Escrima Techniques in Martial Arts

Video Transcript

"We're going to talk today about six traditional martial arts weapons. Here are two techniques with the escrima stick, the first being with a knife and the other being with another escrima stick, both carrying just one. First the knife technique. Okay he comes in with the strike, I block, I block his strike and I also move my body out of the way. I do not want to stay here and strike just in case he's able to slipped past, so I turn my body into the technique, I strike to his rib cage. At this time I flip the weapon around using the short end of the weapon and I step in, I can strike but I can also hook making it less damaging and then step back throwing him down to the ground. The second technique, he has an escrima stick, and we will switch sides so we can demonstrate this better. He strikes downward, I catch his escrima stick, right by the wrist, underneath the short end. If I catch it here, this technique will not work as effectively instead I catch it underneath so that I come up and reap the technique down and out. From here I can use the short end of the weapon to strike into his rib cage and then strike into the back of the leg. Those are two very simple techniques about the escrima stick."