The training swords and trainer blades are part of the Bahad Zu'bu curriculum.
The training agenda covers the usage of single, double stick, medium sword, knives, bio-stick and empty hands. Bahad Zu'bu is a bladed and combative system. This Filipino fighting arts can be described as different from traditional martial arts because the training methodology is opposite to what you would expect. In Karate, a beginning student is taught empty hand. In Filipino martial arts a student right away is given an orientation to the blade. A Bahad Zu'bu student is immediately introduced to the basic drills: Serrada/Abierta, Retirada, Redonda, Kastigado and Ground Zero. From these drills, you learn striking, footwork, parrying methods, body mechanics, locks, checking, disarms and situational destructions. The drills are interactive. Two practitioners facing each other, and interact practicing the drills. This interaction is crucial for proper learning and understanding to take place. Without the "Basics" one cannot continue on and as a result your tactical options become limited.What Bahad Zu'bu doesn't do? There is no hard blocking techniques or calisthenics, no sport competition or mixed martial arts. No memorizing of angles.No nomenclature.
Flexibility: Undayag-Position, Stepping, Body, Footwork mechanic and Body-Stepping.
Three Fundamentals: Baiting, Monitoring and Preparation.
Grandmaster Yuli Romo says, "that basics are the most advanced". No advanced techniques-but simply options.