How to do Redondo - Arnis, Escrima, Kali Stickfighting

Redondo is a great addition to your stickfighting skills. Everybody picks up forehands and backhand strikes naturally, but there's a lot of other techniques you need to learn.

[@terryharris1291]

Thanks for this video.

[@gurobadger]

You're welcome! More on the way.

[@davidcapurro2594]

Thanks for the video. I've always considered the Moulinet and the Redondo the same strike but one uses the whole arm and should and other just the wrist. I also call the technique a flywheel.

[@gurobadger]

For quite a while, I didn't differentiate between them either. And maybe some day I'll be taught yet another variation ;)

[@dhalav]

Thanks for the video. i agree with you regarding the combinaison of the witik backhand, moulinet to horizontal backhand, it flows very naturally. I picked it up very quickly when I started training, even though I tend to go for an upward witik backhand as the bounce from the strike really sets the moulinet well.

[@gurobadger]

That's an excellent variation - I like upward shots a lot, because people don't seem to be able to block them without a good deal of training.

[@allones3078]

I thought the Moulinet was called a florete in FMA?

[@gurobadger]

Maybe? Considering the variations in terminology between all the FMA systems, I expect you are correct with many of them. That said, I've also heard florete used to describe what I would call a doblete (with an overhead circle, rather than a vertical one).
In the end, it's just terminology. As long as the end result is that we're sharing information, I'm happy.

[@toronto_Savate-and-JKD]

@@gurobadger I read "moulinex" and remembered my younger students stare blankly when I use the term.

[@gurobadger]

@@toronto_Savate-and-JKD "Okay kids, so back in the 70s ... "

[@lastnameavailable326]

@@gurobadger For what it's worth, I've been to FMA seminars where florete was given as the name for the wrist one (which you call a moulinet). And the overhead was simply called redondo. But, as you say, there's lots of variation in FMA terminology.