From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #407 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Tues, 22 Aug 2000 Vol 07 : Num 407 In this issue: eskrima: knife seminar in Colorado Springs eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 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: AnimalMac@aol.com Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:38:04 EDT Subject: eskrima: knife seminar in Colorado Springs Just a reminder, for those of you in th southwest. I'll be holding a street knife survivial seminar in Colorado Springs on Saturday Aug 26th. for more information check out http://www.diac.com/~dgordon/schedule.html ------------------------------ From: "Steven C. Drape" Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 22:03:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 Service Brought To You By http://WWW.DWP.NET - -------------------------------------------- >1. Offer a separate class in empty hands training (pangamot, panantukan, >dumog, ect.). Some people aren't interested in learning weapons and just >want the empty hands training for various reasons. I couldn't agree more with this statement. Our program is broken up into the emptyhand, blade and stick components, and the emptyhand class is always larger than the other 2. Many people just can't seem to make the connection between learning weapons and increasing their emptyhand skill, no matter what you say or how you show them. I teach in Taiwan, but the cost question is moot, since I teach English and business at a university, and the FMA is a club-type of thing, where the students don't pay for classes. Steve Steve_kbs@dwp.net http://www.geocities.com/eartes/KBS_System_index.html ------------------------------ From: "Phil Tong" Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:02:53 -0700 Subject: eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 Ken/all: I can't see > the parents > of an 8 year old being happy with their kid learing to knife > fight or trash > someone with a stick. Ehh, come to SF, "knives are standard issue for 8th grade and above" :P - --- Thanks for your post, plenty of great info & experience. It must've been a hard decision to close your school while it was turning a profit, etc. but for good reason. Your comments about offering a wide variety of training is spot on, esp. for a school in a high rent area. Strange how people balk to pay for excercise/training but any number of other (sometimes recurring) leisure things no problem. Well, I used to be that person too but have turned a new leaf! And lucky for me where I go we have a good variety of curriculum as you mention: three levels cardio kickboxing, Kenpo, Pilates, Arnis de Mano, MD directed sports rehab, even special classes to cert you in CPR etc. Our GM Rick Alemany is the co-founder of the American Teachers Assoc. of the Martial Arts (ATAMA), so we even have regular visits from Guros/Sensei of all kinds of other arts- KJJ, JJ, etc. to cross train us. I know the road isn't easy to operate your own business, esp not a martial arts studio though. At least most retail store owners just sit on their butts, this is a whole different ballgame six-seven days a week, nights too, whew! Unless of course one has a mega sports chain like 24hr Nautilus or something where the other locations can help carry the load too. Noted ALL those places are getting into the act w/boxing, MT, this Kwando stuff, etc. in addition to weights & spinning. Private personal training is pretty lucrative too I see. Well, there is the business side to all this eh? And sounds like there are some budding entrepreneurs here, best of luck to all! At least it is evident the success many of the high profile teachers have achieved with special seminars, endorsements, as advisors to the film industry etc. So go for it! Anyways, I will always give thanks to this E-D and FMA/MA for getting me back on the right path. I could not do this without your initial help and encouragement, you know who you are!!! Salamat Po! Phil, taking the highs with the lows and sticking with it ------------------------------ From: Chad Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 02:05:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #406 I've seen a few places where people ask FMA stylist what is the best MA to study, and obviously the answer is...FMA, right? Or you wouldn't be studying it. Ok, so if asked with the same question, what are list members response, whether FMA or not, and why? BTW, web site has been updated. ===== Chad chad@fullcontacthi.com Full Contact Stickfighting Hawaii http://www.fullcontacthi.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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