X Factor: The Key to Countering
X Factor: The Key to Countering can be a great addition to your study of Filipino Martial Arts in that this concept can be applied to so many situations. It is not only a double stick 'technique" but its application can apply with single stick, short blade and stick/sword & short blade combinations, as well as empty hands.
Once you practice the basics by following along with the progressions presented in this course, you will find your comfort increase in response to attacks and your freeflow will soon have the many variations of X Factor be recognized.
Not only will the efficiency of this concept be a great supplement to your countering system, but you will see that it will be a foundation to new body mechanics and start appearing in many of your movements.
As with all of Tuhon Apolo Ladra's seminar, youtube videos and online courses, you will get amazing detailed explaination and demonstrations of the subject matter. So, enroll in this course today and let's begin your journey of X Factor: The Key to Countering!
Your Instructor
Apolo Ladra, a native of the Philippines and Master (“Tuhon”) of the indigenous art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali, holds to the mantra “Learn to teach, teach to learn.” What have more than 40 years of training taught him? Here are some distillations.
Tuhon Apolo Ladra was born in Batangas, Philippines, and came to the United States at age five. He holds an ATA 6th-degree black belt, 7th-degree WTF black belt, and the rank of Master at the Ernie Reyes’s West Coast Tae Kwon Do Association. A student of Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje, Jr., heir and guardian to the Pekiti Tirsia style of Kali, Ladra’s Kali-4-Kids, KaliCombat, and KaliFitness curricula are used by tens of thousands of students worldwide.
Course Curriculum
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Start1.0 Intro to X Factor - Partner Drill 1 (14:29)
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Start1.1 Detail (0:34)
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Start1.2 Group Detail Slashing (2:05)
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Start1.3 Common Mistakes (1:23)
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Start2.0 Partner Drill #2 Breakdown (4:23)
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Start3.0 X Factor Progressiion Drill - C.O.M.B..A.T. & Laging Una (5:34)
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Start4.0 Analyzing the Chamber (Feeder) (4:43)
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Start5.0 X Factor Counter 1 (Low Feed): Single Blade Application (6:14)
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Start5.1 Behind the Scenes: Q & A (1:43)
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Start6.0 X Factor Counter 2 (High Feed): Single Blade Application (5:25)
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Start6.1 Counter 2 Details (4:15)
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Start7.0 X Factor Counter 3 - "C" Cut (3:52)
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Start7.1 "C" Cut Flow to Takeaway + Counter Grab (3:39)
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Start7.2 Grip Control for Takeaway (1:47)
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Start7.3 Detail to Get Counter Grab Easily (2:39)
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Start8.0 X Factor Counter to Z Lock vs Fake Thrust (Double Thrust) (3:52)
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Start8.1 Z Lock Detail Applying "Palipas" (1:18)
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Start8.2 What If (1:32)
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Start8.3 Worst Case (Speed Variation) + Tip It Down (2:56)