{"id":7259,"date":"2018-03-06T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2018-03-07T13:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T21:33:37","slug":"basic-terminology-fma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=7259","title":{"rendered":"Basic Terminology: FMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

“So we\u00a0start with a number one florete<\/em> and a number two florete<\/em> both with pekiti<\/em>\u00a0footwork.”
\n…
\n“Now you can follow a closed top triangle to move from medio<\/em> to corto<\/em>, and hit with the punyo<\/em>.”
\n…
\n“Excuse me, guro<\/em>,\u00a0should I be feeding in this drill in\u00a0saksak<\/em> or pakol<\/em>?”<\/p>\n

\n

To begin learning a new domain a student must learn a new vocabulary. The Filipino Martial Arts are no exception and the diversity found in the Philippines in terms of language and culture (many indigenous dialects and ethnic groups, plus a strong Spanish influence during the Colonial period) often yields the first challenge for a new student. Below is a list of some of the terms a student may encounter at Maelstrom in the process of learning the various disciplines that fall under the wide umbrella of “Filipino Martial Arts”.<\/p>\n

Please note: this list is, by its very nature, incomplete. It is for reference only, and should not be viewed as an authoritative source for either meaning or spelling.<\/p>\n

abecedario<\/strong>\u00a0– ABCs (the basics); usually a set of twelve attacks with a given weapon
\nalphabeto<\/strong> – weapons forms that mimic the shape of letters of the alphabet
\nasymmetric drill<\/strong>\u00a0– any partner drill where the practitioners perform different movements in sequence (often attack vs defense; e.g. “DAKUP Y PUNYO<\/strong>“)
\nbaston<\/strong>\u00a0– stick
\nclosed top triangle<\/strong>\u00a0– a triangle drawn with the “point” up (for describing a striking pattern)
\ncorto<\/strong>\u00a0– short range
\ndaga<\/strong>\u00a0– dagger
\ndakup y punyo<\/strong>\u00a0– an\u00a0ASYMMETRIC DRILL<\/strong>\u00a0for partners who take turns with a pattern of two attacks and a defense, followed by two defenses and an attack
\ndoble baston<\/strong>\u00a0– double stick
\ndoblete<\/strong>\u00a0– a double strike; two strikes on the same plane with either\u00a0BASTON<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0ESPADA<\/strong>
\nespada<\/strong>\u00a0– sword
\nespada y daga<\/strong>\u00a0– sword and dagger
\nfeed<\/strong>\u00a0– to supply a technique so your partner may practice something (“I’ll feed a number one strike.”)
\nflorete<\/strong>\u00a0– a strike with the\u00a0back\u00a0of a weapon followed by a “cutting” strike on the same plane with either\u00a0BASTON<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0ESPADA<\/strong>
\nforward triangle<\/strong> – a triangle drawn with the “point” forward (for describing footwork)
\ngalang<\/strong>\u00a0– respect
\nginunting<\/strong>\u00a0– a short sword with a “forward leaning” blade
\ngunting<\/strong>\u00a0– a defensive scissoring motion done with both arms.
\nguro<\/strong>\u00a0– teacher
\nlargo<\/strong>\u00a0– long range (stick-to-hand contact)
\nmedio<\/strong>\u00a0– medium range (stick-to-body contact)
\nopen top triangle<\/strong>\u00a0– a triangle drawn with the “point” down (for describing a striking pattern)
\nopen triangle<\/strong> – a triangle drawn with the “point” behind (for describing footwork)
\npakal<\/strong>\u00a0– holding a weapon\u00a0as when using an ice pick
\npekiti tirsia<\/strong>\u00a0– “close range” or “close quarters” or “to cut into pieces at close range”
\npunyo<\/strong>\u00a0– the protruding “short” end of any weapon held in the hand (aka “the butt end”)
\nredondo<\/strong>\u00a0– a circular strike accomplished mainly through elbow rotation
\nsaksak<\/strong>\u00a0– holding a\u00a0weapon as when using a hammer
\nsinawali<\/strong>\u00a0– “to weave”, a continuous circling motion, often as part of a\u00a0SYMMETRIC DRILL<\/strong>
\nsymmetric drill<\/strong>\u00a0– any partner drill where both practitioners perform the same movements at the same time; e.g.\u00a0SINAWALI<\/strong>
\nwitik<\/strong>\u00a0– a strike with a\u00a0BASTON<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0ESPADA<\/strong>\u00a0accomplished mainly through wrist rotation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“So we\u00a0start with a number one florete and a number two florete both with pekiti\u00a0footwork.” … “Now you can follow a closed top triangle to move from medio to corto, and hit with the punyo.” … “Excuse me, guro,\u00a0should I be feeding in this drill in\u00a0saksak or pakol?” To begin learning a new domain a student must learn a new vocabulary. The Filipino Martial Arts are no exception and the diversity found in the Philippines in terms of language and culture (many indigenous dialects and ethnic groups, plus a strong Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1900,"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":[63,5],"tags":[64,138],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259"}],"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=7259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7264,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions\/7264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}