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Never got into the style for the very reason you stated. In our school we "sliced" through where we could, and did a flip/fan/direction change if stopped. You have to keep going in any martial arts, you can't afford to hit once and then see if the strike had a stopping effect. Keep striking until the attacker no longer is.
I think you may misunderstand Balintawak… or I am misunderstanding your comment. we very much train for continuous striking. When we do partner drills we go one for one… but if you watch a lot of Balintawak you will see that once the opponent’s weapon is controlled or trapped we follow with multiple strikes.
Balintawak drills are in close range because the feeder guides with the checking hand taking the defender to the next sequence. But there is nothing stopping these movements from being utilized in long range when no longer partner drilling, when the strikes become full swing, when the movements can be wider or less compressed. So I think it still trains people for long range applications, they are training in short range for movements that can be use at any range they want.
@@JoelHuncar If the partners are sufficiently used to the patterns and used to breaking the patterns and playing at random, there's nothing stopping them from continuing the patterns (or random sequences) at whatever range they want. If we can agak with standard sticks as well as training knives, we can do so with longer sticks or from beyond arm/short-stick distance. Do stuff like hand-hitting agak (with gloves ideally) etcetera.
This type training is great for developing very quick, fast and accurate hand checking, for when the fight moves into closer range or if using a shorter weapon like a tire thumper, flashlight, knife or even empty hand fighting! My thought is long range is always better if you can keep someone at the end of a longer stick or cane, but it's hard to keep an aggressive attacker from closing in, especially if the attack catches you off guard! It's true that flow drills and hand checking drills aren't fighting, and you need sparring as well, but the high level of skill you get from these drills is hard to explain unless you've done this type of training for a long time, but it really does make you a much sharper fighter over time! Good insights as always Guro Joel!
IMO while the movements are trained in short range because the feeder or instructor guides the defender and their responses... the movements being trained can actually be used in any range.
@@JoelHuncar Your videos are great in articulating the nuances of Balintawak particularly the... less-visible but VERY profound learning we get from the checking hand, particularly on the feeder's end.
