Guro Daniel Lonero JKD Kali Seminar – September 2014

Robin French with Guro Daniel Lonero - September 2014

Every September I get super excited, and not just for my impending Birthday presents; it means the annual visit from, Inosanto Academy instructor, Guro Daniel Lonero to the UK.

The four hour session was broken down into two parts; first off a two hour JKD session, with the remainder focusing on Kali.

The JKD session consisted mainly of advanced boxing drills; meant to increase the boxers ability to read their opponent’s movement and respond (as opposed to react) accordingly. The JKD session rounded out with some trapping variations; again meant to develop sensitivity to an opponent’s energy.

For the Kali session, Guro Daniel first went through a number of double and single stick siniwali drills, meant to develop coordination and dexterity. The evening finished with some variations on breaking in from long range to punyo sombrada.

A huge thank you to Guro Daniel for taking the time to share some of his knowledge with us. And to Laurence Sandum for making the session happen.