Solo Baston / Single cane Students learn the 12 basic strikes of Kombatan. Each sub-system has also an additional, unique strike pattern.
Basic Techniques
Strike patterns
Cane twirling
Foot work
Block / checking techniques
Striking systems and counter striking
Disarms and counters to disarms
Locks and lock flow drills
Releases
Takedowns and throws
Locks and lock / disarm combination
Empty hands vs. weapon attacks
Controlled sparring
Full contact free sparring
Doble Baston / Double cane
Doble Baston is an advance training system of Kombatan. This system is particularly good at developing the student’s ambidexterity. Many of the Solo Baston techniques can be applied within Doble Baston.
Doble Baston block-strike set
The first four block-strike techniques are as follows:
Blocking from the same hand side
Blocking from the cross hand side
Checking of block
Evasive movement
Block and strike simultaneously
Correct foot work
Once these four techniques have been learned, the practitioner can use a variety of sinawali follow-up strikes or any combination of classical strikes such as, sungkiti or abaniko strikes.
Espada y Daga / Sword and knife
There are numerous Espada y Daga systems. Examples include Palis-Palis-Tusok, Cinco Tiros and Crossada style. Training striking patterns is a great way to build coordination and timing.
System 3: Knife Fighting
A. Espada y daga includes
12 basic strikes
Basic blocks
15 strike sets
Strike set combinations
Movement sets
B. Daga Sa Daga / Knife vs. knife
Daga Sa Daga (Filipino knife fighting) prepares the martial artist for close quarter self-defense against the small bladed weapon. Training in Daga Sa Daga develops fast reflexes and teaches the student the dynamics of knife movement, which are essential for effective self-defense against the knife.
Mano-Mano / Empty hands
The fighting arts have been a prominent part of Philippine history. From the beginning, Filipinos have defended their homes and villages with the fighting skills passed from generation to generation. In some ways, elements of these arts and skills still survive in many parts of the nation.Influenced by the movies and TV, most people have looked to other Asian martial systems for self-defense training. Until recently, few people, inside and outside of the Philippines, realized that the indigenous fighting arts of the Philippines represent some of the most effective hand-to-hand and bladed fighting methods in the world today.
Mano-Mano students learn very quickly how to defend themselves from all the attack ranges and angles. Mano-Mano consists of 20 basic strikes (hand, elbow, kick and knee techniques), 40 throwing sets and 20 self-defence release sets. Follow-up techniques include groundwork striking and submission holds.
Close Range Techniques
Dos Puntas
Dos Puntas (two techniques) is a system used in close range. The cane is held in the middle and both ends of the cane are utilised. The cane can be used in the same way as a knife, Dulo Dulo, punjo and a reinforced fist. Depending on the angle of the hand and the defence / offence line, the cane can be used to slash, stab, butt, block or disarm. An effective defence technique is a counter attack where, as the defender blocks with the hand, a strike directly to a muscle or nerve point is delivered. This temporarily paralyzes the opponent. Use of this system is trained with Palit Palit partner drills.
Tres Puntas
Tres Puntas (three techniques) is a system used in close range. Tres Puntas is nearly the same as Dos Puntas, the only difference being that there is knife on one hand and a cane on the other (held similarly as in Dos Puntas). Same principles as for Dos Puntas, Espada y Daga and Daga sa Daga apply. Use of this system is trained with Palit Palit partner drills
