Advance Single Sinawali with Empty Hand Application with Remy Presas

Semi Advance Disarming Grandmaster Remy A. Presas

Modern Arnis Disarms Remy Presas

Ice Pick Knife Disarm drill w/ Guro Roland Rivera

                         An excellent vertical push hands drill

Modern Arnis Anyo Lima (5) with Sifu Roy

Sifu explains the first half of the ice pick knife drill

Timing for Modern Arnis' Trapping Hands with Sifu J. R. Roy

Volume 1: Single Cane Drill with Prof. Remy Presas and Sifu Lee Lowry

Modern Arnis Online Course Single Sinawalli with Sifu J. R. Roy

Modern Arnis Abaniko Double Action with Sifu Roy

Modern Arnis Strike 1 and 2 with Sifu and Jeff

Modern Arnis - Single Cane Drill with Grandmaster Remy Presas

Empty Hand Tapi - Tapi and Knife Defense - Modern Arnis with Prof. Remy A. Presas

Knife Techniques - Modern Arnis with Prof. Remy A. Presas

The Diaphragm: Your Body’s Essential Breathing Muscle

 

The Diaphragm: Your Body’s Essential Breathing Muscle

Modern Arnis Abaniko Double Action

Sifu Roy teaching Modern Arnis' Abaniko Double Action

The Principle of Balance is omnipresent in martial arts training.

 Balance

        The Principle of Relaxed Balance is at the core of all Martial Arts Training. 

Maintaining a state of relaxed balance, while disrupting your opponents balance is the key to being successful against an uncooperative opponent (as in real life self-defense). 

Relaxed Balance even while moving or shifting your weight from one foot to the next or when you are on one leg kicking, the idea is to maintain relaxed balance (Zhong Ding) at all times, whether you are moving forward or backward, left or right; up and down should always be maintained in balance.

In Taiji Quan and Bagua Zhang training I refer to this state of Relaxed Balance when you have developed a Neutral Posture which is readily able to transform force (energy) that it is in contact with. 

Notes from a musical perspective:

The principle of balance in music is 'time'. 

Having steady time is important no matter what the musical genre is and no matter what instrument you are playing. 

                                                                It's not a guarantee:

 Good balance while practicing = Good martial arts!

Good time in music = Good feel! 

In music having steady time (meter) means you are able to play the piece (song) without speeding up or slowing down. 

To assist in developing good time, most musicians will use some sort of metronome or drum machine for practice. 

Kombatan Arnis / Grand Master Ernesto

Timing for Modern Arnis' Trapping Hands with Sifu

Sifu Roy and Sensei Chaisson demonstrating a timing drill for Modern Arnis Trapping Hands

Modern Arnis Workshop June 2, 2024 with Sifu J. R. Roy