Try this Challenging Double Sticks Drill - Intermediate Level | Kali Escrima Arnis

hey what's happening to paul ingram here kali center do me a quick favor before we uh get going right now if you are new to kali or if you're new to the kali center youtube channel hit that subscribe button right now real quick and uh if you enjoy kali especially what we're going to be working on today hit that thumbs up button and uh grab your double sticks because it's time to train all right for today's drill we're taking a look at uh some double sticks double bolos to swords methods fighting methods and uh this one's a really fun one i've been working on this one just to uh kind of mix things up right here a little bit doesn't really have a name or anything but we're gonna be working some different movements and enhancing the coordination i would say more at an intermediate level in this particular training for today so from here we're going to start off in our chamber position just like this we're going to strike our bottom hand up the diagonal and then we're going to come out with what's called a circular number one on the right hand on the top hand this puts us from a chamber position to an open position one high one low i'm going to go into what's called our open x attack some styles we call this like a crosata from right there both weapons striking at the same time then i'm going to do a closed x attack or closed crossada but it's going to go broken so i'm going to hit them and then bring them back now from right here at the exact same time both weapons are going to strike as i'm striking this diagonal on the bottom hand i'm going to come out with a reverse one on my top hand and that's going to bring us all the way to the left chamber position now we're going to do the exact same thing off the left hand side let's go ahead and take a look at that again just off the right chamber so we get one side down first from here striking the bottom hand striking that circular one this brings us into the open position striking both open strikes diagonally at the same time broken backhand diagonals and then we're gonna come into a four and a reverse angle one at the same time boom that puts us on the left chamber position all right so from here same thing on the other side so i'm gonna strike the bottom hand which is the right hand this time up that diagonal we call that an angle four here at college center striking that circular one cut right there brings us into the open position let's go ahead and strike those weapons together on the diagonal fluidly and then hitting a broken double backhand diagonal and then we're going into that double strike at the same time this time my left hand is doing that reverse angle one right there okay this is going to be the first part of the drill which is in my mind kind of the more complicated part of the drill alright let's take a look at this again so we're going one two three four five right there five strikes per side so we got one two three four and five right there now let's go ahead and do this one together let's get this part of the drill down and then we'll move on to part two let's go and follow along nice and slow right here so bottom hand my left hand strikes up that angle four as this is coming around my right hand strikes a circular number one this puts us in the open position we're gonna strike these at the same time my right hand is going to be on top boom right there striking our clothes at the same time we're going to go broken hit to the middle and then bring them back at the same time bottom hand strikes an angle four and the right hand is going to come all the way around into an angle one boom right there let's go ahead and flip it on the other side nice and slow right hand strikes up to four as this is breaking over my left hand comes down on that circular one at the same time now my left hand is going to be on top striking these diagonals boom a broken backhand at the same time striking that four on the bottom and the reverse one on the top let's count it out together go nice and slow and let's get two more reps in on the whole drill from right here we have one two three four and five boom next on the other side we have one two three four and five right there all right let's do it again one two three four and five one two three four and five right there all right that's part one let's go ahead and take a look at part two of the drill all right part two of the drill is pretty simple so from here we're going to be doing redondo's with both hands so we're going to do a redondale together right hands on top this goes around the head and then they switch positions to the left hand on top then we're just going to come right back around on the other side left hand is on top full redondo this is going to switch it out to the right hand on top right there we have one and two right there one and two let me show you from another angle one two one two let's do this one a couple times together real quick one [Music] two one two one more time one and two so once we have part one once we have part two let's go ahead and put them together into one drill so this is what it looks like we go into the first part of the drill and then we do the other side as well and then right away we go into part two right there that's it it's that simple so once you have both sides down both parts and then you just have to bring them together right there let's take a look at it from a few different angles [Music] so all right have fun with this one it could be a little bit of a tongue twister in the beginning just be consistent with your practice and you'll have this one down in no time just go slow just make it smooth just remember that that slow and smooth in the beginning will equal faster learning in the long run just work on that coordination again i would deem this as about an intermediate level of coordination development because we're starting to do some different things with our hands it's not like that typical too much of an of a symmetrical right we're starting to do different types of motions different energies it's not always both hands are doing a fluid or broken now it's one's going fluid one's going circular so we're starting to change up the energies with the two hands to start building more of an independence in the hands and that's really the key to a high level double stick double sword skill is even though we're building this ammo dexterity we don't want these necessarily always working in these symmetrical type of uh strikes so we got to start training these things to start working differently you know as like one's doing a slash the other one might have to be doing like a watik or something like that so that's what we want to work is these independent hands that are able to still operate as a single unit once you have that and you can start doing those skills then you really have some double stick skills some double sword skills if you're looking for a good place to begin your double sticks head on over to colleycenter.com and check out my double stick dvd downloads volumes one and two volume one is awesome because it's over two dozen double stick solo training drills and variations and then volume two will start to bring you into some of the more fundamental partner training so these are really good places our double stick dvd downloads are really great places to begin your double sticks if you want to have more drills and more curriculum to follow in your progression you can always check out our further training programs and courses also over at colleycenter.com got the links right below here and also check out becoming a sponsor to our channel right here click the join button right below this video and as a sponsor to our channel you get access to our members area so we have a lot more videos that are right here on the youtube channel but they're exclusive access in our members area for our channel sponsors just click the join button right below the video and check that out and see if it's for you all right guys other than that keep on training take your time with this one like i said it could be a little bit of a tongue twister but you'll get it down in no time just needs a little bit of a focus effort and persistence all right get out there and most important thing is if you get frustrated whatever it is just remember go have fun because if you're having fun you're going to learn a lot faster right see in the next one [Music] you