Filipino Weapons 3 Sarong

In this video you will see techniques with the sarong to manipulate, to throw, to lock and to strangulate an attacker.
We use a scarf which is sewn together at the ends. Many of the techniques could also be applied by using a different long, flexible object like a belt, a towel or a carrying strap of bag.

At the beginning the focus will be on the carrying positions of the sarong and the transitions to the different positions.
The following part will demonstrate techniques and applications in the sash position. First we will show different ways to catch and fix the attacking arm with the sarong. After that you will see counterattacks to the throat followed by techniques to fix the arm and the throat at the same time to take out the attacker.
After the sash position we move on to the double hand position. Here you will see explosive sarong techniques and different ways to catch the hand, the throat or both at the same time.

To train the techniques and applications more intense we created some exercises and drills which we also show in this film.
At the end we will demonstrate a few techniques on how to counter the sarong and how to transfer the sarong techniques to everyday objects.

The authors are Timm Blaschke (Guro Filipino Fighting Arts), René-Marc Zeller (Guro and German representative of Filipino Combat Systems) and Christian Metzner (Lakan Dalawa Filipino Fighting Arts and Manong Filipino Combat Systems).