because FMA gives you a conceptual perspective, allowing you to relate stick or knife motions to boxing/kickboxing (and vice versa). The techniques shown here are very basic -- nothing very fancy or complicated -- so some who already have experience in FMA won't be impressed. This clip is more for the beginning student who needs to concentrate on the fundamentals of position, stance, body position, and body sway.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The term "Sinawali" refers to the activity of weaving, and is applied to the art of Philippine martial art Eskrima with reference to a set of two-person, two-weapon exercises.

Sinawali exercise provides Eskrima practitioners with basic skills and motions relevant to a mode of two-weapon blocking and response method called Doblete. Sinawali training is often introduced to novices in order to develop certain fundamental skills including: body positioning and distance relative to an opponent, rotation of the body and the proper turning radius, recognition of ones center of gravity, eye-hand coordination, target perception and recognition, increased ambidexterity, recognition and performance of rhythmic structures for upper body movement, and muscular developments important to the art, especially, the wrist and forearm regions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinawali

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• Sinawali
• double
• stick
• drills
• Filipino
• martial
• arts
• FMA
• kali
• escrima
• silat
• empty-hand
• application

[CalamityJain24]

Godalenvgs.

I'm no master but , yes I've broken several arnis sticks. I don't buy the best quality for that reason :( Mostly they break during sparring with Sensei. Sometimes one could smell "burining wood " in the lobbly of our dojo. Bought myself a pair of Red Oak clobberin' knobs. By the way Renoboy666: again, awesome vid, you've got some killer moves and a rare grace. Are you thinking about some more vids?

~Calamity~

[renoboy666]

More coming, yes.

[Hexluis]

Thanks for the great instruction. You've made me a fan of Sinawali.

[renoboy666]

Thanks for the complement.

[godalenvgs]

yay! thank you!:D thanks to you, I finally mastered the Kali basic:D practised everyday in a week with the 'haven & earth', thought it was quit confusing in the beginning:p but now I do master It^^

[renoboy666]

I'm glad. Just stick with basic movements and drill them repeatedly, over and over again -- with and without a partner.

[bodej63]

Great videos, their really helping expand my jujutsu practice, and technique. Great flow drills, since our style focus on combative flow. Check out Tashi Troy J. Price here on the tube. It'll demonstrate how we've incorporated Kali.

[MrJemaZ]

u gave him a slap/irish kiss

[Geschmacksberater]

Cat :)



[jabbadabbadooboo]

Overall it seems pretty good, but on the 5 count sinawali it seems like there is quite a bit of wasted motion, which is not true to Eskrima. Eskrima is fluid and there shouldn't be any wasted motion.

[ytokijkla]

Kombat Instruments Limited (KIL) sells the best rattan sticks on the market. Most well known PMA practitioners including Guro Inosantos and ALL Dog Brothers buy them. Sticks are meant to disintigrate after time to prevent actual Breakage which could fly and hurt someone. Great technique by the way.

[dugongmandirigma09]

NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL "INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS"!!!

you hold the sticks like a true Filipino warrior would!

Mabuhay!!!

[FlyingNunchuck84]

@AshThePhantom me, I just go to my local home depot and use dowels, but their not as strong as rattans, but their still good, great 4 practice. U can also get them at ur local martial arts store, or oriental store, or online, plenty of 'em online.

[jw3864]

Hi Phantom, Just check Century Martial Arts Supply. They have great Rattan Escrima sticks, about $15 a piece. I get these for all my students. You will be very happy with these.

[BHSMartialArts]

yup, they're called 'eskrima sticks' on their catalogue if I'm not mistaken. They're a lil pricey, but they ARE propylene so it's definitely worth the investment.

[AshThePhantom]

Cold Steel has rattan sticks? Oh wow, how could I have missed THOSE?! Thanks for the tip.