From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #313 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Fri, 30 July 1999 Vol 06 : Num 313 In this issue: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #312 eskrima: Re: Footwork eskrima: Where do we write? eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 eskrima: Flexibility eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 eskrima: . .......................................................................... Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1100 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: TCSNo@aol.com Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:19:22 EDT Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #312 In a message dated 7/29/99 6:48:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: << >Richard Dobson, my Silat instructor and long time amigo is coming to town. >> Isn't Richard in the Plinck video as an assistant and attacker?? I spoke to a student of his. He does NLP, hypnosis, many languages, and Native American Wrestling, if I am not mistaken. Wish I could attend the seminar. Tom Furman---tcsno@aol.com ------------------------------ From: "Todd D. Ellner" Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:38:31 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Re: Footwork Just This Guy wrote: >Which steps correspond with which strikes, both >my strikes and my opponents'? >IE he throws a number 1, which number is my step, >assuming 1-8 star? >Conversely, what is my step corresponding to a >given step of his? Are there accepted standards >to this? The short answer to this isn't terribly helpful: "It all depends on what you're trying to do and what he's trying to do." If you want to enter, crash, and start wrasslin' you might just step straight in. If one of them is in front of you and there is another behind you you might depok then sempok to end up behind one of them so that you are only fighting one at a time. If you are standing with, say, your left foot at the center of the star and your right foot forward and to the right and he's thrusting or bringing his weapon down on your head just turning around could let you slip the weapon while generating power with your own strike. The best advice I ever got was from Sifu Leonard Endrizzi (Tam Ga, Wun Hop Kuen Do, Eskrima, and all around general bad ass): Do all your strikes as warm ups, but for the first couple years just concentrate on one strike at a time in your private practice. Get it so that you can do it with focus and power with every sort of stepping Do that strike about five hundred times a day (no more than three times a week - he ended up with carpal tunnel syndrome from overdoing it). Once you can use every different type of footwork and stop any sort of attack with that strike start on the next one. ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:54:52 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Where do we write? Yip: In #311 Bill posted about another state's regulatory attempt. Specifically to whom do we write? Woof, Crafty ------------------------------ From: MdlAgdLftr@aol.com Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:47:19 EDT Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 Hi all, Well, I can almost see my mail box filling up with repsonses to this contribution, but this is how I see this issue, so here goes... In regards to North Carolina wanting to license and regulate martial arts schools, I fail to see what the problem with this is. I have read the proposal, and to me it seems that what they are trying to accomplish is right on the money (no pun intended here). They are attempting to weed out those with a criminal history, those who are not qualified, and those of, as they say, "questionable character". I would like to see this happen on the basis of the last point alone. I can not tell you all how many instructors of "questionable character" I personally know of that are in the position of being a strong influence in the eyes of the gullible student. I can name three very prominent "instructors" who make a regular practice of 1.) dealing cocaine through his seminars, 2.) seducing his female students and the wives of his male students, even daughters of his students, and 3.), a master who is no longer with us who, when visiting one of the many schools that fell under the auspices of his organization, would require the head instructor of that school to provide him with a woman for the duration of his stay. He preferred teenage girls, BTW. I also know of several instructors who charge outlandish fees upfront, then fail to provide the promised lessons. Yes, I know that such regulation does step on one of our most basic inalienable rights, but so far it seems that a lot of people are failing to show the type of maturity needed to operate their businesses in a responsible manner. The regulation asked for in NC would require instructors to pass background checks concerning past legal problems, carry liability insurance, be certified in 1st aid/CPR, and be qualified in the art they claim to teach. Doesn't sound like much too ask to me. I can pass all of the above criteria...if anyone has a problem with meeting the requirements, then well...maybe they shouldn't be in such a position of public trust. Martial arts are a business like anything else, and by the very nature of providing a service, and the position the instructor holds in the eyes of his community, then it should be regulated and licensed like any other service-providing business. If your kids were taking swimming lessons, the above listed criteria would be the very least you would expect of the swimming instructor. Martial arts are absolutely no different. Considering the high esteem, indeed the almost godlike way we view a martial arts instructor, there should be no question as to the validity of this proposal. BTW, no, I'm not a communist...just a parent. Kim ------------------------------ From: Kalki Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:32:12 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Flexibility > I just want to know if any of you pro's out there have > any suggestions or advice that can help me acheive my > goals....FLEXIBILITY. A helpful hint on stretching in terms of what to stretch in what order ... in any stretching progression one should stretch the smallest involved muscle first. For example, before stretching the back of the leg to include the hamstrings we should first stretch the calf muscles. I won't go into details, you do the research. There are many cases in which calf tightness will prevent distension of the hamstrings. This is due to the fact that the muscles of the calf cross the back of the knee joint (which, by the way, can also be restricted by the popliteus, so it too should be stretched/relaxed before attacking the hamstrings). Be well, Mik ------------------------------ From: Gints Klimanis Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:56:24 +0100 Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com wrote: > From: "Jeffrey Monaghan" > I'm also very inflexible, so I asked my physical therapist to suggest some > techniques for stretching. She suggested some techniques that I didn't > think it would help. I recently started to design a warm up and flexibility > program to help with my Savate training. The stretching routine described > by my PT, which later I found out is called PNF or proprioceptive > neuromuscular facilitation. It is used by most world class athletes to > increase and maintain flexibility. > Basically it is a combination of isometric stretching and passive > stretching. 99% of people either do ballistic stretches (bouncing type) > that are bad for you or the > passive/static method of holding a stretch at the maximum range of motion > and relaxing into it. PNF is superior in several ways, first the stretch is > overcomes the stretch reflex, takes advantage of the lengthening reaction > and reciprocal inhibition , increases dynamic flexibility, and strengthens > the muscles. I, too, was addicted scientific stretching for a number of years. Now, as a human who sits in a chair for way too long, I've found that simply doing a few sets of leg swings every morning after a short run (up to a mile) is enough to maintain flexibility. I spent way too much money on stretching books, videos, machines and professional advice. After many years of morning ritual, I'm confident of the essentials that work for me: stretch daily, after a short run. Unfortunately, advice of this simplicity doesn't justify a lot of visits to therapists or fills a book, so formal avenues won't be reciting the same party line. ------------------------------ From: Andrew R Breton Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:04:36 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #311 Jesse, Would that Savate training be with Mr. Buitron? There is Pekiti Tirsia in Dallas Fort Worth taught by Omar Hakim and Tim Waid. Omar's been busy lately, but you can check out Tim at www.texasmartialarts.com. There are still some of Hoch Hockheim's student's around (even though he himself has moved out of the area) doing Presas style arnis. I've only went to seminars, so I'm not familiar with names. I think Jeff Allen has a class in Denton. Greg Goldmahker teaches the Defensor method, but he has a lot on his plate so I would feel uncomfortable giving his number out. I know he reads ED, so he may contact you. There are also some JKD places that have FMA in thier curriculum. Hope that helps. Andrew Breton >From: "Jesse Ephraim" >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 20:49:35 -0500 >Subject: eskrima: Some quick (hopefully) questions > >All - > >I'm interested in taking eskrima/kali/arnis this Fall, and wanted to >run a >couple of quick questions past y'all: > >1) I'm in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex (Texas) - does anyone know of >any >good instructors in the area? > >2) I trained in savate for about a year, but about a year ago I blew >out my >left knee (misstepped on a lunge). Though I've been through physical >therapy, the knee is still not up to par (weaker than the right one, >still >sort of stiff - I limp very slightly). Would this be a significant >hindrance in eskrima/kali/arnis? How much lunging, deep-knee-bending, >etc. >are typically involved at the beginner level? > >Thanks much for any advice! > >Jesse > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V6 #313 **************************************** 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. 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