Filipino Martial Arts Curriculum
Yellow Belt
- 12 angles of attack (3 variations: follow through, recoil, and stop)
- Block-check-counter on 1 (two variations) and 2 (stick and open hand)
- Single sinuwali–thumb-index connection, 4 weapon modes
- Disarms 1 and 2
- Stick versus empty-hand applications
- Forward and reverse triangle, with above
Orange Belt
- Double sinuwali
- Figure 8 striking pattern – 4 weapon modes
- Reverse (upward) figure 8 – 4 weapon modes
- Stick form 1 Anyo Isa
- Disarms 3 and 4
- Block-check-counter on 3 through 12
- Belt versus empty-hand applications
- Extended forward and reverse triangle
Purple Belt
- Anyo isa empty hand (with bunkai)
- 8-12-8 drill
- Banda y banda drill
- Disarms 5,6
- Single stick striking flow (pekita tirsa drill)
Blue Belt
- Redondo sinuwali
- 8-count sinuwali
- Trapping hands 3-count
- Rompeda
- Up and down striking
- Disarms 7 through 12
- Anyo Dalawa (Stick)
Green Belt
- 2 on 1 sinuwali – 1 through 5
- 6-count drill
- 6-count to sinuwali and back
- Counters to disarms 1 through 4
- Abanico corto and largo
- Block-check-abanico on 1 and 2 (Sifu Brian’s drill)
Brown Belt
- Single stick flow switching–right-left, left-right
- Simbrata
- Empty hand form 2 Anyo Dalawa, with Bunkai
- Abicedario (obstruction removal block-check- counter, stick and empty-hand)
- Sinuwali boxing
- Knife applications of all previous
Black Belt
- Trapping hands with hook punch, 4-count
- R-R series
- L-R series
- Passing drills with knife
- Empty-hand sinuwali with joint locking