A quick note about Bong Sao

When throwing a bong sao make sure that your elbow is higher than your wrist. The purpose for this is two fold; one preventing hooks being thrown from easily accessing their target and two creating a natural bow that will force incoming assaults to veer away from their intended target.

Kicking Drill

First drill - Inverted Hook Kick

Is thrown to the outside. Is similar to an oblique kick that misses. Like all kicks supporting leg determines range. This kick is usually thrown from the front leg. It is very important for this kick to be thrown straight in and straight out.
Do not roll your foot.
Do not try to put large amounts of power behind this kick.
It is very much a one inch kick.


Second drill - Fuete Kick

Is thrown to the inside. Like above it is thrown with front leg. Also straight in and out. Also one inch kick.


Third drill - Combine above two kicks

Start off throwing inside hook kick then go into fuete without putting leg down inbetween kicks.
Then try throwing fuete first followed by inside hook.


As always remember to work both leads and different heights.

Jab catch Cross shoulder roll Triplets

All combinations are done in a pattern of three between two partners. Partner 1 goes once partner two goes once partner one goes a second time, then move around and reverse so that partner two goes twice.

First Drill
Jab Catch

Partner one Jabs at partner two's chin. P2 lifts rear leg and falls back when jab contacts their glove. Then P2 returns jab and P1 retreats. P1 completes triplet with final jab. Move around. P2 initiates next triplet.

For Jab step in with both feet and turn your toes perpendicular to oppenent. Retreat by stepping out with both feet returning to square position with oppenent.



Second Drill
Cross Shoulder Roll

P1 throws cross at P2's chin. P2 rolls hips drops wrist replacing where chin was with shoulder. The arm that is doing the roll should not expose the back, nor should the elbow rise. The motion is for all intense purposes a bong sau movement. By rolling hips leg is in position to throw cut kick. Again like previous drill do in a triplet with alternating feeder at beginning.

Nip Kicks' Dirty Dozen

13 Simple Moves to get you out of almost anything!

The 'Gate'
4 Major Advantages:
Mobility, Protection, Accessibility, Illusion

The 'Shadow'
Step and Slide:
straight forward, straight back, straight left, straight right, circling left, circling right


The 'Dirty Dozen'
Legs:
#1. Ball of the Foot - Jab
#2. Toe - Flick
#3. Knee - Spike
#4. Shin - Swing
#5. Heel - Stomp

Arms:
#7. Finger - Flick
#8. Palm - Jab
#9. Forearm - Hammer
#10. Slap - Hook
#11. Elbow - Chip

Other:
#12. Head - Ram
#13. Kina Mutai - Pinching and Biting!

Primary Targets:
Eyes, Ears, Temples, Nose, Jaw
Neck
Arms, Hands
Chest, Shoulder, Back,
Solar Plexus, Ribs, Kidneys
Groin, Tail-bone
Thigh, Shin, Calf, Foot

4 Basic Ranges of Un-armed Self-defense:
Kicking, punching, trapping, grappling

Problem Solving:Closest Weapon/Nearest Target

*What weapons and targets are available in each range?

Savate Terminology

Savate Terminology
- A -
• ALLEZ! - Begin!
• ARBITRE - RefereeARME- Ready position before a kick
• ARRIERE - Rear, Behind, Backward motion
• ASSAUT - Light contact contest emphasizing technical skill
• AUTORISE - Allowed, authorised
- B -
• BAS - Low (level)
• BALANCE - Leg swing
• BLOQUEE - Block
• BOXE - Boxing
• BRAS - Arm
- C -
• CASQUE - Headguard
• CHASSE - Driving or forcing away
• CHASSE LATERAL - Side kick - using the heel of the shoe to 'smash'
• CHASSE D'ARRET - A stopping kick to the body
• CHAUSSURE - Footwear
• COIN - Corner
• COMBAT - Full-power contest
• COMPTE - Count
• COQUILLE - Shell (groin Protector)
• CORPS - Body
• COUP - Blow
• COUP DE PIED - Kick
• COUP DE PIED BAS - Low kick, using the inside arch of the shoe to 'cut' or sweep
• COUP DE POING - Punch
• CROCHET Bras Avant - Hook (punch) with the front hand
• CROCHET Bras Arriere - Hook (punch) with the rear hand
• CROISE - Crossed
- D -
• DEPLACEMENT (also DECALAGE) - Distancing movement or motion
• DIRECT Bras Avant - Lead hand Straight punch (Jab)
• DIRECT Bras Arriere - Rear hand Straight punch (Cross)
• DROIT - Right
- E -
• ENCEINTE - Ring
• ENCHAINEMEN T- Sequence of blows, combination
• ESQUIVE - Avoiding technique, such as 'slipping' or 'bob & weave'
- F -
• FIGURE - Face
• FLANC - Side
• FOUETTE - Whip, using the toe of the shoe to 'stab' when kicking
• FRAPPE - Strike
• FRONTAL - Front, or to the front
- G -
• GANT - Glove
Colour to indicate grade:
_ bleu - blue
_ vert - green
_ rouge - red
_ blanc - white
_ jaune - yellow
• GARDE - Guard position
• GAUCHE - Left
• GROUPE - Chambering the leg (ready position) before a kick
- H -
• HANCHE - Hip
• HAUT, EN HAUT - High (level)
• HORS COMBAT - Knockout (KO), or unable to continue
- I -
• INTEGRALE - One-piece body suit (Unitard, or Catsuit)
• INTERDIT - Forbidden
• INTERIEURE - Inside
- J -
• JAMBE - Leg
• JAMBE TENDUE - Straight or outstretched leg
• JAMBIERE - Shinpad
- L -
• LATERAL - Sideways
- M -
• MARCHE-CROISE - Cross-step (in front of, or behind, the lead leg)
• MEDIAN - Middle (level)
• NON COMBAT - No decision: where both fighters are disqualified, or the match is
abandoned due to spectator behaviour for example
- P -
• PARADE - Blocking technique
• PESEE - Weighing
• PIED - Foot
• POING - Fist
• PRE-COMBAT - Middle category contest with full contact & full protection
• PROTEGE-DENTS - Mouthguard, gumshield
- R -
• REGLEMENTS - Rules, regulations
• RECONTRE - Match
• REMISE - Counter with the same technique
• REPRISE - A Round: usually one, one and a half, or two minutes
• REVERS FRONTAL - Outside crescent kick
• REVERS LATERAL - Reverse whip kick, slapping with the sole of the shoe
• REVERS Jambe Tendue - Turning (spinning) kick, with a straight leg throughout
• RIPOSTE - Counter (immediate)
- S -
• SAUT -Jump
• SOIGNEUR - Second, ring attendant
• SWING Bras Avant - A front-hand thumb down long-arm curving punch
• SWING Bras Arriere - The same punch delivered with the rear hand
- T -
• TENDUE - Straight
• TENUE - Costume
• TIREUR, TIREUSE -(f) Boxer
• TOURNANT - Turning

JKD Terminology

Bai Jong - Ready Position
Biu Gee - Thrusting Fingers
Biu Sao - Thrusting Hand
Boang Sao - Deflecting Hand (Raised Elbow)
Chi – Has a Few Definitions such as “Energy,” "Spirit" or "Breath,"
Chi Sao - Energy Hands also called sticky hands
Chop Choi – extended knuckle punch
Chung Choi - Vertical Fist
Cup Sao - Scooping hand
Doan Chi Sao – one hand Energy hands training
Da – Hit or strike
Do – or “Tao” Meaning “Way”
Dum Tek - Stomp Kick
Fon Sao - Trapping Hands
Fook Sao - Horizontal deflecting hand
Gin Lai - Salute
Go Da - High Hit
Gon Sao - Outer Wrist Block
Gua Choi - Back Fist
Gua Tek - Inverted Hook Kick
Gum Sao - Pinning Hand
Ha Da - Low Hit
Ha Pak - Low Slap
Hay - begin
Hou Juk Tek - Back Side Kick
Hou Tek - Back Kick
Huen Sao - Circling Hand
Jang - Elbow
Jao Sao - Running Hand
Joap Hop - Line Up or Group Together,
Jeet - Stop or Intercept
Jeet Gurk - Shin Block
Jeet Kune Do - Way Of The Intercepting Fist
Jeet Sao - Intercepting Hand, as used in the shoulder or bicep stop
Jeet Tek - Intercepting Kick
Jern – vertical Palm strike
Jik Chung Choi - Commonly Known as the Straight Blast Meaning Straight Vertical Fist. Used For Overwhelming an Opponent With Vertical Fists Down His Center to Find the Opening Using Forward Energy
Jik Tek – Straight kick or Front Kick With Toe
Jin Choi - Uppercut
Jong Sao - Dummy Hand
Juen So Tek - Spinning Heel Kick
Juen Tek - Spin Kick
Juk Tek - Side Kick
Jung Da - Middle Hit
Jut Sao - Jerking Hand
Kow Tao - Head butt
Kune (Kun) - Fist
Kwoon – School
Lao Sing Choi - Lateral Hammer Fist Strike or a Chop With a Closed Fist
Lee Jun Fan - Bruce Lee's Chinese Name
Lie Sao - palm up pulling deflection using the edge of the thumb/wrist area (sometimes confused with Tahn Sao, though they do look similar) to redirect the force of a linear strike always done from the outside line.
Lin Sil Da - Simultaneously defend and hit (Lin Sil Die Dar)
Lok Sao - Rolling Hands
Lop Sao - Pulling Hand
Maun Choi – Jab (lead punch)
Maun Sao - Front Hand, Inquisitive hand or asking hand
Mook Jong - Wing Chung Dummy
Na – Locking or submission
O'ou Choi - Hook Punch
O'ou Tek – (sometimes spelled “now tek” due to the sound of the word with an almost silent “N”) - Hook Kick (commonly known as a round house kick in other martial art styles) Bruce Lee referred to the round kicks as Hook kicks
Pak Sao - Slapping Hand
Ping Choi - Horizontal Fist
Saat Da – Knee Strike
Si Bak - Your Instructor's Senior
Si Dai - Your Junior
Si Fu - Teacher or Instructor
Si Gung - Your Instructor's Instructor
Si Hing - Your Senior
Si Jo - Founder Of The System
Sil Lim Tao - First Wing Chun Form Called “The Little Idea”
Si Mo – Wife of Your Instructor or Female Instructor
Si Sook - Your Instructor's Junior
So Tek - Heel Kick
Sut Sao – Slicing hand or commonly known as to Chop
Tahn Sao - Palm Up Deflecting Hand
Tek - Kick
Tok Sao - Lifting arm or lifting hand (lifting under the elbow(s) like you would see in the way the Mook Jong forms end)
Tow Dai - Student
Tow Suen - Student's Student
Wong Pak – Outside Cross Slap
Wu Choi – Cross (as in Jab, cross)
Wu Sao - Rear Hand or Protective hand
Wu Tek - Rear leg
Yu Bay - Ready

Salem Assli Seminar Notes

Savate

Warm up - 2 minutes shadowboxing

Focus Pad Drills

Drill #1

Counters off the jab

Feeder feeds jabs and holds for Counter Combinations
1 - Parry & return jab
2 - Parry & return cross
3 - Parry & return jab/cross
4 - Parry & return low jab
5 - Parry & return low cross
6 - Parry & return jab/cross/hook/cross
7 - Parry & return jab/cross/low hook/cross
8 - Parry & return jab/cross/upper cut/cross

6-8 can also be done without the jab : cross/hook/cross, cross/low hook/cross, cross/uppercut/cross

Remember to keep hands up

Try to maintain a steady rhythm

Drill #2

Counters off jab/hook

1 - parry/cover Return hook, cross, lead fouette bas, rear fouette bas
2 - parry, bob weave - return cross, hook, cross, lead fouette bas, rear fouette bas

Boxing Glove Drills

Drill 1 - Avoid the Fouette Median

One partner feeds fouette median from the lead or rear leg, other partner attempts to zone to the left or right and ride the kick

- maintain your lead
- stay in range to respond (don't back away)
- look to the shoulders to read partner's intention


Drill 2 - Counters off the Fouette Median

One partner feeds the Fouette Median while 2nd partner zones and either parries or rides the kick and returns Fouette Bas/ cross/ hook/ cross/ fouette median

feeders objective is to "stab" opponent with shoe



Drill 3 - Savate Combination

Double jab (catch/slip)/ cross (slip)/ lead fouette bas/ rear fouette bas/ lead fouette high

try to stay light not on feet



Drill 4 - Counter off the Double Jab / Cross

Feed double jab/ cross - counter with double catch/ hard parry (shift lead leg out)/ rear fouette bas/ lead fouette bas/ long step out & back with lead leg/ chasse median (hop in)



Drill 5- Counter off jab/ cross

feed jab/ cross - counter with parry/ parry/ jab/ cross/ lead fouette bas/ rear fouette high



Drill 6 - Counter off jab/ cross

feed jab/ cross - counter with catch/ parry/ cross/ lead hook (step to the side) / rear fouette bas/ lead fouette high



Drill 7 - Fouette Bas

one for one fouette bas - back and forth



Drill 8- Avoid the Fouette Bas

As per drill 7 but receiver tries to avoid Fouette with
Erase the leg
Lift the leg
Switch stance and return

don't run away/ stay in range to return strike



Drill 9 - Double Lead Fouette

Throw combination of two lead Fouette kicks: low/ low, low/ median, low/ high, high/ high and the reverse coming down

- foot may touch the ground between kick going from low to high
- coming from high to low is faster without touching the ground



Drill 10 - Double lead Fouette/ Rear Free Kick

Throw double Fouette combination off lead leg and follow with any kick of rear leg.



Street Savate

Technique #1 - Response from Wrist grab

When grabbed by the wrist arm up and out, opening the line, and deliver fouette to groin or solar plexus followed by Chasse to the knee


Kali - Double Stick

Drill 1

High "X" left and right then high/ low/ high on both sides
- add footwork



Drill 2

Upward "X" 3 count/ low backhand/ high backhand - both sides
- add abanico 3 beat/ low backhand/ high backhand - both sides



Drill 3 - Pass and Hit

One partner feeds angles 1 - 5 while other partner passes (gunting) working from open or close position, and returns one backhand or forehand strike after each angle.
- make sure to work both left and right



Drill 4

As per drill 3 but add redondo following the forehand or backhand strke



Drill 5

As per drill 3 but return 3 strikes after backhand or forehand - retracting with a roof block



Stick and Knife

Drill 1- Pass and Hit

Hit as double stick drill 3 but add dagger thrust after every two stick angles. Zone to the outside of the dagger thrust, and strike 3 times with stick and dagger

- Dagger can be fed once or twice



Drill 2

Feeder attacks with 1/ 4/ 1 - counter with pass/ pass/ hit and dagger thrust/ slide dagger hand down arm to wrist and strip stick/ raise weapons to draw line thrust/ stop with stick and thrust with dagger to body/ grab attacker's daffer arm and use forearm disarm to remorve dagger/ follow with 3 variations of stick throw (1) neck (2) under arm(3) between legs


Drill 3 - Snake

Feeder attacks with #1 - counter deflection (sweep) and dagger thrust/ snake with dagger arm and hold high (to draw low thrust) / scoop with dagger and raise for double thrust (stick and knife)



Single Stick

Drill 1 - Strips off Angle 1

snake and strip

grab wrist/ turn/ and strip (forearm, triceps, stick or thrust)



Drill 2 - Takedown off angle 1

Hit/ stepthrough and hyperextend elbow/ roll to armbar and sweep leg back/ knee to shoulder/ stepthrough (behind foot)/ unbalance and sweep/ follow with kick to ankle

- can be done the same with empty hand vs stick

Triplet Drills

A series of drills designed to improve footwork.

One person initiates, second feeds back and then intiator throws final shot. Step away and reverse feeding order. Footwork for all drills is to step and slide in with shot retreat with step and slide and then step in again if feeding. If receiving do opposite. Throw all punches to opponents chin. You are responsible for your own safety at all times.

1st drill
feed jab
receive into hand

2nd dril
feed cross
receive by stepping back turning shoulder and presenting arm as shield away from body.

3rd drill
feed pulling hook lightly so as not to hurt training partner
receive by putting forward salut that does not intercept shot and destroy feeders hand.

4th drill
feeder chooses which of above three will be thrown.
receiver adapts.

Sombrata Half Beats in the box

Using your "free" hand to monitor opponents stick hand add "half-beats" to change the order of the drill from feed, deflect, feed the order now becomes feed, deflect, monitor, defang, feed.

(1)Diagonal #1 strike
(1) Inside deflection-attack stick hand
(2) Horizontal slice-attack stick hand
(2) Drop stick-attack stick hand
(3) Senketi-attack stick hand
(3) Step out of way with High Wing-attack stick hand
(4) Vertical abiniko-attack stick hand
(4) Step to side with uppercut/roof-attack stick hand
(5) Diagonal #2 strike-attack stick hand
(5) Inside deflection-attack stick hand
(6) Diagonal #1 strike-attack stick hand
(6) Inside deflection-attack stick hand
(7) Horizontal slice-attack stick hand
(7) Drop stick-attack stick hand
(8) Senketi-attack stick hand
(8) Step out of way with High Wing-attack stick hand
(9) Verical abiniko-attack stick hand
(9) Step to side with uppercut/roof-attack stick hand
(10) Diagonal #2 strike-attack stick hand
(10) Inside deflection-attack stick hand

Sinawali Drills

Arms are moving in a pattern of Slice, Slice, Watik or jab.
Think in terms of slice, slice, hack

Heaven = high, high, high, high, high, high
Standard= high, low, high, high, low, high
Reverse Standard= low, high, low, low, high, low
Earth= low, low, low, low, low, low

Feed Heaven take one complete step through so that hips have moved 180'
Do this again then take two steps back

Adding accents
hit with power by stepping on first strike
then do not initiate feet until second strike
and finally initiate feet on third strike, the watik or jab

Accents may be added on any footwork. Male triangle, female triangel, or Step through

Sombrata Drill

(1)Diagonal #1 strike
(1) Inside deflection
(2) Horizontal slice
(2) Drop stick
(3) Senketi
(3) Step out of way with High Wing
(4) Vertical abiniko
(4) Step to side with uppercut/roof
(5) Diagonal #2 strike
(5) Inside deflection
(6) Diagonal #1 strike
(6) Inside deflection
(7) Horizontal slice
(7) Drop stick
(8) Senketi
(8) Step out of way with High Wing
(9) Verical abiniko
(9) Step to side with uppercut/roof
(10) Diagonal #2 strike
(10) Inside deflection

Single Stick Drill

Begin with a simple figure 8 pattern using a slicing motion

• small loop with a large loop
• large loop with a small loop
• horizontal, vertical and any other angle you can think of
• forehand, backhand
• same size loop
• single hand and double handed

Watik

• any angle you can make it work
• feel what works and what does not
• single hand and double hand

Fleurete

• keep hand on stick do not twirl with fingers loose
• small, medium and large circles
• move the hub you are pivoting on different points along full length of stick
• single and double handed

Abiniko

• fan
• strike is with flat of blade
• single and double handed

Redondo

• coup de grace
• could be a flow weapon such as a rope, length of chain etc.
• experiment moving a redondo around your body
• single and double handed

Senkete

• spearing
• experiment with all angles you can strike from
• single and double handed

Punyo

• heal or butt of the stick
• experiment with all angles you can strike from
• single and double handed

Blocking Motion

• direct block, side step block
• experiment with different angles you can either block or deflect from
• single and double handed

Now add all above elements together trying not to repeat a motion until all have been done, shadow boxing in short. Do both left and right leads.

Now do that again but add a knife to the free hand. Be sure to switch stick and knife leads.

Now put down stick and do shadow boxing with just knife.

Put down knife and shadow box empty hand.

Do 100 jabs left and right.

Jab cross adding body movement ie feints, sidestep, attack, probe etc.

Jab cross and hook.

Finally add leg strikes to this drill. Knees, teeps, obleeks, scoops, etc.

A Kicking Drill

• A simple fuete toe kick to the inner thigh
• Shin kick to inner thigh
• Right fuete to inner thigh followed by left shin kick to outer thigh
• Right shin kick to inner thigh followed by left fuete to outer thigh

The main difference by the two previous kicks is the spacial relationship.

Where you put your leg down after first kick measures range and will change lead of second leg from rear to lead.

• Right shin kick to inside followed by left bong tek driving forward to thigh, top of hip or gut
• Right bong tek followed by outside left shin kick
• Right fuete followed by left bong tek
• Right bong tek followed by left fuete

These drills will take you from kicking range (fuete) through boxing range (shin kick) to trapping range (bong tek)

A Jab Cross Hook Drill

First Drill

• Jab
• Cross
• Hook
• Quarter step to right
• Monitor head with right hand
• Jab --- this jab is almost a negative as weight lilts onto rear leg to chamber hook
• Hook
• Jab

Second Drill

• Front fuete kick
• Eye jab
• Straight blast
• Cross forward elbow
• Hook side elbow
• Cross forward elbow

Arm Lock Flow in Side Body

1. Begin with Hubud flowing to a clinch
2. Cup elbow with free arm
3. Throw to ground keeping cupped arm extended
4. Kick arm
5. Go down on knee closest to body, giving option to knee arm on way through to sidebody

Once in 'Sidebody'

1. Straightarm underheel
2. Straightarm pressed down with arm
3. Straightarm painted
4. Branch up roll and paint with leg moving torso
5. Branch down that is wrapped around you cup elbow with hand roll towards yourself and sit up

If in the mess of things arm becomes free

1. Get arm into bent position beside their head using leg as a guide if you have to
2. Tuck your own head to avoid possible elbow strike and rotate their head to prevent being bitten
3. Extend arm and compress wrist by

• placing your fist underneath wrist as a base and press down
• lift arm by wrist
• rotate wrist out

Fingers are also availble

Kali 24 Count

1. Diagonal down forehand R-L slice
2. Diagonal down backhand L-R slice
3. Horizontal medium forehand R-L slice
4. Horizontal medium backhand L-R slice
5. Solar plexis thrust
6. Backhand thrust to pectorals
7. Inward thrust to pectorals
8. Vetical abiniko to head
9. Diagonal down to knee forehand R-L
10. Diagonal down to knee backhand L-R
11. Diagonal up forehand R-L
12. Diagonal up backhand L-R
13. Horizontal high forehand R-L
14. Horizontal high backhand L-R
15. Vertical redondo outside
16. Diagonal redondo with obleek
17. Uppercut thrust that chambers on opposite shoulder
18. Vertical redondo backhand
19. Diagonal redondo
20. Backhand watik payong
21. Forehand watik
22. Abiniko watik right
23. Abiniko watik left
24. Two hand vertical down

various ways to throw a jab-cross combination to get an outside reference

• jab off center to draw hand away then step to outside and throw cross on outside reference
• either pok or lop arm to clear path for shot
• jab high then low insert bong and return for high shot
• jab obleek then step in from obleek pok or lop for clear shot

Bong Tek

feed a rear leg kick that misses
female triangle to avoid kick falling back in on feeders back as they pass center

throw a rear leg kick that misses but does not pass center holding leg at center in leg version of Bong Sao
feeder crashes onto 'bong tek'
let all of your weight rest on feeder
if necessary hop on supporting leg to maintain structure

throw same kick as previous
feeder crashes onto 'bong tek'
let all of your weight rest on feeder
bend supporting leg and go to the ground still holding 'bong tek' leg in structure
as feeder follows you to the ground guide them with 'bong tek' to your side and follow into mount position

Nov 29, 2006

-jeet tek
-teep
-rear leg round kick
-fuete to the inside of thigh
-obleek

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