DRILL 43 Staff Basics - Drill A Day Series | Kali Escrima Arnis

[Music] welcome back to drill a day we are on week seven and i know that many of you have been very excited about what we're going to be working on this week which is some staff techniques of kali so we are on week seven of our drill a day kali series this is day number one of week seven so make sure that you are subscribed to the channel and if you're excited about the staff if you've been waiting for the staff maybe we'll do some spear movements as well this week then make sure to smash that thumbs up button show me that excitement comment below and let's kick off drill number one of this week for today's training today's drill we're going to be covering some of the basic movements from the double end staff fighting method of kali in colleen we have two staff fighting methods we have the double end where we're using both ends and then we also have the single end and we're going to be working both of those methods throughout the week but today let's just start off with one drill make it very very simple so we can just kind of get warmed up for the week all right so from here here's the drill we're going to work our basic basic strikes we have our number one pop down that forehand our angle two boom down that backhand our angle three pop up the forehand our angle four pam up that backhand then we have our horizontal forehand boom right there off of the right hand forward and then our horizontal backhand pop right there with the left hand forward let me go and show you this drill from a couple different angles we have one two 3 4 5 6. now you're going to notice something that i'm doing with the technique i'm sliding the hand right down the staff and what this does is it generates more momentum more speed ultimately becoming more power in your strikes so we don't want to just stand right here with the staff you know gripping it in the middle and we're just striking like this we want to slide and want to generate as much momentum as we can into that staff so that way we can maximize the speed and the power of the strikes another thing you'll notice is the natural brake positions yeah it's very important that we understand you know what is the other side how does it counterweight counterbalance the strikes the other side of the staff so we're striking down that one bop right there okay you're gonna see how it comes underneath the armpit striking down the two goes right next to the humerus right there same thing on that angle three pop when i pop that angle three sometimes it's kind of right here next to the hip and then same thing on that angle four it comes right over there next to that hip when we strike a horizontal look at the left hand the left hand side goes underneath the armpit and then we strike our backhand horizontal the right hand side stops at the humerus okay so we have our one our two our three see how left hand steps stops right next to the hip our four across the horizontal and across the horizontal it's really important to know where these natural break positions are because especially on this one you don't want to have it come up and hit you in the neck and then you end up knocking yourself out and so but it's right there it might get a little tender there's a little bit of conditioning that has to go on right here so if you get a little tender underneath the uh the rib cage all right that's just part of the training and part of the tempering the conditioning the toughening of the body when you're training with the staff so let's go ahead and work this drill together let's get round one in so we're going to do it 10 repetitions of the drill nice and slow together so that way you have it and then you can go ahead and complete your 10 rounds today all at one time or you can spread them out throughout the day but let's go ahead and get round one in together nice and slow all right so from right here we got our combination down the x up the x horizontals six strikes so from here we got rep number one let's go slow one two three four five six that's one number two nice and slow up up horizontal horizontal number three there's one there's that two up the angle three up the angle four across the horizontal and across the horizontal four five right there now on six let's go nice and slow i want you to think tai chi style on this one slow and smooth now six goes right into the next movements right into seven pop so now we're taking away that break that little pause and we're maintaining the fluidity but we're going slow right now right into eight and then as you're progressing through your rounds you can work on speeding it up right into nine we're going just a little bit faster i'm not putting in any power right now i want to focus on the smoothness of it and number 10 a little bit faster but smooth don't worry about the power right now we can always work on generating the power right then we can go ahead and do 11 and 12. right there just for some fun some extra reps guys i love the staff this is one of my favorite areas of kali to train really my favorite is the spear the short spear that's my favorite but it's relatable to the staff so we're going to do a little bit of some uh some spear training and stuff the single ended method and everything this week as well the staff is a very powerful weapon take your time with this one in developing the mechanics the staff the spear area seven of kali is really really good for developing the body mechanics we're really developing the form of your technique so we don't want to just kind of take this thing for granted and just kind of swing it around we want to really be focused on the mechanical side of the staff this is going to translate those mechanics that you're developing into your stick your sword your knife your spotty dagger your double stick your empty hands it's going to make you a much faster a much more agile and a much more powerful kali practitioner so make sure to work on the staff start slow and gradually build up your speed and intensity and all that good stuff all right now it's up to you we got round one done so you got to go ahead and finish up your next rest of your 10 rounds and uh let me know in the comments below when you have completed your 10 rounds for today so that way i know that you're ready for tomorrow's drill on our staff on the kali staff and i'll see you back here tomorrow make sure to get outside guys get outside enjoy the nature all right whether it's a nice out maybe a little bit cold out sunny rainy get outside and let nature be your kali dojo and you're going to get a lot more benefit out of your training when you're training outside all right i'll see you guys next time tomorrow for some more staff [Music] so [Music] you