What is she saying? I really tried to put together a
"formal" fact filled list of terms. Although it was Lets start at the very beginning for those of you new to the arts. SIMU = Me (not a large bird or a university) it just means mother of the school and believe me I earned this mother bit. If you are my student, keep calling me Patti, as your teacher I am a pointer, a road sign, not the road; you'll find your own road through practice. The term Simu comes from the Chinese and don't you think Simu's Page is an improvement over Patti Page. KWOON - Practice hall, Chinese term (a.k.a. my cellar or the park for you guys) I know that a lot of you are baffled by some of the terms I throw out during class. Since a lot of "cross training" is going on (you knife wielding Tai Chi people) I thought I might provide you with a short glossary of terms from the Filipino art. The words have either Spanish or Tagalog origins. KALI - A term originating from the name of the Indian Goddess of war or destruction (Kali), also the name of what you are learning.
Ok, enough of all this. Here are the pointers of the week. Put the pelvic tilt into that scoot fan folks, and think clean, deliberate, beautiful movement. Work the form like a series of beautiful still photographs and then begin to string it together. I think that the footwork is worth working because if your program eventually evolves into the Southern White Crane material this will be a key technique already mastered. The energy is like a tidalwave of yin energy. Some of you came up with very creative weapons to use in the infinity pattern, right out of your every day life. Those of you that haven't been obsessed with this at home or work get busy; everything should begin to look like a potential weapon. Fans are coming, sticks are here, and I am working on Bali-songs. I hope you are working on unification of power. The uppercuts will be helpful and I will add exercises this week to further promote using the whole body. Many of you are doing better with the shoulders (keeping them out of your ears). Keep a grip on the stick and if you are opening the hand still keep a grip with the first two fingers (no training wheels or straps. So sorry!) Just get a grip. Knife people that got the hand exchange: How is it going? Siniwali folks I hope you are working the posts. Keep looking for people to feed knife techniques to you so you can work with speed and power. Find someone bigger than you, and if possible, not boney. Footwork: I will bring a nice long stick to test you all, so move. Well, this laptop is cutting off the circulation to my legs, so see you all soon, and I hope this helps. If would like to email me, just click on my symbol below.
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Now
before you run off understand that destruction is part of the natural
cycle to the Hindu's and leads to creation and new beginning. The word
is also derived from Kalis which means sword. The art is considered to
be the mother art to Arnis and Escrima. The art is based on edged weapons
and sticks. BASTON - (Spanish)
Cane, is used to refer to the fighting stick you've been swinging around.
ESCRIMA - To skirmish, another
name for the Filipino stick fighting art. ARNIS
- (Spanish) Harness of hands (although other sources insist it has Tagalog
roots) refers to "modern" post WW11 stick fighting often developed into
a sport Balisong (Visayan) butterfly knife developed in Batangas, Philippines.
Term cones from the root words broken and horn (bali, sung). MANO-MANO
(or Mano a Mano) (Spanish) hand-to-hand aspects of the Filipino martial
arts. SINAWALI - (Tagalog)
terms referring to the weaving together in the two stick drills and techniques.
ESPADA Y DAGA(Spanish) Sword
and dagger. ABANICO - Fanning
motion delivered with the stick WITIK
- Another name for the fanning motion, strike with a rebounding energy.
LOBTIK - Striking with a
follow through energy ORASYON
- Ceremonial bow or prayer before practice or battle. SAK-SAK
- Hatchet grip on the knife, point up. Also means to "thrust."
PAKAL - Ice pick grip, point
down. 