Spokane Jeet Kune Do/Filipino Martial Arts Academy

I like the way this guy teaches footwork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KabVyRvOcvM

Curving Steps in JKD (Attacking Footwork) http://jkdlessons.com Some basic attacking footwork in Jeet Kune Do with Mr. Blue

Datu Kelly S. Worden is the Prometheus of the FMA and JKD world. He bravely and openly shares the "secret" essence of real JKD/FMA with enthusiastic seekers of knowledge and power. He is a champion of liberty, expression, and honest self discovery.....and he is opening his mind and heart to the world at large with his new web training resource.

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Last night's class was particularly energizing. Since Throat Punch Thursday is the night we train Panantukan we began with some rounds of advanced footwork patterns and followed that with a few rounds of the 1-3 Series and some Kunsi Lock flows. Then we thought to ourselves, how can we make these drills more Diabolical? That's when we added some locking concepts from Farang Musul and Shorinji Kempo and took all of the face punches and replaced them with spear hands, panther fists, and phoenix eye strikes to the throat! Creativity!

Class was awesome this evening. We warmed up with mitt drills and stretching, then did some kicking drills, followed with hubud variations into joint locking and Silat entries...It was a Throat Punch Thursday to be remembered!

Class was very enjoyable last night. One of our students, an advanced Wing Chun practitioner, shared some profound insights into the art as we practiced the 3rd form, Biu Gee. I can already feel my Wing Chun skills improving! Stay Diabolical!

Our first student, Mr. Adam Kebert will be testing for Intermediate Level this Saturday at 10am! Mr. Kebert has worked very hard to get to his level of skill. If you would like to come and cheer him on, it will be 10am at 225 E. Sprague.

To all of you who are interested in our website....I don't have one. I don't need one. We meet Tuesday, Thursday, from 7:30p til 9p and Saturdays from 10a til noon at 225 East Sprague, Spokane WA. I am very glad that people are interested and I will happily receive visitors to our class and will do my best to get back to you in a reasonable time frame if you call. 509-710-3397.

Throat Punch Thursday: We worked on some Hubud Lubud drills, lock flows, breakfalls, and ground positions and escapes. The students are a bit new to the physical rigors of grappling....especially when paired with bigger partners, but they did well. I reminded them that if they can do the escapes on bigger people using solid technique, people their own size will be much easier to handle. I am very blessed with hardworking and talented students.

Diabolical Dirty Boxing/Diabolical Grappling-throat punch Thursdays.

Beginning Skill Sets

Footwork:
Triangle step
Add inside gunting
Add split entry
Spiral
Cross zone spiral

Hubud Drills:
1 for 1
Bamboo
Shotgun
Palisut
Humbak

Lock Flow 1-6
Outside wrist lock
Elbow shoulder lever
Tiger mouth armbar from under
Punch through Biceps armbar from under
Roll forearm and make the pencil disappear
Fig 4 back lever

Break falls-from kneeling or sitting
Front, back, side, bridge, somersault, shoulder roll

Throws:
Major outer sweep
Head spin throw
Forearm press heel pick
Head and arm hip throw
Side body throw

Positional Flow Drill 1
Knee on Stomach
Head and arm
Cross body
North south
Reverse head and arm
Mount, Knee on stomach on other side....

Position Escapes:
Head and arm:
Bridge and roll
Out the back
Leg over face, fig 4 wrist crank
Neck crank
Fish hook

Cross Body:
Shrimp to guard, 1/2 butterfly sweep to mount
Bridge and roll
Out the back door
Ankle crank
Neck crank
Fishhook

North South
Swing legs and shrimp to guard
Knee in elbow and roll him over
Back roll
Spin to triangle

Basic submission drills from guard
Armbar
Triangle
Knee bar
Kimura

Silat Entry reference points
Outside
Inside
Split
Reverse split

Silat Entries 1-6

1-2 Series

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Intermediate Skill Sets

Hubud Drills
Low 5
Low 3
2 for 2
Inside Shotgun
Brush grab strike (double trap)

Single hand hubud
Outside circle
Inside circle
Low wipe
High wipe
Switching sides

Lock Flow 7-12
Face down wrist crank
Elbow in chest U lock
Grab 2 fingers inside wrist lock
Reverse inside wrist lock
Spin gooseneck
Kimura
Reverse full Nelson

Break falls from standing
Front, side, back, dive roll, back roll, rolling side fall, rolling bridge fall

Throws:
Major inner sweep
Minor outer sweep
Shoulder throw
Under hook hip throw
Straight in hip throw
Arm weave head hip throw
Arm weave double leg
Superman Double leg

Grappling
Guard passes:
Lean back elbow pop, hug legs, stack, spin out
Elbow biceps lever, mantis check, step over toe hold
Knee to tailbone, kneel across leg, head and arm
Groin punches, swing leg over to half Boston crab
Pick him up and slam him on the ground, then punch him in the groin

Mount Escapes:
Bridge and roll
Shrimp to guard
Shrimp to half guard, knee compression
Shrimp to half guard, back mount
Feet in armpits, back roll, half Boston crab
Buck push, knee in, heel hook

Back mount escapes:
Turn to face
Ankle compression if he locks his ankles
Shin press with ankle crank
Arms weave under, grab his legs with yours, crawl to back mount.

Head and arm submissions
Fig 4 back lever with legs and neck crank
Armbar across thigh
Gooseneck
Wrist crank
Cobra choke
Elbow wrist pull away
Cross body arm choke
Cross body fig 4 back lever
Armpit Armbar

Cross body submissions
Fig 4 back lever
Kimura
Fig 4 armbar
Gooseneck
Wrist crank
Same side armbar
Paper cutter
Elbow in ribs neck crank
Reach around neck crank

North south submissions
Kneel on face to strike a match
Fig 4 wrist crank
Kimura to armbar
Kimura to Triangle and forward lever

Leg Tie Submissions
Ankle locks:
Achilles crush
Fig 4 ankle crank
Hairbrush
Can opener
Inside heel hook
Outside heel hook
Ankle crank, isolate leg Achilles crush
Isolate leg ankle crank
Boston crab
Half Boston crab
Spin knee compression
Knee bar
Sit up knee compression

Silat Entries 7-12

1-3 Series
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Advanced skill set

Hubud drills
5 switch with paglibud
1 switch with wedge
Passing inside elbow
Blocking inside elbow

The Dance of Pain

Advanced Breakfalls
Dive roll
High front
High back
Flip side fall
Twist flip side fall
Flip bridge fall

Throws:
Minor Inner sweep
Reaping Hip throw
Wrap around fireman throw
Straight in shoulder throw
Scoop Throw
Valley Drop
Straight Leg spiral Trip

Guard Submissions
Armbar to compression
Triangle to Armbar
Armbar to knee bar
Omoplata to compression to spin armbar
Post, Get up and knee to face

Sweeps:
Flower
Scissor
Half butterfly
Full butterfly
Kimura arm sweep

Mount Submissions
X choke
Fig 4 face smother
Double fist choke
Armbar
Fig 4 back lever
Kimura
Leg over forward lever
Leg over back lever
Step over armbar
Hip crank from grapevine
Reverse Spin knee bar to toe hold

Back mount submissions
Fig 4 choke
X choke
Half Nelson choke
Armbar
Break him down
Face slam to ground
Kneel on shoulder slot machine back lever
Gooseneck
He turtles up
Bait to armbar with legs
Scissor armbar
Alligator roll

Silat entries 13-19

Triple Jab Series

Come in and try a FREE class if you're interested.

Classes are Tuesday and Thursday 7:30p - 9p and Saturdays 10am til 12p

We have a rotating schedule to facilitate student improvement in all areas:

Tan Sao Tuesdays: Diabolical Kung Fu and JKD
Throat Punch Thursdays: Diabolical Dirty Boxing, Diabolical Silat and Diabolical Grappling
Sumbrada Saturdays: Diabolical Kali/Arnis

Class was awesome tonight. We practiced elements of Savate, Muay Thai, and boxing as well as some Wing Chun and Jun Fan forms, stance work, and footwork. I love to see my students excel.

I just finished watching my new NSI Water and Steel Seminar DVD's. As an instructor, I've seen many different takes on JKD and Filipino martial arts. Here are some of the things I appreciate about the Worden Defense System and the way the Datu Kelly Worden teaches it.

Let's start with the DVDs. The DVD's are great. There is a ton of useful information packed into them and they make you feel like you are right there at the seminars. Topics covered range from devastating striking sets and lock flows, to combative ground fighting and utilizing specialized training equipment such as 'The Silent Fighter,' to Foot Trapping and practical applications with weapons such as stick, knife, and Datu Worden's own “Travel Wrench.” There are many concepts covered in a short time, so it is advisable to make good use of the pause button and to take good notes. As a gesture of generosity and good will, Datu also sent a bonus DVD which among other martial treasures contained an in depth section on his staff form. As things are, the staff has become known as the 'Red Headed Step Child' of the Filipino martial arts arsenal....under utilized and all but forgotten. Well, the staff just so happens to be one of Worden's specialties. When most people think of the staff in a martial arts setting, they usually picture some 8 year old spinning a tournament grade toothpick staff around their body in blindingly fast and elaborate patterns that (while they look awesome) have little to do with actual combat. Not so for the NSI staff form. Though the form is intricate enough to hold one's interest when seeing it performed without an opponent, it is filled to the brim with brutal combat applications of all kinds including toe-shattering strikes and subtly hidden disarms. Datu Worden and his instructors explain all of this in depth in the DVD. When I saw the staff form, I thought to myself, “Finally some staff techniques I can fight with!”

In a world of information overload, Worden is careful to teach martial arts in a conceptual manner in order to allow the student to find his own strengths. In some systems, you get the feeling that the main goal is the accumulation of drills and techniques (and rank certificates....) and it leaves you wondering if you are going to be able to remember how to use your training when it's needed. The Worden System is quite comprehensive and diverse, but the real beauty of it is in it's simplicity. Rather than directing his disciples to become collectors of techniques, Datu Worden teaches them how to plumb the depths of the basics and how to use conceptual knowledge to improvise and create their own custom variations....which is usually what must be done against an uncooperative opponent anyway....In my experience people rarely ever move or react in the way I expect them to. The beauty of the Worden Defense System is that training in it actually prepares you for this reality. You learn some solid basics and then learn how to apply the same movements in many different ways.

Finally, I feel that the best quality about Datu Worden is his teaching style. He is brutally honest about what aspects of training are important and about those that are not. This approach is perfect for the times we live in. Today's martial arts student is no longer content with the games that instructors play in order to milk more money out of their students. Many martial artists are starting to wake up to the fact that the ability to memorize thousands of techniques and drills isn't synonymous with the ability to apply one's art under pressure. More and more, people want real martial arts....a real value for their time, effort and money. By unabashedly sharing his knowledge of martial arts, Kelly Worden is a liberator, a light bringer who dispels foolishness with unconventional truth, a bold innovator, an enlightened reformer, and a friend of those stout-hearted souls who refuse to follow the herd.

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I recently received some great DVD resources from Natural Spirit International! I'll post reviews soon. If you haven't heard about Datu Kelly Worden and his unique and effective approach to Martial Arts, you may want to check out his page. I joined his organization just over a year ago and was warmly welcomed into the most awesome brotherhood of like-minded JKD and FMA practitioners. I went to visit Datu Worden's class twice last year and it was an unforgettable experience. He moved with power, explosiveness, and grace and his techniques were very natural, logical and effective. Not only that, Datu's assistant instructors were at a very high skill level and were great teachers themselves. Check 'em out...

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Throat Punch Thursday!

Hello! Classes have been awesome. We are adding a Saturday class at 10am to 12pm starting Saturday April 4th. We seem to be attracting more people. If you haven't tried our classes you may be missing out. Our classes are Tues/Thurs 7:30p til 9p at Spokane Martial Arts Center, 225 E Sprague, Spokane WA. Stop by and try a free class or give Chris a call at 509-710-3397. Also please check out our new page which is called Diabolical Combat Systems. Thanks!

Classes have been going great! We have covered a ton of material already. Mitt Drills, Chi Sao, Pak Sao and Lop Sao Cycle, Hubud, Joint Locks, Breakfalls, Traditional Kung Fu Developmental Sets, Heavenly Thunder Palms Form from the Mew Hing System, Si Lum Tao, Ung Moon from Jun Fan Gung Fu, Wooden Dummy Sets 1 - 3, Sinawali Drills, Sambrada Drills with stick and knife, knife disarms, Silat entries....more fun than a barrel of monkeys! Come and join the fun Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7:30p, 225 E. Sprague. Free Intro Class! 2 weeks for $50 plus a free uniform. "Within each of us lives a sleeping warrior. Now is the time to awaken."

flow!

Sparring Serrada ng Escrima----JC Cabiero, escrimador Pure Art of Cabales Serrada ng Escrima sparring training session, random blocks on angles of attack and random strikes, concentration on balance, in-tightnes...

Great class last night. Chi Sao, Chi Sao, and more Chi Sao! single had, double hand, from all 4 reference points, with switches, lok sao into don chi sao and back, lok sao into pak sao, then for fun blending into various hubud drills and learning to flow between drills. Add in a little focus mitt work, calisthenics, sinawali, sambrada, and some tabak toyok and it was a great practice. The students are progressing...gonna have to keep up my game!

Speaking of training, classes have been going really well. We have moved through a ton of material: Sil Lum Tao, Chi Sao, Trapping combos, focus mitt drills, 5 Elders dynamic tension sets, hubud drills, sinawali, and sambrada with stick and knife...tons of fun! There has been some really solid skills gained in the past couple of months. Come try a class for no charge...It will change your life.

Training Insight of the Week: High reps with low to moderate weight is a great way to keep strength training when you have injuries or chronic pain. This approach is used with great success by physical therapists, coaches, and high level athletes. High repetition workouts tend to foster the rebuilding of damaged connective tissues and are a powerful and effective way for the body to recover and rebuild a sense of trust, so that eventually you will be able to work harder in the future. Happy Training!

I don't feel the pain of my arthritis when I am practicing Yoga or Chi Kung. Maybe I should practice Yoga and Chi Kung 24 hours a day...whoah, that was deep dude...

Also, I've taken to practicing some Yoga...There are some good classes at the YMCA and I've tried a couple of them. Sometimes I get a little sore and some of the stretches do irritate my arthritis a little, but I have a feeling that if I can stick with it, the healing benefits will be amazing. I'll keep y'all posted on any progress. Namaste.

Great class last night! We practiced some Jun Fan Kickboxing drills, Si Lum Tao with combat application, and the Mantis Drill. Then on the FMA side, we practiced some triangle footwork, first five angles with single baston, and ended with roof block and inside sweep. Tons of fun!

2 Weeks plus a FREE Uniform for $50!

Martial Arts is great for Self Defense, Health, Confidence, and Stress Relief! Message us or call today 509-710-3397

Within each of us lives a sleeping warrior...Now is the time to awaken!

Today's training:

Morning:
Meditation - 20 minutes
Chi Kung
Five Elders Developmental Sets
Iron Buddha Sets
Heavenly Thunder Palms Form

Afternoon:
Hei Gong
Calisthenics and stretching
Ung Moon Form from Jun Fan Gung Fu

Kung Fu for Breakfast and Lunch, I can hardly wait for dinner...

Have you ever taken a look at the bigger picture and realized that life itself is a conflict, a fight, an ongoing competition, a war? In order to succeed in combat one must attain certain goals, to strike the opponent, to take him down, to acquire a superior position, etc. While attacking or creating openings, one must also be aware of what the opponent is trying to do against him and be ready to deal with any attacks or obstacles and turn them into advantages. This war doesn't end in the Dojo. It extends out into everyday life as we all strive to meet our goals and to obtain the life we want. As we work to get things done, we must also deal with the circumstances that arise and utilize our creative and intellectual powers to turn obstacles into opportunities.