Wednesday, 16 February 2011

The I Ching in Kali



An STMA innovaion is to apply the Chinese I Ching to the Filipino Martial Arts.
We do this in 6 count sinawalli.

The Heaven symbol being the unbroken single line for High Heaven strike
The Earth symbol being the broken double line for the Low Earth Strike

HHH - heaven
HHL
HLL
HLH - standard

LHH
LHL - * - the fourth variation
LLH
LLL - earth


we now have 8 drills:

HHH
HHL
HLL
HLH

LHH
LHL
LLH
LLL

the next phase is to split the count in half.

In Heaven 6 you would do HHH then HHH.
What you do in "64" is mix and match.
So you do HHH then HLH
or HHH then LLL
etc
After HHH on the left there are 8 possible trips to do on the right.

Then you go to HHL and do the same, each with 8 answers.

This gives a total of 64 possible combinations, which match the 64 hexagrams in the I Ching.

Or for those with a mathematical or computing mind binary to base 8 to hex.