Mark Lynn
Master Black Belt
Back in the mid eighties I had the chance to work out (only briefly) with a older filipino gentleman in Waco TX called Tabbi (?)
From what I understood he was teaching us Balintawak. The strikes were the same and we practiced them in a straight line moving forward. We didn't switch feet as in replacement stepping, rather we just marched forward. And then we learned to block the strikes. When I got my first MA book (the Ohara one) I noticed there that GM Remy switched 8 and 9. I asked GM Remy why (97/98) and he said it flowed better.
I've seen GM Toboada's videos on Balintawak and it sure didn'y look like the way we did it. In fact there wasn't striking with control, full control or whatever. It didn't really look or feel like MA either for that matter. Oh well it could just be some dim memories.
Anybody ever hear of someone named Tabbi in Balintawak? He just disapeared one day and I never found out why or what happened to him. Just curious.
Mark
From what I understood he was teaching us Balintawak. The strikes were the same and we practiced them in a straight line moving forward. We didn't switch feet as in replacement stepping, rather we just marched forward. And then we learned to block the strikes. When I got my first MA book (the Ohara one) I noticed there that GM Remy switched 8 and 9. I asked GM Remy why (97/98) and he said it flowed better.
I've seen GM Toboada's videos on Balintawak and it sure didn'y look like the way we did it. In fact there wasn't striking with control, full control or whatever. It didn't really look or feel like MA either for that matter. Oh well it could just be some dim memories.
Anybody ever hear of someone named Tabbi in Balintawak? He just disapeared one day and I never found out why or what happened to him. Just curious.
Mark