Exploring Rompida

Ok. So I had this conversation with a friend and fellow modern arnis player. We were talking about rompida, and his belief is that the movement is always drawn from the center and only done with the hand turning from palm to the left, thumb and tip of the stick up for the dowward motion, to thumb and tip of the stick down, palm facing right, for the upward motion. All this for a right handed person. Whereas I don't believe this is wrong, I just don't believe it is complete.
One interesting note to this is the fact that both of us were taught by the founder of modern arnis, Remy A. Presas.
My position, and what I was taught, I was taught, is that rompida is not just done as above, but the movement can come from either side of the body as well. The movement can come from the right side with the palm facing left with thumb/ tip of the stick down ( as with a wing block), for the upward movement, to palm facing left with thumb/ tip of the stick up for the downward movement. It can also come from the left side with the thumb/ tip of the stick down, palm facing right for the upward movement ( like drawing a sword) to thumb/ tip of the stick up, palm facing left for the downward movement, again from a right handed perspective. This can be thought of as the inside or outside lines.
Rompida is different than the "up and down" movement of modern arnis in which the tip of the stick is always facing up, or nearly so, like poking up and cutting down.
After the conversation mentioned above, I did some research. I talked to people from different organizations and also read some descrpitions at various sites online. I also referd to Remys pink book. I have also watched people teach rompida at different times. As could have been expected, there were different versions. I can say, however, that most of the time, it was done as I was taught. After so many years of training in this particular "style", I was surprised to find that one of my friends who was also taught by Remy A. Presas, had a different take on rompida.
At the end of the day, I have to ask myself what makes the most sense, both anatomically and combatively. It just doesn't make good sense to think that this movement, or most any movement has to be this way or that. Combat is not static, and not everyone is right handed. What if there is no time to regain your center before a response is needed? In a general sense, perhaps, maybe it is usually a good idea to do certain things in a particular way. But I was taught a particular concept. I learned from the founder, and what I learned made sense then, and now. When teaching, I teach the way the style prescribes, and then I try to open minds by sharing a concept. I believe this helps to learn the flow.

A new blog. This will be interesting. The idea is to be able to keep track of certain thoughts, a diary of sorts.
The content will be about martial arts, or martial culture and some other stuff, too. It will be honest. I'll write more soon.
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