MORNING STAR MARTIAL
ARTS
Most recent event -
Celebrate Wilton 2008
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Morning Star Martial Arts, jointly with Peter Freedman's Boston Arnis Club, presented a martial arts demonstration at the “Celebrate Wilton" festival on the afternoon of June 7th, 2008. Braving extremely hot and humid conditions, on a blacktop road with temperatures in the nineties, the students of both schools endeavored to showcase the beauty of their art.
The demo began with two beginner students from Morning
Star Martial Arts performing basics and the American Kenpo forms Short
I and Long I. The director of the school, Carol Mannarino, then
explained and performed the advanced form, Short Form III.
After that, Phil Duldulao, the Arnis instructor at
the school, and Carol demonstrated basic Arnis drills including Cinco
teros (the five basic strikes), Palihay (lateral), trayangulo
(triangle)footwork, Largo Mano (Long range) & Rompida (short
range) counters associated with them. Phil and Carol then showed
how these basic moves were applied in a drill they called “Block, check
and counter”, ending with disarms. The Morning Star Martial Arts
portion concluded with Phil and Carol demonstrating an empty hand
“Tapi-tapi” drill that flowed into several American Kenpo techniques.The finale featured Guro Director Peter Freedman, Guro Ryan Birmingham, and Philip Duldulao of the Boston Arnis Club. They demonstrated the application of numerous Mano-Mano (Empty Hands), Sera Todo (Lockings) & Corto (close range) concepts for self defense against baraws (knives) and multiple attackers.
