Inktober 2018 - Day #2: Fundamentals: Grips

Welcome to Inktober 2018 Day 2!

Inktober is an event where artists draw 1 picture for each day in the month of October. This year's focus/theme will be on the staff/spear with my notes. Please forgive my crappy picture of the page.

Enjoy!

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NOTES

1. Palm Up/Down grip - Fight initially at long ranges and can rapidly shift hands to center of staff for close-quarters. Powerful long and short strikes using 'push-pull' action of the hands.
2. Palms Down grip - For close-quarters and levering. Effective for blocking and pushing.
3. Baseball bat grip - Facilitates rapid, circular, flourishing attacks, where the staff makes a series of vertical spins to block and strike. Best for 5-6 feet staves. If hands closer together, can deliver powerful strikes like holding a baseball bat.
4. Single-end grip - Used at long range. Facilitates long- and medium- range fights. Can deliver fast long-range thrusts.
5. Reverse grip - Good for ascending strikes or levering between legs for takedowns/trips.

KEY POINTS

1. Some grips may be better for attacks, blocks or both.
2. Practice various grips in various situations.

SOURCES

1. McLemore, Dwight C. "The Fighting Staff". Paladin Press, 2009.
2. Demura, Fumio. "Bo:  Karate Weapon of Self-Defense". Ohara Publications, 1976.
3. Varady, Joe. "The Art and Science of Staff Fighting". YMAA Publication Center, 2016.

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My drawings for Inktober 2018 (this will be updated daily to add links to each subsequent picture in the series):

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Inktober 2017's focus was predominately knifefighting and if you want to check it out, please visit my Projects page.

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Inktober 2018 - Day #1: Fundamentals: Staff Lengths

Welcome to Inktober 2018 Day 1!

Inktober is an event where artists draw 1 picture for each day in the month of October. There is an official prompt list for the picture of each day. Last year, I put my own spin to Inktober by focusing each drawing on the martial arts. After the first few pictures, I decided to focus on 1 theme for the whole month. Last year's focus was knifefighting and if you want to check it out, please visit my Projects page.

This year's focus/theme will be on the staff/spear. I am ambitious with this project, will do my best to post 1 picture a day. I also will be jotting down notes to each drawing as after all, I'm trying to learn staff/spear. Additionally, I need to hone my 'gesture drawing' skills as it will be beneficial for notes taking after a martial arts class/seminar. Drawing and notes will be on an 8.5" x 11" paper and I will collect them into a folder.

Enjoy!

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NOTES

1. "...you shall stand upright, holding the staff upright close by your body, with your left hand, reaching with your right hand your staff as high as you can, and then allow to that length a space to set both your hands, when you come to fight, wherein you may conveniently strike, thrust, and ward, & that is the just length to be made according to your stature."
   ~George Silver's Paradoxes of Defense (1599)
2. George Silver is saying length of staff is determined by one's height.
3. Waist height and shoulder height - best to use sword techniques
4. Some Chinese styles consider eyebrow height as ideal
5. Chinese and Germans used 8'-12' staves.

KEY POINTS

1. Shoulder height or shorter, use the staff as a sword.
2. Eyebrow height (~5') up to 12', use staff techniques.

SOURCES

1. McLemore, Dwight C. "The Fighting Staff". Paladin Press, 2009.
2. Lindholm, David. "Fighting with the Quarterstaff". Chivalry Bookshelf, 2006.

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My drawings for Inktober 2018 (this will be updated daily to add links to each subsequent picture in the series):

• Inktober 2018 - Day #2: Fundamentals: Grips
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Paladin Press - The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training Book

The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training

by Wim Demeere and Loren W Christensen

SKU HBT

Softcover
978-1-58160-640-9
262 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
photos

DESCRIPTION

In one session on the heavy bag, you can develop all the attributes you need as a martial artist or fighter: power, form, speed, timing, endurance, and explosiveness. What other training tool can make that claim?

Throughout The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training, Wim Demeere and Loren Christensen show you how to master the critical skills needed to survive a fight. From these acclaimed martial artists, you will get solid information on how to choose the right bag for your needs, how best to hang it, and how to care for it so it lasts for years. You will also learn the types of impacts and how to make the best use of them for specific situations; innovative drills to maximize your fitness level and fighting ability; creative ways to grapple a heavy bag, including chokes, takedowns, and armbars; and how to avoid the most common mistakes in heavy bag training.

Whatever your fighting art or goal, you can benefit from the hard-core drills in this book.

AUTHOR BIO

Wim Demeere began training at the age of 14, studying the grappling arts of judo and jujitsu for several years before turning to the kick/punch arts of traditional kung fu and full-contact fighting. Over the years he has studied a broad range of other fighting styles, including muay Thai, kali, pentjak silat and shootfighting. Since the late 1990s, he has been studying tai chi chuan and its martial applications. His competitive years saw him win four national titles and a bronze medal at the 1995 World Wushu Championships. In 2001, he became the national coach of the Belgian Wushu fighting team. A full-time personal trainer in his native country of Belgium, Wim instructs a wide variety of clients in martial arts, self-defense and physical conditioning styles. You can contact Wim through his website and at his blog.


CHAPTER LIST

BOOK CHAPTER LIST 
1) Kinetic Energy: Five Types of Impact 
2) Heavy Bag: How to Choose One and Take Care of It 
3) How to Attach a Heavy Bag 
4) Nuts and Bolts 
5) Basic and Advanced Training Concepts for the Heavy Bag 
6) Hanging Heavy Bag 
7) Free Swinging 
8) Partner Holding 
9) Bag on the Ground 
10) Bag on the Floor Held by Your Partner 
11) Precision Hitting Enhancers 
12) Ten Common Errors 
13) Product Manufacturers

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Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:

• Paladin Press (1970-2017) - The end of an era :(

Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.

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Paladin Press - The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training

The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training

with Wim Demeere

SKU HBTDVD-P

805966 053639
264 minutes

DESCRIPTION

In this Paladin Press video production, Wim Demeere shows you how to make a heavy bag come alive so that you can master the critical skills needed to survive a fight. Learn:

• The five types of impacts and how to make the best use of them
• Proven, innovative drills to maximize your fitness level and fighting ability
• Creative ways to grapple a heavy bag, including chokes, takedowns and armbars
• The 10 most common mistakes people make in heavy bag training -- and how to avoid them
• Solid information on how to choose the right bag for your needs, how best to hang it and how to care for it so it lasts for years
  
  Whatever your fighting art or goal, this dynamic DVD will take your fighting and martial arts skills to a whole new level.

AUTHOR BIO

Wim Demeere began training at the age of 14, studying the grappling arts of judo and jujitsu for several years before turning to the kick/punch arts of traditional kung fu and full-contact fighting. Over the years he has studied a broad range of other fighting styles, including muay Thai, kali, pentjak silat and shootfighting. Since the late 1990s, he has been studying tai chi chuan and its martial applications. His competitive years saw him win four national titles and a bronze medal at the 1995 World Wushu Championships. In 2001, he became the national coach of the Belgian Wushu fighting team. A full-time personal trainer in his native country of Belgium, Wim instructs a wide variety of clients in martial arts, self-defense and physical conditioning styles. You can contact Wim through his website and at his blog.


CHAPTER LIST

DVD CHAPTER LIST 
1) Common Mistakes 
2) Ingraining Basic Techniques 
3) Developing Combinations 
4) Working on the Hanging Heavy Bag 
5) Partner Training 
6) Freestanding Heavy Bag 
7) Working with the Bag on the Ground 
8) Throwing and Advancing Techniques 
9) Realistic Training on the Heavy Bag

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Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:

• Paladin Press (1970-2017) - The end of an era :(

Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.

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Paladin Press - Pad Man

Pad Man

A Video Guide to Full-Contact Partner Training

with Wim Demeere

SKU PADDVD-P

805966 061337
390 minutes

DESCRIPTION

There's an old saying in the brutal, lightning-fast world of Thai boxing: "A good pad man is worth a million dollars." In Pad Man: A Video Guide to Full-Contact Partner Training,master martial artist Wim Demeere teaches you how to join that "million-dollar" league, no matter what combat art you practice.

In this comprehensive four-disc DVD set, Demeere uses focus mitts, Thai pads, and kicking shields of all sizes to show you how to train your partner for anything from a high-powered MMA match to a street fight. Using the tricks of the trade that he learned the hard way, he'll teach you the body mechanics that will let you avoid injury and prepare your partner to strike and kick his hardest against a reactive and rock-solid target. If you can't stand up to your partner's toughest moves, you're only giving him half a workout.

Demeere will train you to handle high-line and low-line punches and kicks, ground fighting techniques,shoulder slams, stomps and rising strikes—basically every move that your partner needs to burn into his muscle memory to compete at the highest level.

There's more to being a good training partner than just standing there and taking a hit— that's what dummies are for. Wise up and learn things about pad training that you don't even realize you need.

AUTHOR BIO

Wim Demeere began training at the age of 14, studying the grappling arts of judo and jujitsu for several years before turning to the kick/punch arts of traditional kung fu and full-contact fighting. Over the years he has studied a broad range of other fighting styles, including muay Thai, kali, pentjak silat and shootfighting. Since the late 1990s, he has been studying tai chi chuan and its martial applications. His competitive years saw him win four national titles and a bronze medal at the 1995 World Wushu Championships. In 2001, he became the national coach of the Belgian Wushu fighting team. A full-time personal trainer in his native country of Belgium, Wim instructs a wide variety of clients in martial arts, self-defense and physical conditioning styles. You can contact Wim through his website and at his blog.


CHAPTER LIST

DVD CHAPTER LIST 
1) Common Mistakes 
2) Focus Mits 
- Upper Body Techniques 
- Lower Body Techniques 
3) Thai Pads 
4) Kicking Shields

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Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:

• Paladin Press (1970-2017) - The end of an era :(

Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.

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Paladin Press - Power Control

Power Control

Increase the Power and Effectiveness of Striking Techniques

with Wim Demeere

SKU POWERDVD-P

805966 069036
210 minutes

DESCRIPTION

Most conditioning videos contain exercises that increase the strength and explosiveness of your techniques, from punches and kicks to parries and blocks, but this is only one aspect of conditioning training. In Power Control: Increasing the Power and Effectiveness of Striking Techniques, Wim Demeere shows you how to take control of your power. The more you train to become stronger, the more you should train to control your power. It is useless to have a lot of power if you don't know how to control it. Likewise, it is equally useless to have a lot of control if you don't have the necessary power to apply the strikes. 

Demeere recommends that you think of conditioning training (e.g., squats, bench presses, plyometrics) as a way of getting a bigger gun in your arms: the bigger the gun, the more you can increase the firepower. The drills and exercises shown in this video will teach you how to keep that bigger gun under control and aim it effectively at targets. From upper to lower body, Demeere's curriculum will put you in control of your power, through 3D push-ups, hang-walking, horse stance, and Superman progression to opening/closing rotations, absorbing the kicks, spear training, and applying the movements effectively. 

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that more is better and focus only on building your strength. Always think beyond that – train your body to achieve better control of your enhanced power. For information purposes only.

AUTHOR BIO

Wim Demeere began training at the age of 14, studying the grappling arts of judo and jujitsu for several years before turning to the kick/punch arts of traditional kung fu and full-contact fighting. Over the years he has studied a broad range of other fighting styles, including muay Thai, kali, pentjak silat and shootfighting. Since the late 1990s, he has been studying tai chi chuan and its martial applications. His competitive years saw him win four national titles and a bronze medal at the 1995 World Wushu Championships. In 2001, he became the national coach of the Belgian Wushu fighting team. A full-time personal trainer in his native country of Belgium, Wim instructs a wide variety of clients in martial arts, self-defense and physical conditioning styles. You can contact Wim through his website and at his blog.


CHAPTER LIST

DVD CHAPTER LIST 
1) Upper Body 
- Traditional Push-Up 
- Push-Up Crawl 
- Failure Drills 
- 3D Push-Ups 
- Hook Demo 
- Parry Demo 
- Five Palms Demo 
- Hang-Walking 
- Clinch Demo 
- Hanging Cable Row 
- Pull Demo 
- Hanging Bar Row 
- Back-Sweep Demo 
2) Lower Body 
- Open and Close Hip 
- Horse Stance 
- Push Demo 
- Pull Demo 
- Transfer Weight Demo 
- Absorbing Energy Demo 
- Superman Progressions 
- Clumsy Superman 
- Superman Lift-Off 
- Superman Barrel-Roll 
- Superman Float-and-Turn 
- Push and Back-Sweep Demo 
- Side-Kick Demo 
- Hip Throw Demo 
- Absorbing Kicks 
- Stationary Kicking 
- Machine Gun Kicking 
- Kicks Demo 
3) Upper and Lower Body 
- Opening and Closing Rotation 
- Five Palms Demo 
- Spear Training 
4) Applications 
- Progression Exercises 
- Fighting Stance 
- Strikes 
- Freestyle Applications 
- Connect and Disconnect 
- Hanging Strikes 
5) Bonus Material

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Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:

• Paladin Press (1970-2017) - The end of an era :(

Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.

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