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Vagrant Whip
Consider whip as long range tool with purpose to distract opponent before finishing him with left hand strike (usually armed with knife).
Footwork and Positions
Unless said otherwise, right hand is holding whip, left hand is free hand (or holding knife).
Retracted position (preferred)
- left foot forward
- left hand stops/controlls attacker
- limited attack possibilities from internal sphere
Extended position
- right foot forward - fencing position
- left hand (with knife) held in prison position (hip level) waiting to engage with thrust
- full range of whip attacks
Movement
Only linear movement
- slide step
- cross step
Line of attacks
- external sphere (everything from right side)
- internal sphere (everything from left side)
Methodology of training
Uses following progressions:
rotations ⇒ fast rotations (slashes) ⇒ extending (cracks) ⇒ changing direction crack ⇒ multiple cracks/slashes ⇒ movement ⇒ sparring
For sparring uses foam knives and whip with cloth attach to cracker.
Continuation
Fighting with whip requires continuation of multiple cracks/slashes without stop, for long period of time. Idea behind learning different cracks and connecting them together is to be able to continue cracking from any position and to constantly be aware of whip.
Basic movement that reinforces continuation:
- Rotations, a.k.a Redonda - circular motions at different planes: vertical, horizontal, vertical at other side, diagonal - and fluent transition between planes
- Figure eight (going from one side forward rotation to other side forward rotation)
Creator
Andrzej Kooniu Jasztal - trained kyokushin, taekwondo and some boxing. Whip work started from long 8ft whips and whipboxing.
Whip
Recipe
- Some kind of handle
- chain 150grams - 30cm
- thick twisted strands- 40 cm
- thick single strand - 50 cm
- thicn single strand (fall) - 23cm