From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #275 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Sun, 4 June 2000 Vol 07 : Num 275 In this issue: eskrima: Swords that Spark / Blade Construction eskrima: Introduction to Eskrima eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #274 eskrima: Video Review [none] ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1100 members strong! Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry, the Martial Arts Resource, 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 five years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RBurgee876@aol.com Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 09:56:31 EDT Subject: eskrima: Swords that Spark / Blade Construction <> Just thought I'd put in my two cents. I haven't heard of any blades with flint embedded in them, but would be interested in knowing how it's done (if such a thing exists). Based on what I've read (and seen) about steel, the sparks will depend on the carbon content of the steel. If you have a high carbon steel, it will be harder and will give greater sparks. However, just having a "hard" blade isn't the best way to go. If your steel is too hard, it will be brittle and break. Heat treatment is crucial to having a good, reliable blade that will give you the sparks and last. The edge of the blade should be hardened, and the back of the blade should be tempered to guard against breakage. There are several books that explain this process. If you're interested in blade construction, I recommend: Step by Step Knifemaking by David Boye, and The Craft of The Japanese Sword by Leon and HirokoKapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara. These two books give a good foundation of how several types of blades are constructed (Just for Starters). Hope this helps. Bob Burgee. EDGES2, INC. ____________ Please visit: http://www.trainingblade s.com for all of your training blade needs. Any questions? Voice: 301-306-0194, Fax: 301-306-5382. ------------------------------ From: Kristine Strasburger Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 17:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: Introduction to Eskrima I'm a little late posting on the topic of first impressions of Eskrima, but would like to encourage others to continue to give input on this thread. It got cut short by some other popular topics, and was not given a full hearing. I think it would be great to include a similar excerpt in the bio sections of people in the rogues gallery. I had never been interested in any kind of physical activity, much less a martial art, when Ben Berry of Ft. Wayne, IN came to live in a trailer in our backyard. He had come to California to study Eskrima under Suro Mike Inay, and had been training for a number of years already by that time. I remember, as a young teen, Ben's frequent visits over to our house after a night training session to soak his bloody knuckles. He would explain to my Mom, and to us girls, how he had come to be so banged up. I was pretty impressed, but still had no idea what Eskrima was like. Every now and then I would catch glimpses of Ben training with the guys who came up the mountain to visit him, but I was not interested- what can I say, I was a 15 year old, non-sports oriented girl. The big turning point for me came when, at 16, my boyfriend was killed in a freak accident. I was utterly lost in grief and hopelessness. A few months later Ben began to train my boyfriend's best friend, and I decided to join in, too. It was something to focus on besides the emotional pain I was wrapped in. Being a non-athletic type I felt extremely awkward in my training for about a year, but I persevered because it was the only thing I had to cling to that did not recall the past. Eventually, the other friend quit training, but I stuck with it. Just before Ben moved back to Indiana he brought me down the hill to Suro Inay's school where I continued training. As my skill increased I began to experience the flow of the art as a real part of me. It was at this point that Eskrima stopped being just something to do, and became something that I did- something from within me that found expression in my actions. So, that's my story. Almost 20 years, and two children later I find that Eskrima is indeed something within me that is as much a part of me as anything could be. It is a priceless gift, passed on to me by Suro Inay and his Guros: Berry, DiFanti, Peterson and McDonald. Once again, I say, "Thank you for what you have given me in Eskrima." Mabuhay ang Eskrima! Kristine Strasburger __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "q" Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 20:50:30 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #274 Chad, You are a great lister and are bringing great topics to the list. Either you know these answers or you are searching for them or are searching to refine what you already know. There was a discussion about this year or so ago but the the term at the time was the advantages of letting the "beast" out. There was little disscusion on this complex topic which truely requires actual experience in real struggle so that perhaps is why discussion at that time was light. Of course there was the camp that believed the beast should come out on autopilot. That group seemed to be very heavy into the belief of "train as you fight, fight as you train". Then there were the technicians... Of course the answer lies somewhere in between probably and like a good polititian I would straddle the fence with a bias toward calculation. My belief is "calculated agressiveness" which means that you still have to have control with outward fierceness such that the opponant "thinks" you are out of control. Any millitary excursion D-day etc. is agressive and for sure it is calculated. While personal combat is not commanding a war there are similarites just like trading stockmarkets is war. The control I talk about is not ethical and moral control ,though you need to do your own sole searching for that , but physical control such that you can react and weave in and out of the fighting continum to be effective. Agressively moving forward and trying to smash down the barriers that your opponant puts before you is sometimes harder and more painful to you than flanking him and nailing him from another direction. Most people train to smash but age teaches you to think and calculate because after a while even the youngest guy gets old. Finally, your thread about the "knife reality" dull blades magic markers etc.. have all been done and the answer lies more in a combination of training methods rather than just one unless it is the ultimate training method and you better hope you are better than your buddy...your thoughts about using the $100 bills...well I'm laughing my ass off. I would love to train with you since you are definately thinking but you may be too expensive even for the doctor. ;) Regards, Carlton H. Fung, D.D.S. Redondo Beach, Ca. > What about aggressiveness vs. calculation? > > Calculation being the calm and waiting opponent that will be waiting > for you to fire it off and find your opening. > > Seeing two calculating opponents dual becomes interesting, two > aggresive opponent becomes one awesome fight. > Chad > Hawaii ------------------------------ From: ABurrese@aol.com Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:59:00 EDT Subject: eskrima: Video Review Name: Hapkido Hoshinsul: The Explosive Korean Art of Self-Defense with Alain Burrese Length: 80 minutes Price: $39.95 Contact: Paladin Press, P.O. Box 1307, Boulder, CO 80306 Phone: (800) 466-6868 The good news about this video, according to our reviewer, is that it's packed with techniques. "For those of you who want to accumulate a lot of self-defense techniques, this is a video for you," says Larry Adams, a law-enforcement officer. The bad news is that Burrese doesn't go into a tremendous amount of detail, says Adams. "He doesn't elaborate on when, where or why you would use these techniques," he adds. "But it's definitely a good video for those who want to pick up a bunch of techniques and variations." From "Karate Illustrated - August 2000" p. 33 ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 04:57:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [none] ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #275 **************************************** 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. 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