{"id":6086,"date":"2017-02-22T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T21:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6086"},"modified":"2017-10-25T20:57:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:57:32","slug":"the-use-of-kicks-in-escrima-arnis-kali-weapons-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6086","title":{"rendered":"The use of kicks in escrima, arnis, kali weapons fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6089\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Low-Kick.jpg\" alt=\"Low Kick\" width=\"2400\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Low-Kick.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Low-Kick-300x94.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Low-Kick-768x240.jpg 768w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Low-Kick-1024x320.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kicks&#8230; there are many memorable kicks we have seen on TV and in movies. While high kicks look impressive, they may run into some problems in a blade-based fight. (Can you see what&#8217;s the problem?) In FMA, the kicks tend to focus on the low line area and complement the hands\/elbows\/weapons for the high line area. Below is a link to an article about the use of kicks in weapons fighting:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manilatimes.net\/the-use-of-kicks-in-escrima-arnis-kali-weapons-fighting\/102393\/\" target=\"_blank\">Use of Kicks in Weapons Fighting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in adding kicks to your stick\/empty hand fight, consider signing up the <a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6081\" target=\"_blank\">micro-course<\/a> with Guru Zack.<\/p>\n<p>(Reproduced under fair use and with credit)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kicks&#8230; there are many memorable kicks we have seen on TV and in movies. While high kicks look impressive, they may run into some problems in a blade-based fight. (Can you see what&#8217;s the problem?) In FMA, the kicks tend to focus on the low line area and complement the hands\/elbows\/weapons for the high line area. Below is a link to an article about the use of kicks in weapons fighting: Use of Kicks in Weapons Fighting If you are interested in adding kicks to your stick\/empty hand fight, consider&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6086\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,25],"tags":[55,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6086"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6968,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086\/revisions\/6968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}