Kali Staff Fighting Drills of Filipino Martial Arts

if you want to improve in your staff fighting skills in your Filipino martial arts especially the short staff that's exactly what we're doing today grab a staff that's going to measure from the floor to about plexus Heights and do these drills with me these drills are all going to be similar to each other but it's important that we practice them every single one individually and then learn to flow them together and you're going to really love these drills cuz they're going to be high percentage movements when you're sparring so for all these drills we're going to be working out of the seot grip right here or the single end sta fighting method right here and the first drill we're going to come into an inside umbrella and then we're going to strike down on the angle one and we're going to cycle this through and get used to lifting up your elbows and then striking it down right here all right now with this umbrella block we want to make sure that the staff is over our head and we're not down here we're half of our our skull is exposed to our opponent's strike we got to get this up over the head and then strike it down with power but just get used to this cycle and get it to flow nice and smooth drill two we're working on the outside umbrella so this time we're going to have the extended side of the staff going past our right shoulder we're going to lift this up to our outside umbrella again over our head make sure it's not too low we're exposing again half of our head to our opponent strikes get that umbrella all the way up and then turn it and strike down the angle two and get this to cycle through build that flow and that fluidity within this combination now the next four drills we're going to work some variations on the strikes on the returning strikes so let's take a look at three and four we're coming up on that inside umbrella and this time we're going to come across on the horizontal strike drill number four we're we go the opposite outside umbrella backhand horizontal strike now you can change the elevation of your strikes this might be going right to the Head level The High Line this could be going right to the midline right to the hands or right to that floating rib or you can bring it all the way down right across the knees right but work on that play around with the different elevations but we want to get this to flow from the umbrella to the horizontal strike and just work on that flow for drills five and six we're working on the ascending strikes going upwards this time so back to the inside umbrella and this time we're going to strike it boom coming all the way up on what we call the angle three so umbrella angle three umbrella upward strike now don't confuse that umbrella as like an angle four diagonal strike really emphasize that you're doing an umbrella here have that intent that you're protecting yourself and then quickly boom you can sneak it up now there's two ways that you can do these sometimes you need that full power from the full Arc of the strike other times you're going to kind of do more of a Hera which is going to be a very short uppercut so from here first time the hand can come all the way down by the hip and that's when you're really delivering full power and you have the timing to do that the other strike is we're going to keep it the hands are going to be very close to the ear Boom and then we're going to sneak it up this is going to give you more speed for those moments where you have less time to apply this uh this tactic this technique and then from there obviously you can follow it up with more powerful shots a lot of times the speed strikes are there to Daz the opponent and then we followed up with the power strikes to end it so umbrella to Upward or an angle three and of course the six drill is the opposite of that and come to the outside umbrella and then strike upward on the backhand ascending strike what we refer to as the angle four boom boom boom boom right there so again umbrella to angle four don't turn this into an angle three that's a different intention have the intent on the cover on the protection and then follow up with your Counter Strike boom boom boom once you have these six drills down individually then it's time to start adding in some footwork and be creative here try to be clever explore your options sometimes you need to move out or move to one of the sides on the umbrella and then step in on the attack on your countering strike other times you already might be Bridging the distance going in and you're going to cover your way in with the umbrella and then continue that pressure with your Counter Strike or with your attack [Music] sh all right get out there and go explore these drills and have fun with them and uh just take it slow in the beginning and as you're getting more familiar with the movements your coordination is starting to settle in then turn up that intensity dial get more Fierce and explore the different footwork options and have fun 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