From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #74 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Sat, 12 Feb 2000 Vol 07 : Num 074 In this issue: eskrima: straight blast etc eskrima: WEKAF eskrima: Upcoming Seminars eskrima: Kamagong sticks eskrima: Re-Sb eskrima: Walking cane training Re: eskrima: Walking cane training [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: "Richard Killick" Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:25:49 -0000 Subject: eskrima: straight blast etc Hi all I came from a Muay Thai background in to JKD and never had much time for the straight blast. I then did some private lessons with Sifu Dave Carnell over here in the UK. Dave is an instructor under Cass Magda and is a very talented guy. Dave gave me an instant conversion experience and showed me how to apply the SB. He always said its down to timing, rather than speed (although speed sure helps). He had some drills where you change the angle of your straight blast, to penetrate your opponents guard. I have recently been working these drills with my training partner warring a crash helmet. My particular favourite is straight blasting out of a clinch. These are excellent training drills. Someone posted about braking your hands or cutting your knuckles on the other guys teeth, which is a pretty good point. I even managed to cheese grate my elbow on someone's fencing mask recently, while stick grappling. I have always trained to straight blast in to the other guys throat, which may be some thing I made up myself but it works for me. I did not realise that Bruce Lee used the straight blast as a finishing technique but after seeing Dave I can belief it. Timing and correct training seems to be the universal answer to all martial arts problems. Re: Trapping, I have never been that good at trapping and have always preferred to work Muay Thai plum clinch techniques but I still teach basic trapping to my beginning students. My students and myself have been having regular school debates about stick fighting etc at my school with the idea that everyone gets a chance to question every thing. One of my students noted that the best knife fighters in our school were also the best trappers, is this just a coincidence? If you get cornered and you do not have a weapon, your best bet is to control the knife hand and hit. Very basic trapping/dumog/buno. What do you think? My other point is that once every one knows the technique it becomes harder to apply. Trapping would be a good case in point, Bruce's people probably had no problem making it work against people who had never seen it and who also gave those ref point blocks when they got in trouble. Here is a another case to prove my point, I recently met a Dutch guy who was training in Muay Thai and judo in the late seventies in Holland. He managed to talk he way in to a small private silat group and it sounds as if he was doing an off shoot or variation of Sera(k) . Any way he was sparring outside the group and sapuing/baseting people all over place. Then in the early eighties, he moves to the states for a year and finds lots of people are training in some version off Serak/Buti Negara and now its much harder to pull of these techniques on people in the know (he did the smart thing and took up BJJ). My final comment is that its like Carl James said on Dog Brother video six: " we all have the same techniques, its the transitions and set ups that are different, deal with adaptability, deal with trying to find your own truth, be your own private investigator". Regards Richard Killick PS I would recommend Paul Vunak's straight blast tape, a great tape and great music by the Rolling Stones! ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:37:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: eskrima: WEKAF Forwarding. Ray =========================================================================== World Eskrima-Kali-Arnis Federation USA Presents WEKAF USA 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND TEAM USA QUALIYFING TOURNAMENT FEBRUARY 19, 2000 'Official WEKAF USA Sanctioned Tournament' This WEKAF USA Championship Tournament will not only determine the National Champions for the year 2000 -2001 but 1st and 2nd place in each division are designated as TEAM USA members. They will represent the United States at the WEKAF WORLD Championships, to be held in Cebu, Philippines, August 2000, against 30 other countries. Competitors have previously qualified at five Regional tournaments held in 1999. There are several open divisions available for those who are interested. Open division competitors will have a single elimination tournament before facing the seeded qualifiers from the Regionals. Please check the following websites for information and registration. http://www.pallensmartialarts.com You must be a member of WEKAF USA to compete Location: Merrit College 12500 Campus Drive Oakland, California 94619 Agenda: 8 am - Registration & Weigh-in 9 am - Officials / Competitors Meeting 10 am - Opening Ceremonies 10:05 am - Sayaw / Form Division 10:30 am - Sparring Division Competition Divisions are: Youth = 14yrs, and under Juniors = 15yrs - 17yrs Seniors = 18yrs. and over Master = 40 yrs. and over Carenza (Forms) - Traditional and Open Mens - Youths / Juniors / Seniors / Masters Women - 18 yrs and Above Single Stick fighting - Broken up by Weight Divisions: Youth / Juniors / Seniors / Masters / Women Double Stick fighting - Broken up by Weight Divisions Synchronized Group (Demo Team) Must have at least three members in a team. Three Man Team Sparring WEKAF Rules are strictly enforced. For further info please contact (510) 351-6776 or maxpallen@cs.com ------------------------------ From: TaoArt@aol.com Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:32:58 EST Subject: eskrima: Upcoming Seminars The following are upcoming seminars that will be offered by Guard Up, Inc. in Waltham, MA. If you wish to register for any of these events or require additional information, please call Guard Up at (781) 271-1491 or visit our website: http://www.guardup.com _____________________________________________________________________ Golden Gloves Boxing Seminar Guard Up, Inc. will be offering a 2 hour Boxing Seminar for men and women, taught by certified Golden Gloves Coach, David Picozzi. The seminar date is March 11th from 2-4PM. The course will cover basic boxing techniques and concepts as well as use of training equipment like the heavy bag, target pads, medicine ball and jump rope. This course will kick off our weekly Golden Gloves Boxing class held on Thursdays from 7:30-8:30pm starting March 16th. The cost of the seminar is $15.00. _________________________________________________________________ Scenario Based Self Defense: Fighting on Ice This Cooperative Learning exchange covers self defense and apprehension techniques (for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers) while on slippery surfaces. The course will be held on March 25th at 2PM at our facility in Waltham, MA for 2 hours and then relocate to the Ice Rink in Stoneham, MA for 2 additional hours of self defense and apprehension training on the ice. The first two hours will concentrate on how to establish a controlled fall and using the surface to you advantage. We will cover concepts integral to escape as well as apprehension (for LE and CO's) while training on mats that have been coated with wet soap. We will then follow up with the last two hours at the ice rink with participants suited in head, elbow and knee protection. Participants should bring: Any protective gear available to you (we have a limited number of units to be shared) including knee and elbow pads as well as bike/hockey/sparring headgear. You should also bring a water bottle, a change of clothes (for after the ice practice), warm clothes (the ice rink is cold), a towel, and for LE and CO's: Duty Rig with Handcuffs. The cost of the seminar is $15.00. _____________________________________________________________________ Women's Street Defense Intensive Guard Up, Inc. is offering a three hour self defense course at the Waltham Athletic Club in Waltham, MA on March 19th, from 1-4PM for women ages 14 and over. Under 18 years need a signed parental release (contact us for more info). This course involves a lecture on awareness and avoidance, training with physical techniques, and then a full hour with the FACTMan: An instructor padded head to toe in a protective suit which allows the participants to practice their skills with full action. The training covers front and rear attacks as well as ground fighting. Learn simple, effective techniques for escaping holds and delivering powerful strikes to stop your attacker. This course has received rave reviews from college women, police officers, business women and experienced martial artists alike. Please note: This seminar involves a high degree of physical interaction in the last hour as well as "verbal abuse" by the padded attackers to better simulate a realistic scenario. The cost of the seminar is $48.00. Stay safe and train well, Meghan Gardner Guard Up, Inc. www.GuardUp.com "When I am old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say "Be careful, I think she's armed". - G. Stoddart ------------------------------ From: Saturbo@aol.com Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:35:56 EST Subject: eskrima: Kamagong sticks Am I spelling it right? Where can one purchase kamagong sticks? (the dark, almost black, very heavy hardwood sticks) Also, what would that particular type of wood be called in English? I've been told that it's Filipino cocobolo, but that might not be the case. Please email me with any input. Thanks guys, R. Saturno, Jr ------------------------------ From: Rocky Pasiwk Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:45:47 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Re-Sb > Cthulhu gave us opposable thumbs so that we could hold things while we hit > people in the head.... > Nicely put!! :-) Almost forgot. Another thing to consider when "blasting." Your knuckles on > his skull and teeth will often mean broken bones and/or cut hands. Lacerate > your hand on someone's teeth and expect infections, etc. Break your hands > and expect yourself also to be at 80%, if that. Just another variable. One of the biggest problems with martial artist. Especially if they run across someone with boxing experience. Ever notice how many UFC guys win but can't continue to fight because they break a hand. In CDM we teach to keep the head slightly tilted and look out the top of your eyes , like a boxer, when in a sparing type situation or even when exploding forward and chain striking ( our SB basically from Wing Chun Do ) from our preparatory stance, (a non threatening ready stance used while trying to talk your way out of trouble ) . Basically by keeping your head tilted, should a strike get thru your assault or defense, with a little luck your opponent will strike the crown of your skull, doing as much damage to himself as he does you. Of course if his adrenaline is pumping he may not notice the damage until after the conflict. But hey if he kicks your butt and doesn't take matters any further, your broken nose or black eye will heal in a few days, while it could take months for him to heal, hey you always have to look at the bright side of things. Also a fairly effective counter to the SB is a dropping leg hook, it gets you out of the line of fire if you recognize it and react fast enough. And most people tend to over shoot a little when doing the SB so their legs play right into your tech. If you smother the forward leg pulling it into you while sitting on your butt, heal hook the same leg ( using your same side leg ) and thrust your opposite leg into the crook of the hip of his other leg, fall back and to the side while extending your leg out. More often than not you can really damage his hips this way. And if not their are a boat load of leg hook n breaks from their. Just something to think about. Also try the SB using your hands in an open position and snap your palm/knife edge of your hand out as you strike, you won't be so apt to break your hands Rocky ------------------------------ From: Rocky Pasiwk Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:54:35 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Walking cane training I discovered something in the past few weeks that has really opened my eyes. Over the years I have learned a few Cane ( walking type ) forms and fighting / self defense things, from FMA's and Kung Fu. I even taught a few techniques hear and there at various seminars. But for the last 2 weeks I have been awaiting probable knee surgery, for an injury that I received while teaching leg hooks to some students. Well I have come to the conclusion that most of what I learned for cane fighting sucks. The stuff works great if you use a cane just as a decoration piece, or a weapon that can be explained to the local law enforcement. But if you really need the cane it is much harder to do the striking and hooking stuff, when you need the cane for balance because you can't put any weight on one leg or the other. I bench just over 270 lbs and with my knee in the shape that it is and not being able to plant myself , I'd be lucky to hook and pull a 100 lb person off their feet. And even thrusting is difficult. and two handed stuff really seems to bring my bad leg into play which is a definite no no I have found that its better to use the cane as I would a rattan stick, with my good leg forward carrying most of my weight and to rely heavily on body positioning and mechanics, over foot work ( which is my preference any ways ) Any ways I thought I might just pass this on. Those of you who teach cane techniques, make sure your teaching it in the right format. Because for those who really need the use of the cane agility will not be on their side. And maybe others have run into this problem to and may have some useful tips Rocky ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:38:45 PST Subject: Re: eskrima: Walking cane training > I discovered something in the past few weeks that has really opened my > eyes. Over the years I have learned a few Cane ( walking type ) forms > and fighting / self defense things, from FMA's and Kung Fu. I even > taught a few techniques hear and there at various seminars. But for the > last 2 weeks I have been awaiting probable knee surgery, for an injury > that I received while teaching leg hooks to some students. Well I have > come to the conclusion that most of what I learned for cane fighting > sucks. The stuff works great if you use a cane just as a decoration > piece, or a weapon that can be explained to the local law enforcement. > But if you really need the cane it is much harder to do the striking and > hooking stuff, when you need the cane for balance because you can't put > any weight on one leg or the other. Yet another thing that Rock and I agree on, mark it on the calendar.!. :) I just brought this up over on the_dojang list wrt to Hapkido cane. We have some really 'pretty' cane techniques in HKD, but if you need the cane to stand up they won't work too well. The special way to twirl the cane around for a strike may still work ok, but traps/hooks/sweeps with the cane would probably not IMHO. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:25:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [none] ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #74 *************************************** 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.