Tgace in motion

[Tgace]

Well..here it goes.

ALIBIS:

The video: Off of a cheap 2.1MP HP camera. Ran out of memory about 6 moves short of completing the form. My short attention span 12 y.o. was holding the camera hence the "monkey cam". I ran it through a batch converter to MPEG explaining the little logo at the bottom (at least it was freeware).

Me: Im doing my best here with a Balintawak (Bobby T's) "shadow fighting form". I am hopefully a little more polished at it now, there are little "gaps" where you can tell Im trying to remember the next piece. Sacrificed some form for speed here and am a little "tight".

And lay off the complexion. I work midnights ya know! http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif

http://martialtalk.com/videos/tomg_sff.mpg MPG 3.58MB

[Bob Hubbard]

Cool clip. Thank you!

[shesulsa]

Cool clip, Tom. Thanks!

[arnisador]

Thanks for sharing!

[Sapper6]

looks good man. i couldn't possibly begin to criticize it, i've never stick fought. thanks for posting man :) .

[Bammx2]

well done dude!

[tshadowchaser]

What complexion. you look like a gost :)

Nice video thanks
I have not seen that form befor I like it

[Kempogeek]

I enjoyed that very much and to me the form looked good. But that's just me . I was fortunate enough to be able to see the clip on here. I haven't been able to see some other videos. The only other one was Swordlady's cutting test clip. So anytime I can get this unit to show videos, Im happy. Continued success sir. Looks like this Members in Motion section is going to be a keeper.....Steve

[theletch1]

Man, just when I think I'm starting to get a grip on defense techniques against a club I watch these clips of you and Bob and have to really start to re-think exactly what I'm doing. Against an opponent who was just swinging a pool cue or tire iron like an idiot because he was, well, an idiot I'd do alright but against someone with training like the two of you? Back to the drawing board for me. :rolleyes:

[Rick Wade]

Nice job to both you and monkey cam.

But given that he is 12 I think his part was harder to do; because you made that look easy. Remind me that If we ever get into a bar fight and your on my side to give you the stick and if your not on my side not only keep the stick but also run like the wind.

Run forest run...

Nice/

Rick

[Cryozombie]

Very Quick.

Thanks for sharing!

[MA-Caver]

Very nice... by the way... what's with the complexion? Ought to get more sun ya know? (hee hee.... :D :D :D )




by the way this is my 2100'st post... :uhyeah:

[Gemini]

VERY cool! Thanks. I hate to think how many times I woulda bounced that thing off my head. :rolleyes:

Oh, and congratulations, MACaver! 2100 posts makes you an offiial post whore. :boing2:

[mj-hi-yah]

Tom very cool! :ultracool Nice job of keeping the stick close on the transitions across your back! I promise not to mention anything about how hiney white you look! :D

[Raewyn]

What you lack in colour you certainly make up for in skill - good video clip!!!

[Flatlander]

Tom, thanks for sharing that! That's a pretty groovy form, I dig a'plenty. Unfortunately, my quicktime is non-perfect working, so I was only able to watch you run through it once, then quicktime won't let me play through again. Probably something to do with an overload of whiteness. :p

Seriously, it was great, and I look forward to further contributions from you and the rest of the membership. Thanks again. :asian:

[shesulsa]

Hey, don't listen to them, Tom. Sun is OVERRATED! :ultracool

[Tgace]

Ya know Ive seriously thought about hitting one of those "Total Tan" joints during my lunch break. A few are open 24hrs. But Im afraid of falling asleep on one of the beds while everybody is calling me as the Dillenger Gang goes on a crime spree through town. :)

[Brian R. VanCise]

Looks good Tgace! Keep training! We just can't help being ghosts, eh!

Brian R. VanCise

[Shaolinwind]

Well..here it goes.

ALIBIS:

The video: Off of a cheap 2.1MP HP camera. Ran out of memory about 6 moves short of completing the form. My short attention span 12 y.o. was holding the camera hence the "monkey cam". I ran it through a batch converter to MPEG explaining the little logo at the bottom (at least it was freeware).

Me: Im doing my best here with a Balintawak (Bobby T's) "shadow fighting form". I am hopefully a little more polished at it now, there are little "gaps" where you can tell Im trying to remember the next piece. Sacrificed some form for speed here and am a little "tight".

And lay off the complexion. I work midnights ya know! http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif

http://martialtalk.com/videos/tomg_sff.mpg MPG 3.58MB
I recognise many of the moves from a short staff form I learned. I don't do any of them nearly as fast. Whoosh! Nice speed.

[arnisador]

Ya know Ive seriously thought about hitting one of those "Total Tan" joints during my lunch break.
Ordinarily I'd warn about the dangers of skin cancer, but in your case... :D

[Tgace]

:uhyeah:

[BlackCatBonz]

awesome clip tgace

[pesilat]

Well..here it goes.

ALIBIS:

The video: Off of a cheap 2.1MP HP camera. Ran out of memory about 6 moves short of completing the form. My short attention span 12 y.o. was holding the camera hence the "monkey cam". I ran it through a batch converter to MPEG explaining the little logo at the bottom (at least it was freeware).

Me: Im doing my best here with a Balintawak (Bobby T's) "shadow fighting form". I am hopefully a little more polished at it now, there are little "gaps" where you can tell Im trying to remember the next piece. Sacrificed some form for speed here and am a little "tight".

And lay off the complexion. I work midnights ya know! http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif

http://martialtalk.com/videos/tomg_sff.mpg MPG 3.58MB

Looks good over all. Some minor critiques (prepare yourself) would be that your "abaniko-like" shots (that's the closest thing to a name that we use) could be a little cleaner. If the pseudo-name I used doesn't ring a bell, it's going to be hard to pinpoint them for you but here goes :)

In the first section of the form (we break it into 3 parts when teaching it) there are, as we count it, 10 strikes and the "abaniko-like" strikes are 9 & 10. They don't really form an abaniko but they aren't really an angle 2 and angle 1, either.

However, since you may not break the form down as we do, here's the list to that first "abaniko-like" strike as we count it.

1. Down (angle 1)
2. Down (angle 2)
3. Up (along the angle 2 line)
4. Up (along the angle 1 line)
5. Center-center-center (angle 4, 3, 4)
6. Sungkiti (angle 6)
7. Sungkiti (angle 7)
8. Umbrella to knee (angle 8)
9 & 10 "abaniko-like" strike going from angle 2 to angle 1

Anyway, those could stand to be a bit cleaner but that's a common problem that everyone I've ever trained with/taught had. Your "redondo & 1/2" (again, what we call it but it could also be called redondo-witik) needs to be looser and your sungkiti thrusts need a little clean up.

All of those are very minor, though, and shouldn't take any time at all to clean up. Your twirls - another problem area for a lot of people - look good. And, overall, it looks good.

How long have you been working that form? And how long training in Balintawak in general?

Mike

[Tgace]

Yeah..Ive always had "issues" with keeping a clean line on those thrusts. Tip waver and all...Those other strikes arent really abaniko's, they are supposed to be more like "feints" where the strike comes in on one angle and then "flips" to another either "around" the opponents stick or after contact with it...Im still working on it. Its easier to do when you actually hit something.

As to me doing "pure/legit" Balintawak... nothing past a few seminars. The guy I train with/learn from ( the former MT member Loki/Paul Martin) has the Balintawak experience. He has just blended some of the drills/forms into his Mod Arnis training.

[pesilat]

Yeah..Ive always had "issues" with keeping a clean line on those thrusts. Tip waver and all...Those other strikes arent really abaniko's, they are supposed to be more like "feints" where the strike comes in on one angle and then "flips" to another either "around" the opponents stick or after contact with it...Im still working on it. Its easier to do when you actually hit something.

Yup. I know what they are :) Balintawak is one part of the curriculum I learned from my instructor but we actually learned the entire Balintawak curriculum within our Sikal curriculum. If I were to spend a few months polishing my material I could go take the "Completion of Art" test (equivalent of black belt) under GM Bobby and I would probably pass unless I just did something lame on the test. And, yes, they are much easier when actually hitting something :)


As to me doing "pure/legit" Balintawak... nothing past a few seminars. The guy I train with/learn from ( the former MT member Loki/Paul Martin) has the Balintawak experience. He has just blended some of the drills/forms into his Mod Arnis training.

Cool :)

Mike

[psi_radar]

Very nice, Tom!

[masterfinger]

Lookin good man. :ultracool

Franco

[lonekimono10]

Hey tom i want to ask you something after watching that clip it came to me,
can you please come over to my house this sat(,i will pay you good)
you see we are having a party and boy can i use you, you see we have alot of bugs flying around over here and the way you move that stick well,,, it will keep the bugs away,,,,now , now i'm only having fun it looked great.

[Tgace]

LOL! Thanks.

[lonekimono10]

Now if we can get you to use two of them at the same time.LOL :-partyon:

[Cyber Ninja]

Looks good...