Whoo hoo!! [Don't read Wendy...not CMA related]

[ewallace]

I finally...finally get to start my pekiti-tirsia kali classes this weekend. The instructor is really going out of his way to accomodate me. I really needed to hear a bit of good news too.

Sorry. I needed to get that out of my system. No one at work would understand.

Carry on.

[txwingchun]

Cool where does he teach?

[apoweyn]

good news, ewallace.

looking forward to hearing about your first class, mate.


stuart b.

[ewallace]

Wurzbach Pkwy @ Perrin-Beitel. It's behind and further back from the motorcycle repair shop.

[txwingchun]

Is this your first time study kali? If you ever need to blow off steam at work let me know. I could burst into your office with my kali sticks and we could have a good ol fashion kali smackdown. My kali skills are poor so kicking my ass shouldn't be a problem.

[ewallace]

Yeah first time. But I think that we should make better use of ourselves and just beat everyone else and take over the company.

[ewallace]

Thanks Ap. I'll let you know how it goes. Class is on Saturday afternoon. The time I went to check out the school, they had a new guy in there for his first lesson. He got to beat the **** out of a tire with a stick. I really, really need to beat the **** out of something with a stick right now. [Insert Homer Drool Here]

[rogue]

Don't forget to bring cheese, it's traditional and a sign of good manners and upbringing.

[Serpent]

Everywhere EWallace goes, there's cheese.

[guohuen]

Exellent. Beating on each other with baston is a lot of fun. Remember, pain is your friend.

[apoweyn]

ewallace,

sounds promising. oddly enough, beating on a tire is a time-honoured training method in FMA. my teachers had one hanging in their backyard next to the swimming pool. as it's round, it allows you to attack on pretty much any of the angles you can think of. and the tighter space in the middle allowed them to practice building up force in a very confined space using whipping 'witik' type movements.

we actually had a big wooden dummy at the school itself, covered in tires. pretty ingenious.


stuart b.

[ewallace]

Similair to this?
http://www.ptk-pitbulls.com/School14.jpg

[apoweyn]

ooh... sweet setup.

nope. equipment has gotten a bit more impressive since i started FMA (1990, thereabouts). the tire just hung from a tree branch. and the dummy looked a bit like Frankenstein's spare.


stuart b.

[txwingchun]

Looks sweet. That's the school your going to?

[ewallace]

Yep. It really is set up quite nicely. There is a mat for grappling on the other side that you cannot see.

[Badger]

Cool.

When you gonna enter a Dog Brother Gathering?



Badger

[ewallace]

After I get hit in the head with a stick enough times.

Seriously though, I would probably consider doing something like that a few years down the road.

[ewallace]

The class kicked ass. Actually it kicked my ass. We did an hour of footwork drills...single and double broken, triangle and sidestep. Then we did some empty hand techs with the footwork, then the basic 1-2 with the stick. Today is the first day my legs are not sore. That won't last though since I have class again tonight.

[txwingchun]

Cool so have you hit yourself with the stick yet? how many days a week do you get to go?

[ewallace]

No I haven't hit myself...Yet. Class is Tues, Thurs and Saturday. It lasts for about 2 hours each class.

[apoweyn]

ewallace,

beautiful! the footwork in that style is brilliant. if i had to identify the single most profound thing i've taken from that style, the footwork is it. we spent the first three months of training doing little else. :)

i'm glad the class is working out, mate.


stuart b.

[txwingchun]

Originally posted by ewallace
No I haven't hit myself...Yet. Class is Tues, Thurs and Saturday. It lasts for about 2 hours each class.
Well if you haven't hit yourself then you aren't as "advanced" as me. 2 hours a class that's good, the footwork is cool that's for sure. So how hard is the contact? do you wear any kind of protective gear?

[ewallace]

Depends what level your at. At higher levels I believe it's full contact. I also remember reading that you must fight to keep your instructor credentials, sometimes in the Philippines. I only have once class under my belt so I can't give you too many details. We did wear eye protection even when just watching baston contact drills.

[txwingchun]

Yeah eye protection is a must I've been tapped many times in the eyes.