Giron Eskrima DVD 6 Larga Mano by Tony Somera Kung Fu Three-stage sweeps

Three-stage sweeps

and elegance of his teaching

Instruction Scenes by the late Soke Ashihara Hideyuki during the Hokkaido Examination Meetings in September 1986 and February 1987

Shita zuki (Lower punch)

Sakurai entered Aikido Yoshinkan and apprenticed under the late Gozo Shioda

Giron Eskrima DVD 6 Larga Mano by Tony Somera Kung Fu Three-stage sweepsThe term larga mano literally means long hand and implies the ability to extend ones reach. Reaching your opponent without jeopardizing safety is foremost because one can disable his enemy with less chance of getting hurt or killed. To employ this style, a practitioner must know how to systematically use a longer weapon. A person cannot just swing his longer weapon like a flail; it is an art and therefore must abide with the larga mano science.