Basic Kicks of Original Yaw-Yan
Yaw-Yan has 45 fundamental kicks, divided into 3 categories:
- Front
- Side
- Back
There are 4 types of Yaw-Yan kicks:
- Snap (Instep)
- Thrust (Bottom Heel; Back of the Heel; Shin)
- Snap-Thrust (Ball of the Foot)
- Chop or Slash (Edge or Blade of the Foot)
With the exception of the ball of the foot and the bottom of the heel, Yaw-Yan never uses the mid-sole of the foot, GM Nap referred to the use of the mid-sole of the foot as “palakpak” or clapping hands. Most Yaw-Yan favors Thrust kicks which utilize the heel, the aim is to inflict maximum damage to your opponent.
Although Yaw-Yan has 45 basic kicks, advanced disciples were required to be able to execute all 55 kicks which include advanced complex kicks which require great flexibility and dexterity. Here are the 55 kicks of Yaw-Yan categorically taught as follows:
I. Front Kicks (the groups of leg muscles utilized here are that of Front muscles of the kicking leg)
1) Snap
2) Thrust
3) Snap thrust
4) Heel Snap
5) Downward Thrust
6) Outside Scooping
7) Inside Scooping
8) Forward Scooping
9) Outward Slash
10) Inside Slash
11) Upward Slash
12) Downward Chop
13) Forward Chop
14) Vertical Chop
15) Horizontal
16) Roundhouse Heel
17) Roundhouse Shin
18) Roundhouse Snap Thrust
19) Side Snap
20) Inside Leg Scooping
21) Outside Leg Scooping
22) Forward Roundhouse
II. Side Kicks (the groups of leg muscles utilized here are that of Side muscles of the kicking leg)
1) Side Thrust
2) Side Stomp
3) Hooking
4) Ridge
5) Ridge Snap
6) Side Ridge
7) Leg Scooping Outside
8) Ridge Instep
9) Ridge Ball
10) Outside Slash
11) Inside Slash
12) Roundhouse Shin
13) Roundhouse Heel
14) Roundhouse Snap Thrust
15) Reversed Roundhouse Instep
16) Reversed Roundhouse Ball
17) Reversed Roundhouse Heel
18) Reversed Roundhouse Slash
III. Back Kicks (the groups of leg muscles utilized here are that of Back muscles of the kicking leg)
1) Reversed Back Kick Snap
2) Reversed Back Kick Thrust
3) Reversed Back Kick Chop
4) Mountain Storm Shin*
5) Mountain Storm Ball*
6) Mountain Storm Heel*
7) Mountain Storm Slash*
8) Scorpion
9) Scorpion Chop
10) Circular
11) Straight Back Kick
12) Rear Upward Chop
13) Rear Snap
14) Rear Downward Slash
15) Back Chop
Demonstrations of these Yaw-Yan kicks were always crowd pleasers, not to mention that most of the Yaw-Yan kicks are not commonly seen in other Martial Arts style. Other styles claimed to have originated some of these kicks but had only employed them after seeing a Yaw-Yan practitioner execute them (if “Stealing from Yaw-Yan” is not the proper choice of words).
Some possible Kicking Combinations (Offensive Techniques):
1) Right mountain storm, continue turning and execute left Circular kick.
2) Right mountain storm, right scorpion kick.
3) Sliding lead left frontal thrust, right mountain storm
4) Automatic Roundhouse – Left and Right
5) Left Side Snap, Right Side Thrust, Left Straight Back Kick.
6) Right mountain storm, slide right stomping, left straight back kick.
7) Right Roundhouse, left Yaw-Yan back kick, right outside slicer.
8) Left Yaw-Yan frontal side snap, turn left Yaw-Yan back kick.
9) Left outside slicer snap, right forward scooping, left Yaw-Yan back kick.
10) Automatic Scorpion left and right.
11) Triple Kick (same leg) side slash snap, scooping or hooking roundhouse.
12) Right frontal thrust, left straight back kick, right circular kick.
13) Left hooking, right circular, left roundhouse.
* Note: Mountain Storm Kicks were originally categorized as Back Kicks but were later categorized in Fervilleon by GM Nap under the Side Kicks (Hampas Sikad) category and is now known as Sikad Pabulusok (“Sikad Pabulusok” replaces the ArDigma term “Lulod Pabulusok”). “Kicks” in Fervilleon are referred to as “Hampas”.