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The Kung Fu & Kali syllabus taught by Sifu Drew Alpine at Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence is a unique blend of different martial arts from various sources around the globe.
Here at Trinity we find this blend to be very useful in helping develop an all round martial arts practitioner versed at all ranges in both empty hands and weapons skills. All of the skills taught at Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence are very complimentary and not mutually exclusive.
The influences are many but the core of the syllabus takes from the following:
A small but practical style of southern Chinese kung fu made famous by Bruce Lee. Wing Chun focuses on close quarters combat by the use of hand trapping / immobilisation and striking at close range.
Wing Chun contains 6 forms, or sets, in total (3 empty hand, 1 wooden dummy & 2 x weapons) and a multitude of solo and partner drills to program the student through muscle memory.
This programming ingrains the techniques into the practitioner enabling them to respond to a threat automatically without the need to stop and think.
Kali is a broad term to describe the martial arts originating from the Philippines. The version of Kali taught at Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence is, in itself, a blend of different Kali styles studied for over 30 years by our Instructor, Sifu Drew Alpine.
Using both empty hand and weapon drills to, again, program the student through muscle memory to become skilled and adaptable at all ranges.
Kali can be sub divided into the following skill sets:
This is the empty hand aspect of Kali focusing on striking. It is famous for its no nonsense approach and utilises most parts of the body as a weapon to take out an opponent quickly and efficiently.
Again empty hand but this aspect focuses on the grappling, throwing and locking skills (including some ground work)
We believe in teaching weapons from the outset. This not only develops skills to deal with / use a weapon but we have found over years of teaching that these skills also amplify the development of empty hand techniques.
Single stick and knife skills are first taught to the student along with double stick, staff and flexible weapons. All these not only hone the students skills using / dealing with specific weapons but will help them become adaptable enough to be able to apply the skills to improvised weapons. The weapons skills also translate into the empty hand skills in ways not seen in other martial arts.
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