Combination 15 – To twist or not to twist

I was looking for more videos to link in the archive, and I like to keep an eye out for videos featuring GM Villari, as I suppose those would be about as official as a record could get. I was surprised to see in the video that he doesn’t do a twist stance – I had always been taught that way and wasn’t a big fan.

This led to some discussion on the Facebook Page, so I recorded a quick followup after my class the other day. It’s hand held vertical footage with no rehearsal, so obviously it’s premium quality. I offer a ‘step and twist’ option that I learned at a Choy Li Fut seminar on the Siu Moy Fat Kuen form (small plum blossom fist). The second one is just to use a boxing pivot to some extent. Let me know what you think.

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Combinations 51-60

Uriel Villa of Open Hand Kempo was kind enough to send me a video of combinations 51-60. This clears almost all of the missing combinations that I have off the board. I’m posting the whole video – all ten – now, but will edit it down to individual techniques to link to from the archive. We’re now seven away from complete, and two away from what I can possibly film.

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Alternate footage of 60-70

I put this up on Facebook already, but Joanne Vatore put combinations 60 -70 up on YouTube. It’s a nice, quick run through from a couple angles for each one. It’s well done, and no fluff. She did make some adaptations due to a couple of injuries, but it’s hard to tell. I appreciate the effort here and this filled in a few gaps and showed some alternate versions.

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