From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #16 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Thur, 13 Jan 2000 Vol 07 : Num 016 In this issue: eskrima: Denver CO eskrima: Double Dagger Seminar in Maryland eskrima: Stickgrappling [none] ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1100 members strong! Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry, Martial Arts Resource, and Inayan Eskrima Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe eskrima-digest" (no quotes) in the body (top line, left justified) of a plain text e-mail 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 four years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ABurrese@aol.com Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:34:57 EST Subject: eskrima: Denver CO >Hi, a buddy from another list asked me for an FMA trainer in the Denver Colorado area. He's a young cop, and he would prefer stick oriented training with less fancy stuff, but more the hard hitting approach.< Marc MacYoung from this list is south of Denver in Castle Rock. Bob Orlando is in Denver. Mike Janich is in Boulder. All three of these individuals know their stuff, and would also know of other people in the area. If I was looking in CO, I would go to one of these people. All three highly recommended! Alain Burrese HKD instructor in Missoula MT Author of self-defense book and HKD video through Paladin Press ------------------------------ From: "Mike aka Shugendo" Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:39:25 GMT Subject: eskrima: Double Dagger Seminar in Maryland Double Dagger Clinic January 29, 2000 Skill with the single dagger is impressive, but it pales in comparison to the power, speed and elusiveness of the double dagger. With concepts, techniques and drills drawn from the Inosanto Blend of Kali, Escrima and Arnis, Lameco Escrima, Maphilindo Silat and Kaveman Kali, this clinic will immerse you in the art of the double dagger and greatly enhance your understanding and ability in this area. Mike Krivka, Training Director of Martial Arts Koncepts, will be the instructor for this 5-hour clinic. Mr. Krivka has over a quarter-century of experience in the martial arts, with the last decade under the direction of Guro Dan Inosanto, Sifu Burton Richardson, Punong Guro Edgar Sulite (deceased) and others. Mr. Krivka brings a wealth of practical experience and martial knowledge to this training experience. The following topics will be covered:  Dominating long and medium range.  Safely and explosively transitioning from range to range.  Cutting, thrusting and coordination drills.  Disarms, locks and throws.  Flow and sparring drills. Seminar Location Martial Arts Koncepts 12361 Wilkins Avenue Rockville, Maryland Contact Info 301/963-6520 or Koncepts@bellatlantic.net Seminar Time 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM (with 1.5-hour lunch break) Seminar Fee Advanced Registration: $35/person; price includes 2 Sharkee training knives. At-the-Door Registration: $45/person; price includes 2 Sharkee training knives. NOTE: Seminar attendance is limited to 20 participants and payment must be received prior to January 22nd, 2000 to qualify for advanced registration rate. Mail check or money order to: Michael A. Krivka 658 Coral Reef Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Recommended Equipment Eye protection (goggles or glasses), forearm guards and batting gloves. Additional information about Martial Arts Koncepts can be found on their web sites - http://members.bellatlantic.net/~koncepts or http://home.earthlink.net/~makoncept ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:18:35 -0800 Subject: eskrima: Stickgrappling A Howl etc: Hy wrote: | Anyway, just wanted to share something that I thought I would not ever get, | and then one day, I got it. Anyone else with any stickgrappling moves you | originally thought you could not pull off but then one day while training | you could? I picked stickgrappling as an example because a) it's my | favorite, although I'm only a beginner and b) some of the stuff looks like | it will not be able to be pulled off in real life. I guess this next q. is | specifically aimed at anyone who went to a Gathering or something similar | in their training: were you able to pull off the 'exotic' stickgrappling | moves? I am no wizard when it comes to demonstrating disarms, and I heartily concur with the phrase from DB #4 "Disarms, many are taught, few work" (or something like that) BUT somehow over the years I have managed several in action-- mostly snakes (including two with my legs done from guard) and a couple of strips. I won one fight by fanging the armpit and another using Bando python techniques from mount. I used to think of abanikos as pretty useless, but now use them all the time, etc. etc. I'm not sure if any of this qualifies as "exotic", but I do know that I continue to be surprised by what shows up under pressure. I liked Barry's way of thinking about it-- its all a conversation and what you do must be responsive. It is important to see these techniques as part of a matrix. For example, the under the arm position of the stick puter that you mentioned comes about from a very common standing stickgrapple tie-up position where one closes against a caveman with a roof, controls the stick arm with the left and the head/neck with the hand/punyo. This tie-up has many variables and the puter kepala (turn the head) stick throw you ask about is just one. If, for example you are torquing to the right and he resists, a right knee to the belly/bladder may well soften him up to where you can complete the move. Or you may need to flow with his resistance and go to the left with a bizet luar or straight back with a grapevine, or flow into a stick choke, or forget the stick for a moment and do some empty handed technique. Basically you just keep attacking until you find the move that works. In closing, a thought about silat techniques. Most of them require hitting to set up a takedown as well as the technique of the takedown itself to work. When Charles Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic Ocean he chose an airplane with one big engine on the nose rather than two medium engines on the wings. When asked why he explained that with two engines, an engine failure was twice as likely and that he wouldn't make it with just one of them. Throws that require hitting can be like this-- you have to get the hit and you have to get the throw. Fighting being what it is, you may often not get both, and thus may find yourself in a standing grapple. If all of your techniques require hitting you may find that you will crash. Thus, to my way of thinking, it is a good idea to have techniques that do not require hitting as part of your repertoire as well. Woof, Crafty ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:41:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [none] ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #16 *************************************** To unsubscribe from the eskrima-digest send the command: unsubscribe eskrima-digest -or- unsubscribe eskrima-digest your.old@address in the BODY of an email (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry, Martial Arts Resource, and Inayan Eskrima Standard disclaimers apply.