Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Working on Fiore's Ligadure - more in my series of classroom blogs.

Fiore offers us 3 primary "Ligadure", and a handful or variations on the theme. Most of these occur in the dagger section, but they are also found in the sword sections.

Personally, I like to follow Fiore's advice in terms of his order of operations for close range fighting which he lays out in the Ghetty manuscript, before he introduces the guards of grappling.

They are as follows:
- Have strength
- Have speed
- Know how to grab the target
- Know how to break his limbs
- Know how to bind (ligadure) his limbs
- Know how to make you hits count (strike dangerous places)
- Know throws
- Know dislocations

Now, since breaks are higher on the list, I take that to mean We are looking to do that where ever possible, and IF we tie him up, we are looking for throws and dislocations. I use a good slug to soften the target, or buy time for a more permanent solution (but a knock out would be sweet gravy).

So, that should give you perspective as you watch me teach some of these binds.
Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/TuGfYvFZIh0

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