From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #118 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Wed, 24 March 1999 Vol 06 : Num 118 In this issue: eskrima: Sorry...My bad! eskrima: Re:Inosanto/wrestler eskrima: Hepatitis C eskrima: Hep C eskrima: Re: Yahoo! Filipino Warrior Arts Club eskrima: Stress/Weight/Colds/Iodine eskrima: Re: Dogs eskrima: . .......................................................................... Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1050 members strong! Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, Inayan System of Eskrima, Martial Arts Resource Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe eskrima-digest" (no quotes) in the body of an e-mail (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To send e-mail to this list use eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and online search the last two years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Ray Terry, PO Box 110841, Campbell, CA 95011 FMA@MartialArtsResource.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Guro_Don_Mu=F1iz?=" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:18:45 -0800 Subject: eskrima: Sorry...My bad! I'd like to appologize to the list! I just got a new Computer and I didn't check the outgoing mail list for outgoing text! thanks! - -guro Don ------------------------------ From: Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:07:17 EST Subject: eskrima: Re:Inosanto/wrestler <> Everytime I read about this, I keep wondering what kind of "person" would challenge Dan Inosanto? What's the point? Sorry to trash the deceased wrestler but what was the motivation of the writer as well? If it were a true duel, then Dan should have been given the choice of weaponry... heh. To also find out that most folks who were there see it totally different gives me more reason to give this writer any credibility in the class department. - --Rafael-- ------------------------------ From: "Eric Van Skike" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:06:55 PST Subject: eskrima: Hepatitis C this may help. (sorry for the flood) <---SNIP---> http://www.Hepatitis.org Hepatitis C ***Type of virus*** VHC (Virus of hepatitis C) Falvivirus family ARN virus At least 6 different genotypes ***Background*** The incubation time of the illness is three months. The viral ARN is detectable in the blood in infected subjects 15 days after the contaminating contact. ***Means of contamination*** Contamination is parenteral. The mode of contamination is from transfusions (before 1991) in 30% of cases, from the use of illegal drugs by intravenous means in 20% of cases, through family contact in 5% of cases, by professional exposure in 3% of cases and by sexual contact in 1% of cases. The origin of the contamination remains unknown (or untold) in 40% of cases. An endoscopy coupled with biopsies can also be a means of propagation of the virus if the equipment is not properly disinfected. ***Epidemiology*** In Western Europe, the virus is detected in 1% of blood donors who are in principle considered as healthy. The prevalence of carriers of VHC increases to 30% in Central Africa. The genotype most often observed in Europe is 1b. ***Clinical*** The acute phase goes unnoticed in 95% of cases. The fulminant form of the virus is very rare. The virus becomes chronic in 70% of cases, perhaps more. The risk of developing a hepatocarcinoma in chronic carriers of hepatitis C can reach 50%. Cirrhosis occurs after 10 to 20 years of infection by VHC. The hepatocarcinoma appears 10 years later. ***Diagnosis*** The acute phase is rarely diagnosed because it is asymptomatic in the majority of cases. The viral ARN can be detected 2 to 3 weeks after contamination. The VHC antibodies appear 10 to 20 weeks after the infecting contact. These antibodies persist and are found in subjects who are cured of hepatitis C as well as in those who have become chronic carriers. The subjects suffering from chronic C have fluctuating transaminases (less than 250 Ul/ml). Some even have transaminases which are normal for a transitory period, and even normal for a prolonged period. A quarter of them also have autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor, antinuclear factor, etc.) at levels that are normally low. A mixed cryoglobulinemia (often asymptomatic) is detected in 20% of cases, sometimes complicated by a glomerolonephritis. Individuals suffering from late cutaneous porphyria are carriers of the C virus in 70% of cases. ***Treatment*** It is likely that by treatment with interferon patients suffering from acute hepatitis C can prevent it from becoming chronic. The treatment of chronic hepatitis by interferon for one year permits a sustained normalization of transaminases, with the disappearance of HCV ARN from the blood in 40% of the subjects treated. The association of ribavirine with interferon can increase the efficiency of the treatment. The predictive factors of a good reaction to the treatment are the genotype (other than 1b), the short duration of the illness and few serious histologic lesions. ***Prevention*** Prevention is made possible through systematic screening for HCV antibodies in all blood donors, the use of clean (and if possible, disposable)equipment by addicts using intravenous drugs, careful disinfection of endoscopes, etc. The administration of "standard" gammaglobulins to the potentially contaminated subject serves no purpose. Currently, there are no efficacious vaccines. The risk of infection after being injected with a contaminated needle is less than 10%. The infection can be discovered by looking for viral ARN three weeks after the accident, or by dosing the transaminases from the second month after contact (in the specific antibodies). Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Jay_Swan@flannet.middlebury.edu (Jay Swan) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 07:33:40 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Hep C Jason writes: >1.) What exactly is Hepatitis C? A virus affecting the liver. It is quite serious and can lead to liver failure and death. One of the major problems is that it can become quite advanced before showing symptoms--the incubation period is often 10 years or more. >2.) How does one contract such a virus? Blood to blood contact, or blood to mucus membrane contact. Many cases were contracted via blood transfusion before a test for the virus existed. IV drug use is the other big vector for transmission. It is not thought to be transmitted sexually (a friend of mine had it for 10 years before being diagnosed, and her husband never got it). In utero transmission is rare. >3.) How contagious is it? Not very. Blood mixing or blood-to-mucus-membrane contact is about it. They warn us about it in EMT training, but Hep B is much more contagious. >4.) Is it worth the risk to my students and myself to have someone with >this virus in the school? >5.) What are the legal ramifications of my actions should I choose to not >allow him to participate? Any chance of being hit with a discrimination case? >6.) Has anybody else out there ever had to deal with this type of situation? Don't have any answers to those. I would think if you're doing FMA the risk would be minimal. With something like grappling where bleeding is more common, I don't know. I'd talk to a doctor. There is an HCV FAQ at http://members.bellatlantic.net/~clotho/cfaq.htm Jay ------------------------------ From: "David W. Fulton" Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 09:38:07 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Re: Yahoo! Filipino Warrior Arts Club Guro Don wrote: "Just a note to let you know that there is a Yahoo! Filipino Warrior Arts..." and "Some people say it's hard to get on the Club roster... just look up in the top right hand corner of the page and *click* where it's highlighted to join the Club. Oh yeah, the address is: = http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/filipinowarriorarts2/" Are you sure about the address? I tried to access it through your link but was told it either didn't exist or had been deleted. It also told me that I needed to sign up with Yahoo to use the clubs feature. Is there a fee for signing up on Yahoo? My email & web browser are corporate accounts so I need to know. TIA. Dave dwf@computerpackages.com ------------------------------ From: Kalki Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 09:53:35 -0600 Subject: eskrima: Stress/Weight/Colds/Iodine > As far as Mik's point about some other symptoms of low thyroid, actually > I do have a few not everything you mentioned, but a few which is why the > Dr. was concerned. > > I have had more colds in the last few years than I > have in my life, and I constantly load up on herbs and vit. to keep my > energy level up. I personally tend to believe that some of the weight > gain was do to stress , being self employed, I had a few very stressfull > years in the past. > Rocky ... If you're working strenuously a LOT the body dumps a lot more cortisol into the blood system. Under prolonged stress and with some specific types of stress the body also dumps more cortisol. Long duration elevated cortisol leads to immune suppression, slow healing, etc. -- like overtraining. So, we can get in great shape and mess it up by overdoing and causing ourselves to repeatedly or consistently release higher levels of cortisol (I need to listen to my own advice on that one .... good thing I found work, I'd be sweatin' right now otherwise!). Just a lil'bit mo' noise from me... One thing that goes unhandled by many athletes/fighters/etc. is the balancing act of chillin'. In addition to the slam&jam of the things we like to do, we need to do things that promote equilibrium. By this I mean serious, regular, structured "internal" exercise. This could be as simple as progessive relaxation. A side benefit can be improvement in how we function in slam&jam mode, e.g., the samurai's appreciation of the psychological benefits of Zen (Chan, Sohn, Dhyana). The entire "neurohormonal axis" moves toward equilibrium when we do these things, and progressive relaxation as a DAILY practice can go a long way in lieu of taking up something that may carry undesired baggage in with it (i.e., things that seem "alien" to us or otherwise just plain freaky :-). Resultantly we can become less susceptible to the effects of excessive stressors. Proven fact. Activity/Rest is one of the fundamental physiological cycles. It underlies both waking and sleeping (during sleep it roughly parallels shifts into and out of deep sleep). Watch out for the "campy" and exotic sounding stuff, keep it simple and comprehensively/conscientiously absorb what is useful. what I mean is if you try progressive relaxation as a tool against excessive stress, be thorough, don't dabble at it ... treat it like another fighting system. > As far as Iodine goes I do take it in my daily supplements, I have > heard that it is dangerous though!!! > The danger is from iodine medication. Some things can mess us up easily when taken as medicines, but are OK when ingested from natural sources. Medications are unnaturally high concentrations, imbalanced pushing of the river. Quote: "There have been no reported cases of toxicity resulting from too much iodine as it naturally occurs in food or water. However, iodine prepared as a drug or medicine must be carefully prescribed, because an overdose can be serious. Sudden large doses of iodine administered to humans with a normal thyroid may impair the synthesis of thyroid hormones." So, is it any surprise to anyone that getting what we need from natural food sources is the best way to go? Another advantage is that getting what we need from plant sources usually provides us with other necessities in a balanced way. An example: B vitamins play a central role in carbo metabolism. E vitamins play a large role in our capacity for exertion and endurance which are also carbohydrate-dependent. Whole grains in their natural state give us all of these (B & E) and more. Similarly, seaweeds (especially kelp) provide iodine, B vitamins, D, E, K, calcium and magnesium. Seaweed is also helpful in dealing with nervous disorders and colds. Iodine deficiency (and effects on the thyroid) can come from excessive intake of raw cabbage and low iodine intake. Be well, Mik BTW: Good to see multiple others speaking on long-term lifestyle discipline as an answer to weight probs. It's about time. Controlled diets have their place, but the issue is often cognitive and behavioral, i.e., people need to relearn what nutrition is about. Reminds me of a class I taught at U Minnesota wherein a woman said to me: "Well ... Mik, you make it sound like food is just fuel!" DUHHHH!!! ------------------------------ From: Ted Truscott Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:11:23 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Re: Dogs The guys over at the knife forum seem to have a consensus that the only safe way to handle a dog attack is to shoot the offender. They got off onto a thread about attack trained dogs or police dogs which doesn't really apply to my situatin here. I have been asked about the best strategy to fend off an untrained but determined biter - not a 'killer' - with a cane or cane sized stick...we have a large retired population and more than one 'pack' of street dogs. I'm talking about a nasty pet, not rampaging killers. I hope someone has given this some thought or even has worked with dogs enough to give a workable reply. If this has been covered extensively in earlier years, please point me to the archives... Thanks, Ted Truscott "the fighting old man" Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like no one's watching, and Fight like... ------------------------------ From: Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:32:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #118 **************************************** To unsubscribe from this digest, eskrima-digest, send the command: unsubscribe eskrima-digest -or- unsubscribe eskrima-digest your.old@address in the BODY of email (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com, directory pub/eskrima/digests. All digest files have the suffix '.txt' Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, Inayan System of Eskrima, Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.