[Zankou]

Anybody use this? Supposedly a very effective contemporary guard pass. Anyone know how you do it?

[Aesopian]

Are we talking about the guard sometimes called the escrima guard or is this the name of the pass itself?

[Zankou]

It's the pass itself.

[Aesopian]

Then I assume it involves beating them with kali sticks.

[YeahBee]

Or you make something of your own hard as a stick and use that, people would freak out

[2om30]

where do you guys come up with these names...?

[Zankou]

That's not what I call it man ... that's what it's called. I was reminded of it because Saulo's new dvd set has a section devoted to defeating it.

[Foolkiller]

So this would be where you are holding their pant legs but they've put their shins inside your biceps and hooked your deltoids with their insteps?

I've seen a pass where you push into them and then they push back you use that to sort of headstand on their stomach and flip before turning over to north/south before but I haven't seen Saulo's new set so he's probably got it down to a science compared to my suggestion.

[2om30]

Originally Posted by Zankou

That's not what I call it man ... that's what it's called. I was reminded of it because Saulo's new dvd set has a section devoted to defeating it.

I just saw that on Saulo's DVD...now I'm really interested in finding out what is an escrima pass....

[WNYguy]

I don't know the answer to your question, but it reminds me of something that happened during a private with De la Riva I had a couple weeks ago. My instructor asked him what he called an underhook in Portuguese and he said he used the word "escrima" for underhook. I have studied escrima and thought it was kind of interesting. Its more interesting to now learn from this thread that there is an entire guard with this name and a pass. Looking forward to learning more about it. I'll check out Saulo's DVD, anyone got a link where I can order it from?