COMPETITION RULES
1) Players must exhibit SPEED
2) Players must demonstrate POWERFUL strikes
3) players must hit their target both HIGH/LOW and LEFT/RIGHT
4) players must use a combination of strikes with full body expression of power / "body language" including and not limited to: abanico/liso-liso, diagonal slashes, upward X, downward X, Rt/Left temple, Rt/Left hip/flank, Likos/Balikos and using hips/torso rotation, shoulder movements as well as wrist and hand (refer to GM John-John Mac’s YouTube for further understanding of these strikes)
5) players must not continually hit the SAME target area, because just as in a tournament situation, more than 2 consecutive strikes to the same target area will be discounted.
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***The BEST of three rounds will be used as your fastest round.***
***The average of three rounds will be used for your average speed.***
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OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Eskrima Gear
1) DUMMY: Any set of tyres or substitute target representing the body may be used. Any rattan cane eskrima stick may be used.
2) STICK: The stick used for the competition must be a regular Eskrima stick, approximately 75cm long and typical caliber and weight. The stick must be held by the hand in the typical manner that SGM Cacoy Canete taught, so the punyo, or puk-puk end of the stick is around a fist width (allowing for a counter-lever movement with witik moves and abanico etc)
Tech Gear
1) a device, such as a PC or a spare phone, to connect live through Zoom to our MC, other players & our audience
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2) a device / phone to video your performance: we prefer a phone for the videos of the performance, since you will need to send those videos to us in either Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp immediately after the competition is complete, and we will send to our Independent Adjudicator for slow-motion assessment and counting.