Hertfordshire Martial Arts (CFS/MKG/INOSANTO)

Panantukan class 5/1/12

2012-01-06T13:34:00.001Z

From the jab;

Inward gunting stay inside
Inward gunting to trap & hammer (#2)

Same on the cross from split entry.

Then counter jab & cross with outside triple & added arm lever/elbow on cross turned to arm wrench from overhand.

Then added Lubai to;

Armbar 3 ways
Branch up
Branch down

Finish with Hubud & added the above.

Cheers G

Happy New Year & first night back

2012-01-05T10:28:00.001Z

Well firstly happy new year all & let's get on this martial arts journey of 2012!

Muay Thai class worked the following;

Skipping 3mins
L&R 4 counts +
Parry & cover knee entry drill
Scoop the L or R footjab
Then we trained the cut kick vs the cross or hook.
Then conditioning drill of pyramid kicking.

Kali class;

4 count abbecedario variables, with lateral triangle.
Heaven 6 with escarla footwork.
Double stick, inside sweep to heaven 6 & inward gunting to heaven 6, L&R side.
Sumbrada working from angle 5, we then added a couple of disarms/counter disarms.

Till next time train hard!!

G.

Tuesday 20/12/11

2011-12-21T12:25:00.001Z

The drill rounds class pounded the pads for 6x3 min rounds.

JKD classes worked through the Jun Fan kickboxing combos, Ping Choi Gwa Choi series & lead hook drill.

Kali class worked Sinawalli 6 & 8 count drills. Inside sweep drill & then added snake, vine & ejection disarms.

Monday classes 19/12/11

2011-12-21T12:20:00.001Z

Muay Thai we covered the bob & weave drills level 2 & 3, L&R 4 counts & 15 count.

MMA/CSW we covered pummelling drills, then techniques from double under hooks, taking the back & single leg takedown.

In panantukan we covered palm stick basics & then gunting flow. We also covered all the same techniques empty hand.

Xmas Seminar 18/12/11

2011-12-20T19:03:00.001Z

On Sunday was our second Xmas seminar and what a great turn out!

We covered all the bases from; Panantukan, Kali, JKD, Muay Thai & MMA/CSW.

Then it was off out for meal and some beers.

Cheers for coming & the DVD will be out ASAP!

G

Guro Rick Faye Seminar 5/6 November

2011-12-20T18:58:00.001Z

What a great weekend seminar and great support for the event.

On day one we trained all empty hand covering Jun Fan JKD, Panantukan/Silat, CSW, Muay Thai.

Also Guro promoted Waqas to MKG level one. Rich, Emma & Mark were made associate MKG instructors.

Well done all, then it was off out for some food, beers & great company.

Day two was all on Kali, covering stick and dagger work, we also covered double dagger concepts & techniques.

We finished up the seminar, what a great weekend.

Rick, Emma & I then went out for a full English roast dinner & a ale or two!

Monday morning we met up with Mick Tully & dropped Guro off!

A class weekend, the seminar DVD is now available.

Cheers all G.

Kali class 03/05/11 & 04/05/11

2011-05-05T12:28:00.003+01:00

We covered the following (03/05/11)

Single stick Hubud with close range striking concepts

Witiks, Slashes & X strikes, we then added a simple takedown using the stick as lever to the knee joint.

After we did Hubud empty hand left & right switching.

We covered the following (04/05/11)

Heaven six warm up (Defundo training) one knee, two knees, sitting & lying down.

Then we worked on inside deflection to shield/salute the cross (Taming) or scoop (Palasut) flow drill

Then 3 count sumbrada with drop stick on angle 4 line, we added the rear punch & basic disarms.

Finish with a rep of a 100 disarm from a angle 5 thrust (knife)

G

Muay Thai Class 04/05/11

2011-05-05T12:20:00.002+01:00

After warm up we covered the following

Bob & weave drills

From jab & cross to bob & weave left & right
Cover left body shot to bob weave left & right
Cover right body shot to bob & weave left & right
Catch Jab & parry hit high on cross to bob & weave left & right
Jab & cross to x5 uppercut to bob & weave behind (corner drill)

Then onto thai pads

Cover & wrap the hook to knee & elbow follow up (left & right)
Holder catches kick to knee & elbow follow up (left & right)

Conditioning

Single, double, triple 4 counts (3min blitz)

Jun Fan JKD 3rd May 2011

2011-05-05T12:11:00.004+01:00

Hi all on Tuesday we covered

Toi Ma evade on the lead kick & follow up
Slip & hit on the Jab & follow up
Shoulder roll & kick on the cross & follow up
Cover & hit on the hook & follow up

We then added after each one

PIA entry to Pak Sao - Lop Sao & follow up

Then from trapping range we worked from the

Pak - Lop & Pak - Lop - Lop to the following

Fig 4 take down to wrist lock
Supine armbar
Prone armbar with head trap

Top stuff guys keep training.

Gary

Kali Class - 12/04/11

2011-04-13T14:44:00.002+01:00

We covered

basic single dagger drills as a warm up using the following principles thrust & slash.

Then working from long range using the Inosanto 12 & Lameco 8 angles of attack concentrating on distant & countering the knife arm.

We also isolated the parrying/checking hand against the angles of attack, afterwards using guntings, angling & zoning to simultaneously attack & defend.

Lastly against the final angle we added some disarms.

Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Class - 12/04/11

2011-04-13T14:29:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

At last nights JFGF - JKD class we covered the following

Counters to the cross (rear straight)

Shoulder roll & follow up
Shoulder with kick & follow up

Counters to the lead hook

Cover & follow up
Tan da & follow up

Lead middle hook kick (nau tek)

Ha Pak & follow up
Hou Jeet Jut Tek & follow up

Jun Fan JKD Wing Chun Drills

Pak to Pak drill - L&R
Pak Sao - Huen Sao - L&R

Jun Fan JKD Trapping

Pak to Loi Pak
Pak to Chung Choi to Loi Pak

Jun Fan Kickboxing drills

Nao Tek - HUC - Nau Tek
Nao Tek - C BH HH C - Nao Tek
Nao Tek - C UC UC H C - Nao Tek

Long time no blog & happy new year al!

2011-01-05T14:46:00.002Z

Ok it's been to long since I put anything up on the HMA blog.

Yesterday was our first day back of 2011 (04/01/11)

We started off with Jun Gung Fu Jeet Kune Do, we started off with the following:

Jun Fan Gung Fu class

Step & slide footwork (4 ways) L&R lead
Pendulum footwork (advance & retreat) L&R lead

Jun Fan Kickboxing drills
Nau Tek - CHC - Nau Tek
Nau Tek - CUC - Nau Tek
Nau Tek - CBHC - Nau Tek
Nau Tek - OUO - Nau Tek

Jab Counters (1 series)
Parry/slip outside & hit low
Parry/slip inside & hit high

Cross Counters (1,2 series)
Parry & hit high
Parry & hit low

Lead hook drill - ways to attack
Jab to high hook
Low jab to high hook
Cross to high hook
Low cross to high hoook

We also look at holding & feeding the pads in a bit of detail!

Filipino Martial Arts (Kali)

Basic double stick warm ups (MKG)

Abeccedario drills stationary
4 Count & 6 count
Then added lateral triangle footwork to the above

6 directional footwork (Escarla)
Then added single striking long range (Largo)
Loptik/Panastas (hit/slash through)
Witik/loptik (retracting hit to hit through)
Ikis (X striking FH-BH)

Inside sweep drill & outside sweep drill
added rear hand punch & counter with salute (from inside sweep)
added rear hand punch & counter with stick to angle 4 strike

So get to training all & kick off 2011 in style!!!

Stay safe all!

G

Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do 12/08/10

2010-08-13T11:31:00.003+01:00

We had a look at the 1966 Jun Fan Gung Fu - Jeet Kune Do trapping progression.

We started with referance point positions, then how to use the Pak Da by capturing (3 ways).

We then look at some basic options off of the rear hand:

Bong Sao, Lop Sut, Gum Da
Lop Sao Gwa Choi
Loi Pak Da
Chung Choi to Loi Pak Da

remember if there is nothing to trap don't go looking for trapping. If you do its a good way to lose your teeth!

Trapping is a very effective skill to have remember points of contact & speed are essential.

Guro Rick Faye has told me many times that there are six basic reasons for trapping

1) Create an opening for hit
2) To use major tools (elbows & knees etc)
3) Use the oppoent force against them
4) To give advantage to the trained martial artist
5) Limit you oppoents offense
6) You'll end up there anyway

remember when all else fails keep it simple and make sure you work the basic skills in all areas.

Then the rest is all gravy!

Panantukan 12/08/10

2010-08-13T11:15:00.002+01:00

Last night we worked the following drills

Salute (double cover) with female triangle footwork, remember lads don't step with the wrong foot or you'll give up your back.

Cover & hit drill basic - remember the we discussed how important the intial hit is and forward momentum, we then added secoh (elbow) to scoop and uppercut. This drill we worked off of both hooks in a flow drill.

Lastly we did a inside sumgab (finger jab) that fails and then disolved the pressure using a arm roll & added three basic traps.

We then took the above drills/concepts and worked them on the pads combining basic strikes & counters.

REMEMBER PANANTUKAN IS A BOXING ART SO SHADOW BOXING IS A MUST!!!

As Guro David Onuma has proved many times in sparring if you have good footwork & solid boxing skills then Panantukan is highly effective, don't get obsessed with having to many techniques secure the basics first!

Guro Rick Faye also says when your technique fails make sure you can knock em out!

Well done lads!

Muay Thai 12/08/10

2010-08-13T11:07:00.002+01:00

We worked the following in Thursday's Muay Thai

Each basic four count for 3 minutes in a glove drill format

LK - RC - LH - LK
LK - RC - LH - RK
RK - LH - RC - RK
RK - LH - RC - LK

(using crush/cover on the kicks & parry/cover on the cross & hook)

We then looked at countering the cross 2 ways with the left & right cut kick. from the left hook we worked a basic cover into HCH or CHC & shield/right kick all of this we put into a glove drill

Lastly we did parry/cover & split entry to get into knee & elbow range.

Kali Class - 10/08/10

2010-08-13T11:01:00.002+01:00

we worked on the following areas of Kali from Guro David Onuma's CFS cirriculum.

Largo Mano (Long range) striking using a padded stick focusing on striking the arm we used two of the cinco terros patterns (1&2) using the following concepts.

1) Meet the force
2) Follow the force

We then did a 3 count Sumbrada pattern with & to finish we took the 3 points of reference from the Sumbrada pattern and worked the following disarms

1) Snake disarm
2) Vine disarm
3) Ejection

Next time lads we will put the disarms into the Sumbrada.

Well done all!

Strength & Conditioning the 1st time!

2010-08-13T10:56:00.002+01:00

Hi all me again!

On Tuesday the 10th August 2010 I taught HMA's very first conditioning class!

Well done to Pete D - Edd - Diptesh - Ryan - Mike, all ploughed on through the various bases for 2 minutes at a time!

There was lots of motivation from all the lads, hard work & some very interesting comments.

Very impressive work lads and keep at it!

Tuesday's JKD Class 10/08/10

2010-08-13T10:46:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

We worked the following in tonights Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do class

Basic Jun Fan Kickboxing drills
1) Nau Tek - CHC - Nau Tek
2) Nau Tek - CBHC - Nau Tek
3) Nau Tek - CUC - Nau Tek

Counter the lead groin kick (Nau Tek) with
1) Toi Ma (slide & step evade)
2) Pak Tek to Nau Tek

Counter Jab
1) Parry, slip & hit
2) Slip & hit

Counter Cross
1) Shoulder roll & lead lead side kick
2) Bob & Weave

Counter Lead Hook
1) Bil Sao Da (Cover & Hit - Lin Sil Da)
2) Bob & Weave

we used the Jun Fan Kickboxing drills above as much as possible for our follow ups to get the repition in.

Top stuff lads keep it simple!!!

Happy birthday Guro Inosanto

2010-07-25T22:14:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

Wishing Guro Dan Inosanto a happy 74th birthday!!!

New HMA Coach

2010-07-23T17:39:00.002+01:00

Big well done to Richard Pomphrey on gaining his Coach Level 1 in Kali, this is well deserved & in addition Rich trains hard has a good understanding of Kali.

Way to go buddy!

G.

Tuesday’s Jun Fan Gung Fu – Jeet Kune Do Class

2010-07-23T17:37:00.000+01:00

We worked the following footwork first:

• Step & Slide (4 ways)
• Slide & Step or Pendulum

Then drilled on the pads the following Jun Fan Kickboxing drills

• Nau Tek – jab cross hook cross – Nau Tek
• Nau Tek – jab cross body hook cross – Nau Tek
• Nau Tek – jab cross uppercut cross – Nau Tek
• Nau Tek – jab cross double uppercut hook cross – Nau Tek

We briefly discussed when we would & wouldn’t use the jab, after this we moved on to some Jun Fan Kickboxing techniques

• Parry, slip outside on the jab & counter to the body
• slip outside on the jab & counter to the body

Then against the cross we did

• Shoulder roll & follow up
• Shoulder roll, jut Tek & follow up

Against the lead kick we did

• Toi Ma (slide & step) evade to Jut Tek & follow up
• Pak Tek to Nau Tek & follow up

Lastly we did some of the CFS Ha Ping Choi Gwa Choi series.

Cheers G.

MMA (MKG) Class

2010-07-23T17:36:00.000+01:00

Started off with a warm up and some knee mount drills on the grappling dummies.
We worked some pummelling drills with and without lead switching, from this drill we added the double leg arm weave takedown to single knee mount & looked at some basic striking.

Then we moved to full mount making sure we controlled the arms and look at openings to work ground & pound.

We then worked the following drill

Takedown, knee mount, full mount, turn over to guard, break guard, stand up & repeat.

Cheers lads. G

Monday (Panantukan class)

2010-07-23T17:34:00.000+01:00

We looked at using good body mechanics when we strike & making sure the punch starts at the feet and working on correct power line all the way through until delivery to the target. In addition it’s important to recover to the guard position quickly to reduce the time for a counter.
We worked some single direct attacks these were:

• Jab
• Cross
• Hook (L&R)
• Uppercut (L&R)
• Overhand (L&R)

We also looked at the following combinations:
2 count combos

• Double Jab
• Jab Cross
• Cross Hook
• Hook Cross

As well as some 3 count combos

• Jab cross hook
• Jab cross uppercut
• Cross hook cross
• Hook cross hook

Lastly we did some technique work against the wide strikes (punches) as at a street level most people will swing wide rather then punch on a tight line.

We used the following techniques

• Shoulder stop
• Sumgab & foot trap (if these can land at the same excellent)
• Left head scoop
• Arm drag

Cheers all see you soon.

Warriors Circle 18/07/10

2010-07-18T17:58:00.004+01:00

Hi all,

well done to everyone to day who completed the warriors circle, big respects to Mark, Bong, Ryan, Mike, Rich who all completed the following.

1 x 3min - Boxing
1 x 3min - Grappling
1 x 3min - Padded Stick Sparring
1 x 3min - Muay Thai Sparring
1 MKG Muay Thai Conditioning Drill

All of us apart from Bong did Guro Rick Faye's 15 seconds of punching

1x 5 second blitz
1x 6 second blitz
1x 7 second blitz
1x 8 second blitz
1x 9 second blitz
1x 10 second blitz
1x 11 second blitz
1x 12 second blitz
1x 13 second blitz
1x 14 second blitz
1x 15 second blitz

But Bong went one better with the MKG Muay Thai drill the 4's

20 reps of

4 punches - 4 knees - 4 kicks (2x left & 2x right) = 1 rep
finished off with 50 push ups & 50 sit ups

I'll sort out the DVD's and get the tshirts printed ASAP lads!

Cheers all

G

Kali Class

2010-07-17T22:32:00.002+01:00

We worked basic double stick

4 count KOB - KOB to downward X left & right using lateral triangle footwork

we then moved onto single stick work using 3 count entry as a base (remember this is a running attack & zoning is important)

3 count entry is as follows

High forehand
Low backhand
High backhand

followed by switch & diagonal slash & repeat left side.

We then worked the inside sweep to horizontal backhand to the body (angle 4) & return angle 1 strike and partner repeated. Then we added the left cross which we saluted/shielded (Taming) & then partner repeated.

To the above we added the following

X strike
Vine & Snake disarm
Papercutter takedown to
1) Bicep crush
2) From bicep crush we added branch down shoulder lock/break.

Remember if all else fails make sure you can swing that stick.

If you like the Kali don't miss the seminar on the 25th July with myself.

Cheers all G

MKG - MMA/CSW 17th July 2010

2010-07-17T22:24:00.004+01:00

Hi all,

Today in the MKG MMA/CSW class we worked the following:

Defending against the shoot

1) Double shoulder stop to head scoop to low cross, lead lick to CHC
2) Double forearm stop to same as above
3) Base out to standing choke to head & arm throw
4) Overhook arm to wrench & throw

We then did the following drills working some light ground & pound sparring:

2 x 3min rounds each of

1) sparring from the guard
2) sparring from the mount

Well done lads see next Monday & Saturday for some more MKG - MMA/CSW work

Gary

Panantukan Class 8th July 2010

2010-07-09T20:38:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

At tonights Panantukan Class we cover Hubud (1 for 1) from this drill we looked at:

Push Switch
Trap & Wedge Switch
Arm Wrench/Break (3)
Outside & Inside Arm Drag
Upperarm Push
Upperarm Pull
Upperarm Pull to Push
Upperarm Push to Pull

We then did two of the Hammer & Anvil takedowns as per Guro Rick Faye's MKG Cirriculum

Underarm Uppercut to Peuter Kaparla
Split Entry (Parsok) to Forearm Hammer to Peuter Kaparla

We then did the above from Hubud & Boxing Range

Cheers all G

Jun Fan - Jeet Kune Do Class 1st July 2010

2010-07-09T20:27:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

Tonight we covered the Ha Ping Choi Gwa Choi series from Jun Fan Gung Fu - Jeet Kune Do of Sifu David Onuma's CFS Cirriculum

1) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Nau Tek
2) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
3) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Nau Tek - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
4) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Lop Sao Gwa Choi - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
5) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Pak Sao Da - Lop Sao Da - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
6) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Pak Sao Da - Loi Pak Sao Da - Pak Sao Da - Lop Sao Da - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
7) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Pak Sao Da - Bil Sao - Pak Da - Lop Da - 3 Punches - Nau Tek
8) Ha Ping Choi - Pak & Gwa Choi - Pak Sao Da - Jau Sao Da - Loi Da - Pak Da - Lop Da - 3 Punches - Nau Tek

Well done guys G.

Panantukan Class

2010-05-14T23:01:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

In the Panantukan class we covered the following -

Jab & cross to arm roll & lead switch to cross groin slap cross
Forearm tapping to cross groin slap cross
Three techniques from shoulder stop

Left hammer head scoop
Right head hammer scoop
Arm drag & move behind

4. Hubud with inside & outside arm drag

Lots of good manipulations & how we can use the backhand hammer to strike & also pick up the next attack.

Top stuff all, have a good weekend.

Gary

Kali Class

2010-05-12T23:56:00.003+01:00

Hi all,

We covered the following

4 count abbecedario advancing & retreating
3 count entry with hand switch (L&R)
We added a witik to laptik to the 3 count
Finished with inside sweep to vine disarm

Nice work guys & keep up the good work

Muay Thai Class

2010-05-12T23:52:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

For all those who did the Muay Thai class today & yesterday we did the following.

Jab
Cross
Hook (L&R)
Uppercut (L&R)
4 counts
Jab Cross Hook Cross into 4x skip knees

Finish with the fours conditioning drill

Keep practicing testing end of May.

G.

Promotion for Gary Hoptroff

2010-05-06T15:26:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

I am very pleased & humble to announce that I have been promoted under Guro Dan Inosanto to a Apprentice Instructor rank in:

Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu - Jeet Kune do
Filipino Martial Arts

I would like to thank Guro David Onuma for his time every week & excellent tution he has really help sharpen my martial arts ability in different areas.

As well as thanks to Guro Rick Faye who gave me my first instructorship some 10 or so years ago now & always makes time for my club for a seminar when he's in the UK

most importantly to my fiancee Emma Lantaff who is a tower of strength & support.

Many thanks for reading

Gary

New Gym Open

2010-04-02T22:49:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

Sorry for not posting anything for quite sometime, there's a reason Emma & I have been very busy in setting up the new gym in Barnet at 28d Lancaster Road, EN4 8AP.

We have two training studios, lounge area, shop, hanging bags, speedball, grappling dummies, wooden dummy, matted floor & off street parking.

In addition to the above we also have over 20 hours of classes a week from JKD - MMA - Kali - Panantukan - BJJ - Sparring - Tiny Tigers - Thai Tigers - Junior Thai Boxing - Ladies Thai Boxing - Drills & Skills.

Yearly seminars with Guro Rick Faye, Guro David Onuma, HMA's very own Guro Gary Hoptroff's monthly Sunday Seminars.

So here's too a very exciting new time at HMA, thank you for training and lets work hard & have fun!

Respects - Gary, Emma & the HMA Team

Guro Dan Inosanto Seminar - Edinburgh

2010-02-11T10:52:00.007Z

Hi all,

Over the weekend of the 6th & 7th Feb 2010 I travelled to Edinburgh to participate in a weekend martial arts seminar taught by Guro Dan Inosanto.

With the added bonus of being the training partner for the weekend of my instructor Guro David Onuma.

Guro Inosanto is absolutely amazing & at every seminar of his I attend just shows what an amazing opportunity we have to be able to experience his enthusiasm, skill, knowledge & ability.

On day one we covered entries from various arts into close range to be able to get close enough to work a take down, we also went through some Jab & cross counters from Jun Gung Fu - Jeet Kune Do & finished with some ground striking drills from the guard on the focus pads.

On day 2 we covered double stick, single stick & some knife work from the Filipino martial arts.

The seminar was absolutely fantastic & a big thank you to the following people Guro Rick Young for hosting the seminar, Guro David Onuma for letting little old me be his training partner, Guro Bob Breen & his lovely wife Judy for being so friendly.

So until next time..... TRAIN SAFE, TRAIN HARD & HAVE FUN!!!!

See ya.

G

2009-11-23T15:23:00.000Z

Hi all,

I'm really pleased to announce that I have been promoted to Apprentice Instructor Level 3 in both, Jun Fan Gung Fu - Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Martial Arts under Guro David Onuma founder of Combined Fighting Systems.

It is a real honor to be part of the CFS Instructor family & also to be CFS Hertfordshire Rep, anyone who knows Guro D knows his high standards & attention to all the details, I enjoy training with Guro D emmensely & never mind how hard physically or mentally I find some things or how much I sweat all over the place, you can never get that GRIN off my face... hell YEAH!!!

Untill next time keep your hands up!

Guro Gary Hoptroff.