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Hock Hochheim’s
Freelancer Filipino Martial Arts

Attack - Thwart - Thwarted

Strike - Counter- Counter
Close Quarters Stick versus Stick Fighting Tactics

Lecture Point 1: Explain how this fits in the big picture:

1: Ranges Discussion
- dueling, or Largo Mano, or Distancia Largo
- close quarters, or Distancia Media, or Sumbrada Range
- closer still in some systems -Distancia Cuarto or Hubad Range
- grappling or Dumog range
- this material is in the closer ranges than dueling
- stick range hitting or body range hitting?

2: Remy quote - “You train your whole life for a 4-second stick fight”

3: Diminished fighter theory

- diminished through pain
- arrive diminished
* untrained
* unathletic
* out of shape

Lecture Point 2: The 4 Main Stick Grips

Single stick versus stick , shaft contact will be mostly studied here, as this is what if the fa-
vorite practice, but their is a myriad of contact points or reference points.

- one hand on one end

- DMS or two hands apart
* stick grip - two palms down
* rifle and riot grip - one palm up one palm down

- center grip
- batting or sword grip
Lecture Point 3: Learn all the Appropriate Tactics
- learn all strikes
- learn all blocks, which are counters to strikes
- learn all counters to blocks, which are more strikes
- learn all takedowns

Lecture Point 4: The 3 striking points of the stick

- shaft (or barrel)
- tip
- handle

Lecture Point 5: The 4 ways a stick attacks

- committed lunge (you can only pass the committed attack
- hit and retract
- hook
- thrust

Lecture Point 6: The Combat Clock Mandate

Through the Combat Clock we can quickly and easily demonstrate and practice these stick
fundamentals.

- Basic Training 12, 3, 6, 9 on the clock

- Advanced Training 1-12 on the clock

Lecture Point 7: The Clock Blocks

- basics of the blocks
- the “3 Bewares” of stick blocking
- loose grip
- slashing block
- collapsing block

The Essentials

Essential 1: 4 Strikes and blocks

Essential 2: 4 Strikes, 4 blocks, 4 counter-strikes on the same line

Essential 3: 4 Strikes, 4 blocks, 4 counter-strikes on a different line

Essential 4: 4 impact disarms

Essential 5: 4 counters to impact disarms - hit and retract evasion/retention

Essential 6: 4 Strikes with a hand support block

Essential 7: 4 Blocks with a hand support block

Essential 8: 4 Blocks with the stick, and the stick blocks again

Essential 9: Combination striking

- 4 Combination stick strikes and support kicks
- 4 Combinations kicks and stick strikes
- 4 Combinations hand strike, stick strikes and kicks
- Combinations, etc...

Essential 10: Counters to common blocks - Cut the block

Essential 11: Counters to common blocks - Redirect on another line

Essential 12: Counters to common blocks - Invading hands

- pinning
- passing
- pulling
- pushing

Essential 13: Counters to common blocks - Axis strikes

- sliding stick
- handle punch
- tip stab

Essential 14: Passing - the 4 handle hooks

Essential 15: Passing - the 4 shaft passes

Essential 16: Passing - the 4 support hand passes

Essential 17: Grabbing - 4 weapon-bearing limb grabs

Essential 18: Grabbing - 4 strip and send disarms

Essential 19: 4 releases from limb grabs demo

circular release
push/pull
center lock drive
yank-outs
fanning hits

Essential 20: 4 stick grabs (where on stick?)

Essential 21: 4 stick grabs and exercise the fanning shield

discuss thumb up or down?
Essential 22: 4 stick grabs and hit head

Essential 23: 4 stick grabs and use HIS stick to block his arm strike

Essential 24: 4 stick grabs and strip and keep disarms

Essential 25: Escapes from the stick grab - 4 rowing roll overs

Essential 26: Escapes from the stick grab - you catch his stick too and you hit HIS
grabbing hand with his own stick

Essential 27: Escapes from the stick grab - the prior hit maybe doesn’t work?
You catch his stick too and wipe his grab off your stick

Essential 28: 4 arm wraps

Essential 29: 4 tip stabs and passing these tip stabs

- pass with stick
- pass with hand

Essential : The horizontal stick blast drill

- long count
- short count
- uppercut
- snake disarm
- grab his stick and strike and takedown samples

Essential 31: 4 hooking pommel strikes and

- support hand blocks
- stick block interactions

Essential 32: Punyo Hubad demo

beat 1 sample -snake disarm
beat 2 sample - choke scenario
beat 3 sample -rear arm bar hammerlock scenario
beat 4 sample - pommel pull and strike
beat 5 sample - wipe and strike
beat 6 sample -push/pull release and strike

Essential 33: DMS Hubad

beat 1 sample - tip stab
beat 2 hand grip switches and strikes

Essential 34: Outside invasion series

remember the horizontal drill

Essential 35: Sumbrada

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