Escrima sticks are being done by a number of people this
year and I have been asked to provide some links on you tube (I did an escrima stick form a couple of years ago). The terminology with this can be confusing,
be aware that escrima sticks are also called kali , arnis, silat and
the drills are called sinawali (weaving patterns) abaniko (blocking) drills, also numerous striking patterns that
have interesting names that involve heaven.
When doing searches use these types of terminology and you will get
better results. There are A LOT of stick
fighting videos on you tube, in addition to the kali, arnis, silat and escrima there
is irish, trinidad, zulu styles and the list goes on, if you are making your
own forms you can have fun looking at
some of the other styles as well and pick out some cool stuff. Trying to learn a escrima/arnis/kali stick
form off you tube for single or double stick can be tough, most time the
performances are so fast you can’t figure out what’s going on so I suggest
learning basic striking patterns and drills first.
Not sure if you will be doing single or double stick forms ...
The best sites for learning drills/patterns/footwork for
double stick that I found are below:
do a search for sinawalli drills or kali sticks done by
Stephen Mullins, he explains what's happening and goes through it slowly and
there a numerous you tube videos, primitive but informative.
www.kalicenter.com these guys have numerous videos you can
find on you tube for free , they also have DVDs if you want to purchase them
and below is the online school costs.
Kali Center Online School - Monthly Membership $12.99
Kali Center Online School - Yearly Membership $119
showy but
he can be tough to follow, he also has numerous you tube videos posted.
Below are some great
warm ups and drills you need to know for doing double
escrima stick.
Single stick drills
The biggest struggle I had was with the footwork, and I just couldn't wrap my brain around the way they were doing it so I stayed with the kung fu footwork and stances. Later I discovered there are many schools of thought on stances with the escrima stick(s) so its kind of your choice.
Good luck and remember to have fun with this ....
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