{"id":7461,"date":"2018-08-13T20:18:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T03:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=7461"},"modified":"2018-08-13T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T03:22:24","slug":"krabi-krabong-demonstration-on-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=7461","title":{"rendered":"Krabi Krabong Demonstration on the Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of maelstrom were pleased to participate in a demonstration of <a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=646\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">krabi krabong<\/a> at the Sooke Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2-1024x580.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2-1024x580.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2-768x435.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2-460x262.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke2.jpeg 1319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Krabi krabong is a weapon-based striking art with roots that date back centuries in Thailand.  Much emphasis is spent on ensuring that power is efficiently transferred from the moving body into strikes with weapons such as swords (&#8220;daab&#8221;, used singly or paired), spears (&#8220;ngao&#8221;), and shields &#8212; both handheld (&#8220;lo&#8221;) or strapped to the forearm (&#8220;mae sowk&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke1.jpeg 485w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke1-195x300.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kru Loki and Gary demonstrated with a variety of weapon combinations, and looked like they had a great time doing it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke3-612x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke3-612x1024.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke3-179x300.jpeg 179w, https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kk_sooke3.jpeg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some further reading:<\/p>\n<p>Krabi krabong on Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krabi%E2%80%93krabong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krabi%E2%80%93krabong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(All media reproduced under Fair Use, and with credit.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of maelstrom were pleased to participate in a demonstration of krabi krabong at the Sooke Music Festival. Krabi krabong is a weapon-based striking art with roots that date back centuries in Thailand. Much emphasis is spent on ensuring that power is efficiently transferred from the moving body into strikes with weapons such as swords (&#8220;daab&#8221;, used singly or paired), spears (&#8220;ngao&#8221;), and shields &#8212; both handheld (&#8220;lo&#8221;) or strapped to the forearm (&#8220;mae sowk&#8221;). 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