From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #317 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Tues, 4 July 2000 Vol 07 : Num 317 In this issue: eskrima: Hello from the USAKF (fwd) eskrima: Midwest Seminar eskrima: July Pekiti Seminars eskrima: Burma Vs. Thailand eskrima: Grandmaster Dr. Maung Gyi Seminar in IN eskrima: RE: misc eskrima: . ========================================================================== 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: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 07:41:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: Hello from the USAKF (fwd) Forwarding. Ray - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Martial Arts Enthusiast, We want to remind you of and cordially invite you to the USA Karate/US JuJitsu/ US Kobudo Nationals Championships and combined Halls of Fame and National Tournament on July 14-15-16. This is the USAKF's 26th annual event and we hope you can attend. We will be in Canton, Ohio, just South of Akron-Cleveland, and are within driving distance of most East Coast, Southeast, and Midwest cities. The competition has always been spectacular and this year we will include the US Ju-Jitsu Federation. The facilities are great, the competition will be fun and we are sure that you will agree that this is the best ever. We are going strong. As you know, we changed our mission from representing the complicated bureaucracy of the Olympic Committee to that of developing karate in the USA. That always was and still is our real pleasure. ABOUT THE USAKF --- The USAKF is constantly expanding its interests and includes many important national organizations and their histories. We do GOOD Things for Karate in the USA! We must NOT forget our history and values. And, the USAKF does have the history, many of the Americašs Top Leaders have joined and certified their rank with USAKF OUR GOALS --- There are many Karate-ka through out the USA that work in one "area or another" of Karate. Our Federation is for ALL Karate-ka! The "Competition" program is just one slice of the pie, but we have great and orderly competitions. You can be assured that the referees are properly trained, know the rules, and that you will be treated justly and fairly. Best Regards, Dr. Michael Dunphy, Tournament Director *************** THESE ARE OUR TOURNAMENT WEB SITES: Tournament Web Sites http://www.usakarate.org/dir.schedules/2000usakfnationals.html http://www.usakarate.org/dir.schedules/2000natls_jj.html The entry form is also in Adobe PDF format at: http://www.usakarate.org/dir.schedules/2000natl_entry_form.pdf or email: usakf@raex.com or dunphy@raex.com If there is anything we can do for you please call our office personally at 330-753-3114 or fax me at 330-753-6967. OUR GENERAL WEB SITES: http://www.usakarate.org This site contains pointers to all other sites and is primarily for the USAKF, its, events, news, committees, and the Hall of Fame. http://www.wkf.org This site contains the Kobudokan (US Kobudo Organization); The International Shudokan, The Soryu Karate Federation, the US Jujitsu Federation links and other related information. Soon to be included will be the Central Taekwondo Association and the World Taekwondo Organization. http://www.kwanmukan.com This site contains information on the Kwanmukan Society, the related organization, Director George Anderson and other important persons. It also includes lots of pictures from the past and is a general repository for karate information. ------------------------------ From: Rachel Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:05:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: Midwest Seminar For those interested, the following seminar has been scheduled... Who: Sifu Cass Magda (JFJKD, Filipino Kali, Indonesian Silat) When: July 15-16, 2000 Time: 10:00am-12:30pm; 1:30pm-5pm (both days) Where: Hoy's Martial Arts and Fitness Academy 3409 Broadview Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44109 Fee: $65/day (payment postmarked by July 7, 2000);$75/day at the door Contact: Chris Hoy (216)749-6770 Hoy_Mafa@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: "BILL MCGRATH" Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:57:19 -0400 Subject: eskrima: July Pekiti Seminars July Pekiti-Tirsia seminars with Tuhon Bill McGrath JULY 8TH FISHKILL, NY Kickboxing & Empty Hand Timing Drills 1 TO 5 PM $40 Contact: tuhonbill@pekiti-tirsia.com JULY 22ND & 23RD DETROIT, MI. Single & Double Stick Basics Contact:Mr. Chris Malgeri (810) 616-0580 jkdgym@aol.com At the Fishkill, NY seminar I plan on exploring how fighters of different temperaments can choose from among the same hand techniques the timing, footwork and striking combinations that work for them. At the Detroit, MI seminar we will work on adding power and variety to student's single stick work and show how to expand out of the basic symmetrical double stick drills into the combative applications of these drills. I also plan on showing the empty hand and knife applications of the double stick techniques. Regards, Tuhon Bill McGrath http://www.pekiti-tirsia.com ------------------------------ From: NYCAinfo@aol.com Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 02:41:06 EDT Subject: eskrima: Burma Vs. Thailand Chad brought up several interesting points about the Burma vs. Thailand bare knuckle bouts that occur every year for the Songkran Festival(April 13-15) in Chaing Mai in the north of Thailand. Most of the fighters chosen to compete are not high caliber fighters of the stadiums but often local young fighters generally from the North. One can see the whirling tactics as well as the headbutting and aggressive attacks of the Burmese in the 1999 match ups, where a thai furiously tried to counter the headbutt with vicious elbow combinations. Much credit must be given to the Burmese, the art of lethwei does not have the support that muay thai does and did not flourish in that country like it did in Thailand eventually becoming its number one sport and spawning literally thousands of training camps. After Burma was annexed by the British, Burmese boxing suffered a very sharp decline. From being the foremost sport of elite warriors then known as "royal boxers" it became merely one of the attractions of out of the way pagoda or rice festivals. Burmese boxers were classed with vagrants and habitual offenders under sections 109 and 110 of the Code of Criminal procedure. There are only handfuls of Burmese lethwei fighters who train regularly and systematically or who have a full time Saya to guide and teach them. The fighters usually works the land then travels from town to town taking part in various tournaments or festivals. The art survives but it does not have the platform and support that muay thai does. That it produces fighters able to stand up and fight hard speaks wonders for the method itself. Though the fights on the tape are bare knuckle, the participants are actually using ring or sport lethwei and muay thai though they fight with just wraps on their hands in tribute to the old way. Alot of people viewing the tapes think this is the older, bare knuckle variant which it is not. The use of the elbows against shin kicks, punches, knees exists and is used but in the older systems it is used more extensively. The older art really is the art of 11 limbs not the art of 8 limbs which the sport calls itself because of the additional tactics involving the forearms and head. The elbows themselves are used for blocking, striking, deflecting and spiking the opponent. One must remember that the shins of even a young 11 or 12 year old thai boxer are solid and extremely well conditioned and are able to withstand unbelieveable punishment. One of the principles of the mid line round kick is to batter or damage the arm around the elbow joint area and if the arm is not there directly into the ribs(the end purpose being to swell the elbow area or to swell or crack the ribs, thus slowing down the attacker's momentum). I personally witnessed a Muay Thai champion from Europe in a bout in thailand in a smaller arena who suffered a shattered forearm when he attempts to turn his elbows against the opponent's shin and was blasted higher into the forearm. It took along time for the fighter to recover eventually needing two operations to mend the damage. Best bet is attack above the knee into the thigh which involves getting past the attacking shin and moving dangerously close to punching, knee and elbow range. We are hoping to introduce more of the bare knuckle Burmese and Thai systems to America, their complete arsenal of hair pulling, trips, throws, headbutts, pinches as well as their unique training methods and integration with the weapons art make it a natural for fighters of today who have embraced thai methods in their stand up game and who are alot tougher because of their cross training and NHB experience and will be readily able to assimilate the techniques and variations into their combat and ring work. Vincent Giordano ------------------------------ From: NYCAinfo@aol.com Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:43:02 EDT Subject: eskrima: Grandmaster Dr. Maung Gyi Seminar in IN I had the pleasure of attending Grandmaster Dr. Maung Gyi's Seminar in Indianapolis hosted by the Kongsul Hapkido Association and the Indiana Pencak Silat Mande Muda Group this past Saturday. It was a long drive but Wil Widmeyer who co-sponsored the event was a very gracious host and made us feel at home. Grandmaster Dr. Gyi focused this time around on the Baton System utilized and developed by the UN Special Security Force during the Korean War. An experimental program that was tested by multinational peacekeeping forces in Korea in actual riots and tense stand offs. Three Masters one from Japan, Korea and India colloborated to create a system that could be taught in a relative short amount of time that would focus on non violent, non aggressive arrest and control procedures using a 3 foot police baton. Dr. Gyi started with a historical briefing showing photos of actual riots and demonstrations as well as the aftermath suffered by both sides during these often violent encounters. He followed that by explaining the objective of the Special Security Force of which he was part of and the guidelines they would have to follow. We were instructed during the seminar to follow them as well. Dr. Gyi often during the next five hours interspersed his own unique personal experiences and observations that brought to light the incredible task faced by this special unit in dealing with the often violent crowds of rioters and insurgents. We immediately began with the salutation with the baton which lead into the basic Nine or nine blocks with the baton. Once we drilled the numbers in various combinations we moved on. Once paired up, we worked on counters to people grabbing at the baton: double hand then single hand grabs against the baton followed by single hand grab by an opponent who lets go and/or attempts to flee or evade the security force. Here the introduction of body locks with the baton were brought into play. Counter to a counter being an important aspect of Bando combatics--that the opponent will attempt to counter your counter. Dr. Gyi once again displayed flawless technique executing with power, speed, finesse and precision while prowling over his charges instantly correcting mistakes, answering questions or offering encouragement. Anyone who Dr. Gyi demonstrated on immediately felt the inescapebale vise like lockup that rendered you fully immobilized in a lightning second, ready to be choked out or carted away by Dr. Gyi at will. His skill born of a lifetime of training, fighting, commanding and instructing elite units and actual combat experiences seemed to erase the fact that he is 75 years old and was running rings around us. Soon after we returned to blocking --this time against a padded bat using some of the basic single blocks and combinations from our basic nine. Speed attacks signaled by Dr. Gyi's incessant whistle brought back sweat inducing flashbacks to Thailand when my Krabi Krabong teacher would draw a small circle on the ground, place me in the center of it, then signal my attacker wh o was directly in front of me to attack with single, double or triple strikes with steel single or double swords that would have to be blocked with equal precision and speed while sparks flew violently by my head from the sparking blades. Of course this was much safer but Dr. Gyi nonetheless pushed us and made us feel the pressure to react and stay focused. Dr. Gyi stresed emotional control and discipline when practicing our techniques. He sited examples like when elderly Korean women would approach peacekeeping forces cursing and spitting at them only to then fall away to reveal a hidden insurgent with a pail of urine that would be vaulted into the faces of the security force in an attempt to enrage them enough to violently charge the offender. Moving from the blocking drills, Dr. Gyi expertly demonstrated how to transform the block into a slide or rotation to buffer the attack and begin a simultaneous entry that locked the weapon and the opponent up. Ground work with the baton in case the security force was knocked to the ground or overrun by their attackers followed next. Dr. Gyi again posed a problem of how to escape safely from a downed position and gave us 3 minutes to come up with at least three solutions. As always Dr. Gyi forced the participants to stay alert and work at problem solving by using what they had learned earlier in the seminar. Dr. Gyi moving momentarily outside of the context of the baton rules of engagement and showed some additional techniques that turned our controlling tactics into truly brutal counters which included some very unique baton and python work. He treated us in additional to some unique burmese grappling tactics. We were then instructed on how to use our batons to evacuate wounded officers or fellow security members. Dr. Gyi explained that the method must be quick and again tested our problem solving skills before offering the solution. We broke into teams and raced our wounded officers to safety across the room in the alloted time. Dr. Gyi concluded the seminar by explaining that the program came to an end when it was terminated in 1953. Newer strategies utilized by the rioters such as molotov cocktails brought about the advent of additional technologies such as tear gas to combat the escalating tactics of the rioters. Dr. Gyi felt there was much to learn from this experiment and I agreed, the tactics were superb for close range control and the techniques could easily be escalated to do serious damage to an opponent all with a single baton(or a single baton with a cord). In closing, Dr. Gyi read his own personally written tribute to the Marines during the Korean War. He asked that we remember the War veterans of the Korean War and dedicated the seminar to their memory. A fitting close to an incredible seminar. All I can say is that every time Grandmaster Dr. Gyi has given a seminar it has been a multi-tiered experience, not only do you get a functionally organized and prepared seminar that tests you not only physically but mentally but a remarkably written handout and more information and techniques that you could possibly absorb but yet somehow you can retain it. Dr. Gyi teaches from the heart and by freely giving of his tremendous experience and life work, one feels extremely lucky to be in his presence trying to absorb all he has to offer. We will be having a Baton seminar in New York City in the near future and it will be well worth your time to attend it. Vincent Giordano ------------------------------ From: "Phil Tong" Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 01:33:17 -0700 Subject: eskrima: RE: misc Weapons bag: That was a neat roll-up design on ebay and thanks all for posting info on other sources. Do the FMA "live" blades come with scabbards? Just wondering because yep you guessed it I have once again nicked myself practicing the balisong. Was doing pretty good with two blades concurrently one opening, one closing till went back to single and lost track of the safe handle, doh! Appears I need to add some respect for the blade in addition to my fearless attitude! It all happened in just a split second and lovely bleeder right on the knuckle which means that hand is off the bag till it heals. Forget about gripping an escrima too unless use three finger grip? Drats. Ordered a stick bag from Kombat Instruments as featured on Chad's site, will post comments when it gets here. and Wow, this list is far reaching: Hello to Prof. Frank Ricardo- this is the sensei who held the BJJ seminar at our school! Next time his group visits SF I hope to be more fit to try. (With my luck hope don't break anything ;) Hello to Robbie Castro too, I doubt you remember me but who knows? Congrats on continuing your father's teaching and Kenpo organization. Chee, hello to GM Ralph Castro as well if you get this post - from one of your former CKC'rs and continuing practioner :) To bring this full circle, if any listers in SF planning on attending the GM E. Presas seminar in SF let me know and we can hook up! Oct 21-22 Sat-Sun San Francisco, CA GM Rick Alemany Alemany Martial Arts Center 415-665-3848 Have a great holiday, E-D Phil ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 6:34:07 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #317 **************************************** 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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