Christopher

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When I have a guy getting aggressive on me that close, my first instinct is to put my hands up on him like I’m feeling the range with my fingers. It’s often called a “fence”. My next instinct is to establish a distance so I…[Read more]

Get a thick section of PVC pipe, maybe two inches thick. Grip it as tight as you can with both hands and start flexing your wrists in opposite directions, while gripping so hard that you can hear little “clicks”. Do this for timed rounds on the clock. I learned this in Shuai Jiao training.
It’s popular to drill a hole in a PVC pipe and put a cord…[Read more]

The best place to keep up to date is going to be the Vimeo testing group, in my opinion, but here’s what I understand of it, just for another perspective:

Any level can have applications, including level 1. For level 1, you have the applications to every level 1 stance or drill, and for the triangle work. So for example, you might show your…[Read more]

It’s explained in various places, but here’s my specific understanding:

Any level can have applications, including level 1. For level 1, you have the applications to every level 1 stance or drill, and for the triangle work. So for example, you might show your understanding of striking mechanics, use of the foot and body turning to get off line,…[Read more]

“My question is, is this a matter of the individuals’ knife fighting style?”

Seems to me like it’s a mix of that and the individual’s operating environment. Some cultures have things that won’t work in others.

Think of three different eras in self defense training.

One is high middle ages. It’s popular to wear heavy coats, carry long daggers a…[Read more]

@Kuntaoer
It might help to establish a tradition of “interim” video submissions to the testing group. Videos that aren’t directly for testing to a new level, but just a show of regular practice and a way to get constructive criticism. I made such a video just to see what people thought of my triangle footwork last year, and it led me to completely…[Read more]

The way I understood the videos was that hip power is built into the pivoting movements, but waist turning and whip power are present in the internal movement later in tape 1, and in the waist-turning in the first stance.

So far I’ve interpreted it that there’s turning power with the pivoting of feet, spring power from the coiled stances (djuru…[Read more]

I’m a beginner to the Guru course, but speaking in general, what I’ve always learned with a knife is that it’s fight first, knife second. Look at some CCTV footage of knife attacks and how fast they go down. All of the unarmed combat skills become essential knife/counter-knife skills. That ability to recognize situations and act decisively, know…[Read more]

I’m a beginner at the Guru course, but what I’ve always learned with a knife is that it’s fight first, knife second. Look at some CCTV footage of knife attacks and how fast they go down. All of the unarmed combat skills become essential knife/counter-knife skills. That ability to recognize situations and act decisively, know how to move your body,…[Read more]

What you get out of any knife DVD might also depend on what background experience you have with unarmed combat.

Have you practiced Kuntao or Silat or any other art previously?