THE KEY TO MASTERY IS REPETITION there are no short cuts accept for doin more repetitions in less time 

cause mastery is not measured in time but the repetitions you do in that time 

the more you do and study it the better you become .

The stick has been mans best friend since the beginning of time 

mother earth gave man sticks from the trees that we have used to defend ourselves from all sorts of predators, 

man and beasts since the beginning of time.. man also has a thumb there for can grip tools and weapons 

which is one of the main reasons we are not extinct today and man has been discovering , mastering and 

passing down stick defense techniques from generation to generation for survival since the beginning of man.

 its almost bread into our dna if you pay attention to a non trained fighter many times they resort to swinging wild hammer fists strikes 

if a weapon is put in that wild swinging hand is automatically dangerous. and teach wear to chamber a weapon ,  

so it can be controlled. training the stick is training the natural defense of man 

every tribe around the world has had their form of stick weapons and they varied in style 

depending on the enemy pray and / or work they used them for typically 

the greatest worrior of the tribe or the most skilled with a stick weapon became a leader 

if we look into tribes who have have mastered the art of battle we have to look at the tribes in the philipine islands 

who have always been in battle who used a double short stick or double weapon concept completely offensive 

we are going to stick to the fundamentals 

there are 8 angles of slashing strikes then stabbing motions forward and from 8 angles 

Strikes can be thrown from any angle but they fall within the 8 striking angles 

kali kombat is offensive defense because its hard to block weapons 

with a stick we use our strikes are blocks this helps to understand that there are 8 ,  

angles to defend and also understand where to chamber your weapon after the strike for control 

linear strikes are blocks with circular strikes 

and circular strikes are blocked with linear strikes 

understanding where to chamber your weapon between strikes is crucial for furthing the techniques . 

there is a throw and a catch the chamber is the catch

KALI is a filipino martial art or FMA for short 

the stick represents any weapon in your hand weather it be a knife machete small bat lighter anything you can find 

even use the same techniques and all the concepts without a weapon.  

 in kali the empty hand style is called Panantukan . The stick is easily translated to empty-hand because the swinging of the stick is led with an elbow 

and followed with a hammer fist back hand but with the stick you lead with the wrist so your strikes become untelegraphed 

and you are training to the to strike from many angles with striking combinations that that flow into finishes 

ok so lets start with the first strike combination the 1-2 going from low chamber to high and we will add 1 strike at a time and 

just know you practice doing them from different angles or whatever 

not only do these chambers allow you to swing your weapon as hard as you can without loosing control having to regroup after the swing 

and it alows you to bounce off the chamber and come right back faster but when you enter into closer range you don't want to 

keep holding the weapon out because you may get disarmed or hit trying to keep from getting disarmed or 

put into a joint lock. if you notice these chambers also represent the empty hand blocking forms 

you see in many of our kali kombat tutorials demos and courses, these blocks are found in many

martial arts such as 52 blocks panantukan boxing and more 

like i said when you swing the weapon hard you want it to land in one of the chambers 

but that doesnt mean every strike gos from chamber to chamber for instance the abaniko 

which is translated as fan or fanning for the fanning motion of the stick or weapon with the twist of the wrist 

which is a very sneaky unpredictable strike which can also come from all the angles of striking as well 

the abaniko is also hard to block cause you don't want to block a weapon attack with your hand 

so you would want to block the arm that holds the weapon instead but if you only block the arm 

the momentum of the weapon will still be moving and when practiced can be used as a set up 

at first like anything you want to start slow and gradually build speed because there is no chamber to catch the strike 

you can twist your wrist the abaniko . the abaniko can be combined with any strike pattern that we will be going over later in this course ....

now the abaniko is not so much about building flexibility its all about technique the technique is palm up palm down 

palm down palm up. and in the rotation of the shoulder this concept allows for a greater range of motion so you can easily strike front back side to side 

360 degrees all around you from a stationary position. now I'm not suggesting you stand still 

if you are surrounded by attackers but you want to build that range of motion 

to build that 360 degree awareness vs tunnel vision and its much faster to turn your wrist and waist .. over-stand 

when learning its best to pin point focus on one technique at a time and gradually piece them together 

i like to use the analogy of the magnifying glass under the sun if you focus a magnifying glass under the sun to a fine point you will spark a flame 

if you keep moving that magnifying glass from one point to another 

to fast you will never spark a flame so if you move on from technique to technique to fast or try to do them all at once you wont spark a flame 

so when learning focus on a technique till you master it then add it to another