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'Tom Meadows' insights are a welcome additon to the martial arts community.'-Dan Inosanto, Founder/Head Instructor, Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts
The Filipino Fighting Whip reflects the 1,500-year-old legacy of the Filipino martial arts updated for today's realities. The technical foundation for
This book is a comprehensive guide for advanced training methods and combat applications as practiced and taught by the best fighters and whip practitioners in the world, including Inosanto, Canete, Snookie Sanchez, Anthony DeLongis, and the author, Tom Meadows, among others. These methods offer a hands-on, no-nonsense approach to progressively training in combative whip techniques. This important addtiion to martial arts literature features chapters on the evolution of whips and their fighting technques; the various types of whips, including the Western bullwhip, the Doce Pares rope whip, and custom self-defense whips made by Peter Jack and Joe Strain; manipulation skills and range-control techniques; self-defense theories and sparring drills; cracking and slashing with the whip; safe handling techniques; and construction, care, maintenence, and repair of whips.
The Filipino fighting arts are known for their versatility, graceful movements, and effectiveness, and this is especially true of the whip arts. Let Tom Meadows show you how to safely, enjoyably, and easily incorporate the whip into your fighting arsenal.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part One History and background
Chapter 1 The history and evolution of Filipino whip techniques
Chapter 2 The design of the whip
Chapter 3 Combative whips
Part Two Training methods
Chapter 4 Safety in whip training
Chapter 5 The Latigo y Daga training progression
chpater 6 Eskrima basics
Chapter 7 Slashing attacks with the whip
Chapter 8 Cracking the whip
Chapter 9 Whip manipulation drills
Chapter 10 Support weapons with the whip
Chapter 11 Training with the traditional Doce Pares rope whip
Part Three Theory and applications
Chapter 12 Combative strategy
Chapter 13 Range control techniques for the short whip
Chapter 14 Sparring with the whip
Chapter 15 Maestro Snookie Sanchez and his metaphysical approach to the whip of kali intra
Chapter 16 An overview of advanced material for the short whip
Chapter 17 Self-defense with the whip
Chapter 18 The future of the whip in the Filipino martial arts
Part Four resources for practitioners of the whip arts
Chapter 19 The Latigo Daga Association
Chapter 20 Whip construction, maintenance, and repair
Chapter 21 Martial arts resources
Bibliography
Video bibliography
Photo credits
Glossary
The Filipino Fighting Whip reflects the 1,500-year-old legacy of the Filipino martial arts updated for today's realities. The technical foundation for
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the techniques in the book comes primarily from two Filipino systems-Inosanto-LaCoste Kali taught by Guro Dan Inosanto and the Corto method of Doce Pares eskrima taught by Grandmaster Cacoy Canete-but also incorporates Western and Australian influences.This book is a comprehensive guide for advanced training methods and combat applications as practiced and taught by the best fighters and whip practitioners in the world, including Inosanto, Canete, Snookie Sanchez, Anthony DeLongis, and the author, Tom Meadows, among others. These methods offer a hands-on, no-nonsense approach to progressively training in combative whip techniques. This important addtiion to martial arts literature features chapters on the evolution of whips and their fighting technques; the various types of whips, including the Western bullwhip, the Doce Pares rope whip, and custom self-defense whips made by Peter Jack and Joe Strain; manipulation skills and range-control techniques; self-defense theories and sparring drills; cracking and slashing with the whip; safe handling techniques; and construction, care, maintenence, and repair of whips.
The Filipino fighting arts are known for their versatility, graceful movements, and effectiveness, and this is especially true of the whip arts. Let Tom Meadows show you how to safely, enjoyably, and easily incorporate the whip into your fighting arsenal.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part One History and background
Chapter 1 The history and evolution of Filipino whip techniques
Chapter 2 The design of the whip
Chapter 3 Combative whips
Part Two Training methods
Chapter 4 Safety in whip training
Chapter 5 The Latigo y Daga training progression
chpater 6 Eskrima basics
Chapter 7 Slashing attacks with the whip
Chapter 8 Cracking the whip
Chapter 9 Whip manipulation drills
Chapter 10 Support weapons with the whip
Chapter 11 Training with the traditional Doce Pares rope whip
Part Three Theory and applications
Chapter 12 Combative strategy
Chapter 13 Range control techniques for the short whip
Chapter 14 Sparring with the whip
Chapter 15 Maestro Snookie Sanchez and his metaphysical approach to the whip of kali intra
Chapter 16 An overview of advanced material for the short whip
Chapter 17 Self-defense with the whip
Chapter 18 The future of the whip in the Filipino martial arts
Part Four resources for practitioners of the whip arts
Chapter 19 The Latigo Daga Association
Chapter 20 Whip construction, maintenance, and repair
Chapter 21 Martial arts resources
Bibliography
Video bibliography
Photo credits
Glossary
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ISBN
1581604777 / 9781581604771
Publication
Paladin Press Boulder, Colorado