Defensor Method
Filipino Martial Arts Level 1

Level 1--Duration:
                One Year

Requirements:
Red Shirt
Prepayment of Classes

Open Hands:
Western boxing/Panantukan Combinations
Jab/Cross/Hook
Uppercut/Uppercut/Uppercut
Hook/Cross/Hook
Chut Chun Choi
Hubad Lubad
Etc.

Footwork:
Kali triangle Footwork
Muay Thai Box Stepping
Shuffle step
Switch Leads
Cross Step

Kicks/Sikaran
Thai Roundhouse
Push Kick/Foot Jab
Tadyak/Oblique
Thai Knee
Low Side Kick/Dongab

Warm-ups:
Stick twirls left and right
Stick passes
Figure eights
Basic footwork

Sticks:
Defensor angles of attack 1-12
Largo mano 1-5
Drills
Up/down Figure 8
V cuts
Witik/Laptik
Kob Kob
Single Sinawali
Double Sinawali
Heaven/standard/earth
Roof 6
Witik Series
Hubad Lubad
Punyo Sumbrada
3-1-2 Sumbrada
Counters
Figure eight counters for angles 1-5
One inside one outside per angle
Basic Disarms for angles 1-5
Snake Circle
Strip
Vine

Knife:
SakSak/Pakal
Palosut/Panastas/Dungab
Knife tapping, triple taps- optional
Hubad Lubad
Fraile (scissors) against Knife
Same disarms as above
Basic Rules of Knife fighting
#1 Run away
#2 Always use a weapon

Self Defense Situation Drills:
Hand Grab
Left to Right
Right to Right
Two hands against One
Break from Choke/Shirt grab
Break from bear hug
Break from head lock
Escape from mount and guard - optional
Counter to two hand push
Counter to 2-Hand Choke
Counter to Jab/Cross/Slap (single direct attack)
Counter to Sucker Punch
Eye Poke/Songab
Throat Punch
Pinching/
Biting

Pentjak-Silat:
* Inside Outside Puter-Kapala
3 takedowns
* optional

Principals:
Honor Instructor (very very important)
Train in Three’sCenterline Energy
Concept of inside/outside
Arc of Power
Angles of Attack

Emphasis: Emphasis is on practical self defense. Daily drills focus on real situation. Only previously experienced students will appreciate the theoretical knowledge at this stage. Making the system appear practical to the novice should be the focus.

What to teach: See above