Footwork diagram

[TuhonBill]

I now have a diagram on the PTI website that shows basic intermediate and advanced footwork patterns. Go to the outline page: http://www.pekiti.com/outline.php and click the link to the footwork diagram. This is a scan from my own notes, so the lettering is not super clear, but if you go back one page to the general outline you will be able to read the names clearly. You should have no problems seeing the diagrams themselves though.

Regards,
Tuhon Bill McGrath

[wes tasker]

I now have a diagram on the PTI website that shows basic intermediate and advanced footwork patterns. Go to the outline page: http://www.pekiti.com/outline.php and click the link to the footwork diagram. This is a scan from my own notes, so the lettering is not super clear, but if you go back one page to the general outline you will be able to read the names clearly. You should have no problems seeing the diagrams themselves though.

Regards,
Tuhon Bill McGrath

Tuhon-

After you learned the footwork, what kind of striking combinations on the footwork (perhaps with solo baston as an example) did Tuhon Leo have you guys do? Was there a progression, or was it more like, "Do this combination with triangles, do this with the hourglass...."?

Thank you.

-wes tasker

[lhommedieu]

Just wondering about the vertical lines on the "M," "N," and "W" diagrams: are these linear step-shuffles after you've gotten off-line?

Best,

Steve

[TuhonBill]

Tuhon-

After you learned the footwork, what kind of striking combinations on the footwork (perhaps with solo baston as an example) did Tuhon Leo have you guys do? Was there a progression, or was it more like, "Do this combination with triangles, do this with the hourglass...."?

Thank you.

-wes tasker


We would do all the basic strikes (Abcedario, 5 Attacks), on the first seven footwork patterns (sidestepping through ranging). However the drills you see in 64 Attacks were first taught using only one particular bit of footwork (for example, triangles with Break in-Break out). After you worked the basics for a while, you naturally began to combine sections of the footwork such as a triangle to enter then a take off to add power to your hit.

When we got the advanced sets, Leo would often begin the set with a drill that showed a basic technique using a footwork pattern new to that set. Once you had gotten the whole set you would then revisit the footwork pattern, using it whenever it applied to the set as a whole.

Each layer of information stands on the layer below it. After you get a new principle when learning "C" you then go back and see how it effects your "A" and "B" levels. Leo would often teach us specifics, but he also encouraged us to recombine the subcomponents in other ways.

Regards,
Tuhon Bill McGrath

[TuhonBill]

Just wondering about the vertical lines on the "M," "N," and "W" diagrams: are these linear step-shuffles after you've gotten off-line?

Best,

Steve


The W and M patterns end with a side step. These two patterns are used in Doble' and in Espada Y Daga and the side step is most often used to evade a thrust or to throw a thrust of your own.

The vertical line in the N pattern denotes a takeoff. Since you have already done an angle in the triangle, the takeoff is done as a straight charge. This is seen mostly in single stick.

Regards,
Tuhon Bill McGrath