Danse De Rue reaches out #1
This May Initiateur Jilgero taught a workshop for the Combat Society of Chicago on the expressions of Danse De Rue Savate and its philosophies. The International Combat Self-Defense Association is organized by Mr. Fernan Vargas who heads the organization in bringing Self-defense instructors.
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(Chicago, IL) Initiateur Patrick `Jilguero' Gavin presented a clinic during the
International Combatives Self Defense Association gathering here on May 24th. A
presentation of basic self defence utilising the cane was taught to an
assemblage of seventeen students with backgrounds in kali, karate, jiu-jitsu,
and other martial arts. Foundational principles and movements of sport canne de
combat and the art of canne d'arme were demonstrated and applied for the
students.
After a degree of trial and error, certain practitioners of the stick arts
seemed to catch on and discover new and useful techniques. According to Gavin:
“The hardest thing for short stick practitioners to account for in their
movements was the length of the cane and the heft and weight of a real cane as
opposed to a light rattan training implement. The cane affords you a greater
measure of attacking range in a fight, so you do not have to constantly look to
close in nose to nose with the opponent. Further, you must account for the fact
that you cannot `twirl' a cane as you would a short, light, rattan stick. The
man who taught me canne de combat has Popeye forearms and is strong enough to do
this - but even he does not use his weapon this way.”
Several students were impressed with the integration of footwork with striking
in cane fencing movements. “You have to move and strike - as you would walk and
chew gum at the same time. In Danse de Rue Savate we are taught that if you stay
there waiting to be hit, your opponent will gladly oblige you for your
carelessness,” explains Gavin.
The International Combatives Self Defense Association is a group of instructors
and practitioners of combative and self defense martial arts based out of
Chicago, Illinois.