For this part of the assignment, you will submit an Outline with an audience assessment. You will receive a grade and feedback on your draft outline. Use that feedback to update your speech outline an
Demonstration Speech: Audience Assessment
Kali
Specific Goal:
My audience will learn how to practice the first steps used in Kali.
My Narrowed Topic:
Strategy: I’ll teach my topic by Demonstration.
Narrow Focus:
Original topic _Kali______
Narrower topic _Demonstrating and explaining how to use Kali with scenarios____
Even narrower topic _Demonstrating thrust movements and basic steps used in Kali____
Ethos (Your credibility as a speaker):
Primary Ethos: I’ve been training in Kali so I may better defend myself.
Secondary Ethos: I will cite _Jared Wihongi (my teacher) expert references.
Audience Adaptation:
Audience Composition: My audience is _composed of people that are unfamiliar with Kali__.
Audience Knowledge Level: Most audience members _have never heard of the topic_.
Adaptation to Audience: I will adapt to my audience by _trying to gain some common ground with the audience. I will gain common ground by seeing if they have ever been put in a situation where they felt they were in danger. Hopefully this will peak their interest.
Demonstration Speech: Full Sentence Outline Template
Kali
Introduction:
I. Hook: How many here have been put in a situation where you felt you were in danger and you possibly would need to defend yourself? Now ask yourself in your head, “Do I know how to defend myself?” This is why I chose to learn martial arts, to defend myself.
II. Ethos: I was introduced to a martial art called, Kali, through my brother-in-law when he took me to an army base. Now, I usually go to the training sessions they hold there once a month.
III. Thesis: Today, I’ll demonstrate the first moves I learned in Kali.
IV. Preview: We’re going to go over…
1. Footwork and it’s importance
2. How to strike or defend using the kali sticks
Transition: Kali is a Filipino martial art that’s meant for combat. When defending or attacking you always want to be cognizant of your footwork. That’s why we’ll focus on that first.
Body:
What I’ll now do is demonstrate how the footwork is done in Kali and we’ll talk about the importance it serves.
First I’ll lay the Kali sticks in a half-diamond shape on the ground and use them as a guide for my feet.
To start off our footwork we’ll trace the outline of the sticks. I’ll move in a forty-five degree angle to my right and then reverse. I’ll then move in a forty-five degree angle to my left and back. We’ll repeat this over and over again.
Now, when you feel comfortable enough with those moves you’ll then imagine another pair of kali sticks that complete the diamond. We’ll then completely trace the outline of the diamond. These are the basic steps in Kali you first learn.
In Kali, footwork is especially emphasized as being one of the most important things you need to learn.
My teacher or Tuhon, Jared Wihongi, was taught directly by the Grandmaster of Kali, Leo Gaje Jr. When Jared teaches his students, he always stresses the importance of footwork. One way he does this is by telling us how Grandmaster Gaje was trained. He was not allowed to touch a kali weapon until he mastered his footwork, which took a couple of years.
When you’re in a threatening situation you never want to find yourself falling to the ground because you’ve tripped over yourself and so we practice footwork all the time.
Transition- Once you have Kali’s footwork down you’ll soon be able to use it with the stick movements, but you’ll need to learn those movements first.
So now we’ll demonstrate the stick fighting movements.
But first let’s talk about how to hold the Kali sticks.
You’ll have a closed grip over the stick with your thumb overlapping your fingers.
When holding the stick, you want to make sure that you do it with about 1-2 inches of the stick peaking from under your pinky.
You typically hold it at this length for control and if you ever need to use the bottom of the stick for certain moves, like leaving a circle imprint on someone’s forehead.
For our demonstration we’ll only use one stick and I’ll teach you the basic angles using the sticks.
First move, is angle 1. I will move from my right shoulder to my left thigh. Second move, is angle 2, we will move from left shoulder towards my right thigh. Angle 3 is from the right side of my lower half to the left shoulder. Last is angle 4, which is from the left thigh back to the right shoulder.
When starting out you will learn each move individually and then eventually you will combine all the moves together. Angle 1 to angle 2, angle 2 to angle 3, and lastly angle 3 to angle 4.
If you need to defend yourself find something that you can use. In Kali we are taught about these angles to defend ourselves and to find a point to attack.
Transition to close: In conclusion…
Conclusion:
Summarize main points/thesis: learning the proper footwork, defensive angles, and attacking angles are all important when using Kali.
Bookend: I want you to ask yourself, “Do I feel prepared to effectively defend myself?”
End the speech memorably: If your answer is no, don’t wait until you are put in a situation where your well-being is being threatened. Learn how to defend yourself now. Your very life or the life of those you care about may depend on it.
Q&A Session
What made you want to start Kali?
I used to work in a jail and I learned Kali, so I can defend myself, if I ever needed to
What makes Kali different from other styles?
From the words of the Grandmaster Leo Gaje Jr he says, “Pekiti Tirsia is a pure system which advocates the traditional and original Filipino way” When asked if this was a sport he said, “This is combat”.
How long have you been learning Kali?
I have been learning for two years, but I have been learning it off again and on again. The location is so far away from me, I can’t financially make a trip over there all the time. They also only teach once or twice a month. I try to make it at least once a month, if I can.
References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB_aiDOEng – clip from BBC Three (2004) Mind, Body, and Kick Ass Moves, Episode 9
Jared Wihongi. (2018). Personal Interview.
