Syllabus

This syllabus represents the core technique required for each phase; the student must then expand on his or her own knowledge through continuous research and development.

Note: Do not look at this as a list of techniques; view the syllabus as a path to physical development in order to gain key attributes for effectiveness in the arts.

Phase 1

1. Understanding guard and its function
2. Punches – jab, cross
3. Kicks – knee
4. Defence – catch, parry
5. Footwork – slide step
6. Drills – catch jab drill
7. Single Stick Basics – plansa, flywheel, abaniko, figure x


Phase 2

1. Punches – hook, uppercut
2. Kicks – front kick
3. Defence – wedge, shoulder stop
4. Footwork – side step, triangle side step
5. Shadow boxing – basic combination of hands and feet
6. Drills – catch parry drill
7. Pad work – hands (basic combination of hands and feet)
8. Single stick – 12 angles of attack and defence
9. Single stick – sonkiti, puk puk, tumba tumba


Phase 3

1. Punches – body hook, double hook
2. Kicks –front leg stop and turning kick (outside)
3. Defence – pat down and checking
4. Footwork – triangle footwork
5. Themed shadow boxing
6. Drills – Hubud lubud basic flow
7. Pad work – themed hands and legs
8. Single stick / basic drills – Tres tres and quattro quattro dos
9. Chakra arko set 1 and 2
10. Technique – kurbada, helicopter
11. Twirling intermediate
12. Basic ammara
13. Basic sparring and sparring drills


Phase 4


1. Be on route to intermixing skills (start to break down and evaluate techniques as a whole)
2. Five ways of attack (intermediate play)
3. Punches – low jab cross, shovel hook
4. Kicks – seepa
5. Defence – body evasion, duck, bob and weave
6. Footwork – pivot step
7. Pad work – utilizing the five ways of attack
8. Drills – pad work (including body evasion for defence)
9. Standing grappling, wrenching, lock flow
10. Single stick mixing twirling – 7 drills
11. Drills – seis seis, tres tres (close range)
12. Basic double stick (sinawali)
13. First 6 techniques in disarm set (close and medium range)
14. Chakra arko set 3 and 4
15. Tap tapi (set of 10)


Phase 5


1. Punches – downward elbow
2. Defence – knee crush and scooping
3. Footwork – shuffle step
4. Pad work – focus combination work, hands and legs (strong focus)
5. Drills – Lock flow drill (including blindfolded)
6. Standing grappling, uprooting, locking and wrenching
7. Drills – hubud/banga banga (armed and unarmed)
8. Double stick sinawali – pinki pinki
9. Knife – angles, basic blocks and disarms
10. Drills – any of the above using double stick


Phase 6


1. Punches – give 5 variations of the above techniques (i.e. short jab, long jab)
2. Kicks – combination kicking using any technique
3. Defence – combination of all defence
4. Footwork – sparring using only footwork for defence
5. Pad work – hands/leg work including standing grappling
6. Five ways of attack (advanced play)
7. Single stick random play (drills, twirling and ammara)
8. Sparring empty hands and single stick


Phase 7


1. Punches – combination punching working backwards
2. Kicks – combination kicking, feinting, countering and entering
3. Defence – combination of blocking, body movement and footwork for defence
4. Drills – hubud with 5 variations (empty hands and armed
5. Pad work – themed rounds on pads
6. Sparring – themed rounds of sparring


Associate Instructor


This phase is about perpetual growth, being able to dissect technique, break down training methods and rebuild them.
The student will now show the ability to grow as a martial artist utilizing the whole syllabus.
Students must now diversify within the syllabus, expanding upon existing methods and techniques.


Full Instructor


A Full Instructor in the system must have reached a complete understanding of both themselves and the syllabus. They must be able to communicate the core syllabus and its principles of training. They must be able to relate the syllabus to other martial arts and display the ability to intermix skills.
Strong martial attributes such as fitness, timing, speed, reflexes, sensitivity, power and focus are essential.