From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #384 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Tues, 8 Aug 2000 Vol 07 : Num 384 In this issue: eskrima: Majapahit eskrima: Training methods for full-contact sparring eskrima: Re:Sarong, malong, sablay eskrima: new search engine eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #383 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: Mikal Keenan Date: 7 Aug 00 15:41:03 CDT Subject: eskrima: Majapahit Indonesia came under the influence of a mighty Indian civilization through the gradual influx of Indian traders in the first century, A.D., when great Hindu and Buddhist empires were beginning to emerge. By the seventh century, the powerful Buddhist Kingdom of Sriwijaya was on the rise, and it is thought that during this period the spectacular Borobudur Buddhist Temple was built in Central Java. In the thirteenth century the Majapahit dynasty based in and around East Java, began the foundations of a Hindu empire that was to dominate the entire Indonesian archipelago, parts of the Malay Peninsula and part of the Philippines for two centuries. This was the beginning of profitable trade relations with China, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Siam (Thailand), Burma and Vietnam. Monuments across Java such as the magnificent Prambanan temple complex near Yogyakarta the mysterious Penataran temple complex in East Java and the ethereal temples of the Dieng Plateau are all that remain of this glorious period in Indonesia's history. The first recorded attempt at armed invasion of Indonesia is credited to the notorious Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan, who was driven back in 1293. Arab traders and merchants laid the foundations for the gradual spread of Islam to the region, which did not replace Hinduism and Buddhism as the dominant religion until the end of the 16th century. A series of small Moslem kingdoms sprouted up and spread their roots, but none anticipated the strength and persistence of European invasions which followed. In 1292, Marco Polo became one of the first Europeans to set foot on the islands, but it wasn't until much later that the Portuguese arrived in pursuit of spices. By 1509 Portuguese had established trading posts in the strategic commercial center of Malacca on the Malay peninsula. Their fortified bases and the inability of their enemies to unify against them allowed the Portuguese to control strategic trade routes from Malacca to Macau, Goa, Mozambique and Angola (Africa). - --- In the latter 1300's, Singapore (Sanskrit: Singapura) was caught in struggles between Siam (now Thailand) and the Java-based Majapahit Empire struggled for control over the Malay Peninsula. According to the Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals), Singapore was defeated in one Majapahit attack, but Iskandar Shah, or Parameswara, a prince of Palembang, later killed the local chieftain and installed himself as the island's new ruler. Shortly after, he was driven out, either by the Siamese or by the Javanese forces of the Majapahit Empire. - --- Great topic. Sounds like Majapahit and Siam were contenders. There was more but I got work to do. Meetahkeeyoh-ahsay, Mik ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ From: Scytale Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:01:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: Training methods for full-contact sparring I'm a long time lurker but first time poster, so I'd like to say a quick word of thanks to all the contributors to the list. You guys give me lots to think about and work on. Also Mark Mills, my instructor here in Columbia, SC even though I've been working on my own for a while, was the first to open my eyes to the more reality-based martial arts and give me a solid base from which to work. My friends and I have recently started some full-contact sparring. We are working our way up the weapons tree: starting from boxing only, to hands and feet, and eventually adding grappling and weapons (knife, stick, etc). One of the guys is another long time martial artist who, like me, has had a good bit of traditional training to start with, plus FMA and Thai as his skills and attitudes matured. We started doing the full-contact sparring to see what our years of training had indeed bought us and it has been a very rewarding experience so far. Enough of the preamble! Last Saturday we were analyzing our latest fights and we hit upon a question I thought you folks on the list might be able to help with. Say you are training with full contact (gloves, headgear, cup, shin pads) fighting in mind. Lets also say you have a technique or two that comes naturally to you and could almost be regarded as a 'talent'. For him it would be his hook punches and for me it would be my roundhouse kick. Since training time is limited, do you think you would see better results by: A) Training heavily the 'talent' technique to sharpen it further and broaden its usefullness. This does not mean to neglect other skills, but the main focus is variations on this technique and its interactions with other skills. - -or- B) Since the 'talent' area is already in good shape, train it less and focus on other skills in an attempt to produce a well-rounded toolbox. This scenario assumes at least a basic competency with all of the techniques involved, but maybe not enough to make them *really* useful and effective. Thanks guys. Bryan Creel shadow_of_the_dawn@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: WEE Shin Hoe Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:25:36 +0800 Subject: eskrima: Re:Sarong, malong, sablay Dear Joceyline, This is a very useful multi-purpose piece of garment. You can use it to carry your baby, make it into a cradle to rock your baby, change your cloth in it without the need of locker room or use it to bath in a river. Not just women, but even men love to use it here. I always carry one when I am travelling to the interior. Wrap it around me when I sleep to keep the mosquitoes away, it is thin enough that you will not feel too hot in the humid tropical rainforest. Sincerely, > From: "Branwen Thomas" > Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:21:47 -0230 > Subject: eskrima: Re:Sarong, malong, sablay > > (Hope this isn't too off topic Ray, :) > > thanks guys, for the info. The garment I have, which my Sifu calls a > sarong, is a long tube of material, about 2 ft wide, and joined at the ends > so that it is a circle, about 5 ft in diameter (I suck. I imagine I'd have > to wear a tunic or something underneath it, or else there would be naughty > bits exposed ;) It's really big to wear as a wraparound skirt..I guess I'd > have to pin it or something. I can see wearing it over the shoulder and > down to the hip, and imagine it would be very good for carrying babies > in...I guess I'll just put my cat in there...;) If I knot it at the waist, > I have this massive chunk of cloth (i'm only small) on my hip...i guess > I'll just keep playing with it. > > I'm familiar with pareos, and can wrap one fairly well, but this tube of > cloth has got me stumped... > > :) jocelyne > Roaring Girl > * Purveyor Of Fine Books * Beater Of Bodhrans * Smiter Of The Wicked * > * Owned By Angus, Most Elegant And Pleasing Of Cats * ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 21:07:22 PDT Subject: eskrima: new search engine Our site, your site, http://www.martialartsresource.com is now using a new search engine. I installed it today and so hopefully it will work okay for y'all. The new engine allows one to search through more files (2300+ on The_Dojang side and 2100+ on the Eskrima side) in less time than before. With the old engine we had reached its max limit. Please let me know if you encounter any problems. Thanks. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: "Steven C. Drape" Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:05:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #383 Service Brought To You By http://WWW.DWP.NET - -------------------------------------------- >I'm familiar with pareos, and can wrap one fairly well, but this tube of >cloth has got me stumped... Take the tube and fold the top down inside the botton half, making a double thickness tube that is much smaller. It is then much easier to wear as a skirt. I was shown about 10 or 12 ways to tie one by a member of the Tausug people, whose men do still wear the malong from time to time. One way even creates underwear as well as the outer covering, all from the single tube of cloth. My wife sleeps in one, using it like a sleeping bag, I wear one around the house as lounge wear, and when I'm in the Philippines, often will wear one on the beach, etc. A very versatile garment. Steve Steve_kbs@dwp.net http://www.geocities.com/eartes/KBS_System_index.html ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 22:01:38 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #384 **************************************** 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 and the Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.