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Warming-up at the start of our grappling class with this continuous transition flow pattern for 3 mins.

This is a great pattern for students to drill their transitions while launching functional strikes from a variety of positions –and finishing with a submission.  Practice & enjoy! Note: Eating a Thai Kick is obviously not preferred.  Make sure to zone away from the height of its power –its zenith!  In the street kick your […]

Our training methodology:  Basics – Drills – Sparring

On Wednesday nights we practice stick- and knife-fighting. Here are some clips of us sparring with safety equipment.

Sparring & takedown drills from our Tues/Thurs Stand-Up Fighting classes.

This is a more complex dual-stick Escrima pattern that we practice.

For a post Thanksgiving Day calorie burner here’s a time-based workout just under 1 hour that has cues to follow so you don’t have to look at your stopwatch.  The workout starts at 4:55. (Check out the “about” section on Youtube for the menu of exercises)

For our 15 min warm-ups we drilled a floor bag workout.  Here’s a visual sample.

In this Escrima class, we began with 4 different finishing moves that are all accessible from the reference point of the clinch.

An assortment of clips from training sessions at UMA.