Hello everybody! I hope you're doing okay. Want more solo training tips? Here's one
for you today. We're gonna cover trapping hands. This is a staple in Modern
Arnis. So let me start out by demonstrating the trapping hands and
then I'm gonna backtrack from that. Okay. So trapping hands is simply this.
One, two, three. One, two, three. Okay so I've set the stage for how am I
gonna get to that point. All right. Now the trapping hands is
based on redonda/ heaven sinawali.
It's the same pattern. Let's look at the pattern here. So you have one, two, three.
There you go. One, two, three.
Okay. Now let's translate that to a single stick from the purposes of
trapping hands, we're gonna switch the stick from the right to the left. You'll
see how. OK. All right. We're gonna do block, check, counter. Okay so you go block,
check, and counter. Now, when we go to the other side, we're gonna step up switch
the hand, step back. Block, check, and counter. Step up, switch to the other
side. One, two, three. Step up. One, two, three. Let's do this a couple more times. This is
just a drill, not combat.
Okay. Now we're going to utilize the same footwork for trapping hands. Okay. So
we go one, two, hammer fist. Ok. left hand, right, left. You see how this is similar
to redonda/ heaven sinawali in block check, counter. Let's do this again. One,
two, three. One, two, three. Now, we have a drill called "de
cadena" and it's basically this movement here.
One, two, three. Against a partner. It's the simplest version of this. What I'm
visualizing right now.... here's a visual tool for you..... is when you're doing this
you're on the inside line of your training partner. They throw a left punch...
So you go one, two, three. Right punch. Inside line. Inside line. Just to help you
to visualize this. Of course, we have outside line version.
of this. But for the ease of my students watching this, think of the inside line.
Okay. All right. Now it's not all just one, two, three.
If you do this blindly 1,2, 3, 1, 2, 3. You are losing sight of the value of
this drill. Each of these motions can go in any other direction. So let's take the
first move. So we think in terms of 1, 2, 3. We must take the first one. What can you
do with that first move? Parry back fist. You could do palis palis here. Oh
my gosh! Now. the possibilities start to open.
Here you stop here, sinawali boxing. So that's the real value with this, ok. So
make sure that each move that you do has purpose. 1, 2 hammerfist. 1, 2 hammerfist.
And if you want to start thinking about what you can do the first move.
Parry back fist. First move, palis palis. Punch, punch.
Lot of things you could do. Or you can do the first move and punch all on
the inside. Now, of course, all of these moves can be done on the outside line. So
if somebody throws a left-hand punch, here's the outside line and I could do this.
I could do that. I can do a lock. Ok. So think of the possibilities here. Parry
back fist. Palis palis. Here to here. Or
you could do this from the inside. But practice the trapping hands/ de cadena
drill. Check your footwork, body structure. Here.
Makes sure that you have good footwork. Not this. NO! Don't do that. So, it's 1, 2, 3. 1, 2,
3. All right. Work on that. Seriously, you need to work
on this. I'm keeping this nice and simple because if you have good solid basics
everything you do after this is gonna be good.
Ok.But if you don't have the footwork, the structure, and all that, it doesn't
matter. Okay. Now to mix it up, do it with the single stick. So you block, check,
counter. Step-up switch to the other side. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. Back to the empty hand.
1, 2, 3. Left hand. Left, right, left. Right, left,
right. Got it? I think this is very useful. Practice that. Ok. I hope you find this
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