Redonda and Sinawalli

Dan Anderson

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A very quick reply would be that the sinawalis tend to be linear strikes (i.e. two cane single sinawali is a strike 1, strike 8, strike 1, strike 8) while the redonda tends to be circular. The difference is evident in the chambering after striking. That's how I do them.

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Redonda is a basic circular strike which tends to be vertical in nature. It is simular to a vertical double-zero strike.

The redonda twirling pattern can be thouht of as six seperate redondas.
 
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I thought the redonda is based on the circular/figure eight type striking with emphasis on speed and motion and less on accuracy. While the sinawalli is based on more linear type striking with emphasis on speed, striking points on body, angle of attack, and recoil or chambering of said strike. There seems to be more to a sinawalli in my opinion than the redonda. But then again I've only been doing this for three years unlike most of you, who actually knew the professor.
 

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Another way to look at it generally but not exclusively:
Sinawali - Striking - mainly stick oriented.
Redonda - Cutting/slicing - mainly blade oriented.
 
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Palusut! Yeah I like that explanation! Well put. Now why didn't I think of that?
 

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