Striking With Power (Nine Angles Part 3)

March 4, 2010

One of the basic principles studied when practicing the nine angles of attack regarding external blunt trauma striking is that power can only be transferred one of two ways.

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Nine Angles of Attack (part 2)

March 2, 2010

Angle 5 is like a golf swing. Your right arm continues from where you stopped behind your neck and shoulder on your right side. You then…

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9 Angles of Attack (part 1)

February 26, 2010

The Nine Angles of Attack are a basic numbering system that we are utilizing to make it so that two practitioners can rapidly drill and play. The utilization of the numbers are that each number is used to convey a specific angle direction and technique designation. This is so that when I say [...]

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Clear’s Silat Vol 2 – DVD Pre-orders

February 22, 2010
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Clear’s Silat Vol 2 – DVD Pre-orders

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Pentjak Silat

February 9, 2010

Pentjak Silat is an extremely effective and deadly martial art. Pentjak Silat is found in the islands of Southeast Asia and developed there as an extreme defense for extreme situations.

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Apr 23-24 ‘10 Intensive Healing (empty force) Chi Kung workshop

February 3, 2010

3 Day Intensive. Secrets of Universal Healing (empty force) Chi Kung. Four Workshops in 3 days. Covered will be Absorbing, Building, Emitting, & Healing with chi. Includes sensing, interpreting, balancing, & healing specific injuries & illness with chi. Certification is awarded upon completion of workshops

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March 26-28 ‘10 Combat Tai Chi Workshop

February 3, 2010

You don’t want to miss this event! Participants will receive live hands on instruction and correction for a fraction of the cost of the DVDs. This workshop will contain a lot of the high level hard to find information that many people spend years just trying to find, much less acquire. We highly recommend that you bring a notebook and take a lot of notes. Plus everyone who attends the workshop will receive a 50% discount on the DVDs we film that weekend.

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Kun Tao

February 2, 2010

Kun Tao is an extremely deadly form of Street Kung Fu that is the old hand Kung Fu from the temples and family systems of China. Kun Tao is primarily found in…

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Whole Body Power – One of the real secrets of 1 Touch Knockouts!

January 29, 2010

When you use proper waist and knee power together while relaxed you will gain the benefits of whole body power. Start by first taking the waist and knee power exercises and doing them without any waist or knee movement and then do them with both the waist and knees acting in coordination at the same time. There should be a significant difference in power.

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Knee Power

January 26, 2010

Knee Power primarily works on the vertical up and down aspect of power and although you are bending your knees it is about the use of your legs for power. That power can be utilized in…

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Waist Power

January 18, 2010

In Clear’s Silat Phase 1 we have a class to specifically work on Waist power, Knee power and whole body power. Waist power is often mentioned in many sports and physical disciplines and I find that most students have had some exposure to the concept and principle of waist power. However, I also find that most people do not “physically” know the difference between

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Silat Alive Hands Applications

January 11, 2010

Following are some applications for alive hands. I have included one application that involves getting a strike blocked and the response to it, another application whereby the attacker is trying to close in and suppress you to stop you from being able to strike and the last one is a…

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Silat Alive Hands Drills

January 5, 2010

The first alive hands drill is to practice throwing whip hands and retracting body slaps that in application are open hand blocks that pull your opponent closer into your whip hand eye shots while…

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Silat Alive Hands

January 1, 2010
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In simple terms alive hands refers to the idea and principle that “both” “hands” are “constantly” “moving” and each of the hands are performing a task. I have found that a lot of folks with some boxing training are able to move both hands at the same time but the distinguishing characteristic of alive hands is…

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5 Steps of Stealing the Energy

December 22, 2009

Stealing the Energy requires a few steps to properly perform. 1. A stealing the energy hit is performed in a manner whereby…

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Silat – Stealing the Energy

December 18, 2009
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In Clear’s Silat Stealing the Energy refers to a specific kind of open hand strike designed to immediately stop an attacker. Performed correctly this strike is so stunningly forceful and powerful that once contact is made with an incoming punch the impact instantly and completely interrupts the attacker’s ability to continue the strike due to the overwhelming pain.

This is not some kind of metaphysical strike whereby you now have taken the other person’s power for your own.

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Silat Hubud

December 15, 2009
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After performing a brush Hair and then the extended arm underneath technique then you can use the extended arm to grab them and then break their arm. As you turn your extended arm over…

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Silat – Buong

December 11, 2009
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A Buong is another Silat technique that can be found in Hubud. Buong refers to the idea of passing an arm so that we go from being on the inside position of a puncher’s arm to being on the outside position of the arm. Of course you can also use a buong to…

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Silat Brush Hair

December 8, 2009

One of the basic applications that we teach directly from the Hubud drill is one that we in Silat call Brush Hair. Brush Hair is performed by raising your arm up over your head as if stroking your hair with your hand starting from the front of your forehead and ending up on the back of your neck. This technique is an excellent brushing / sliding way to cause the opponents incoming punch to get diminished as it passes by your head instead of actually making contact with you. One of our students recently saved his life with this technique as he…

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Krav Maga Complaints

December 4, 2009

In the media over the last few years there have been more than a few raving reviews about Krav Maga and some reviews listing Krav Maga complaints. Following is a critique of Krav Maga with some Pros & Cons. The Definition of the words Krav Maga is Close Combat or Hand To Hand Combat. The main Krav Maga instructors in Israel take a very…

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