From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #470 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Fri, 6 Oct 2000 Vol 07 : Num 470 In this issue: eskrima: Coming soon to an ED near you eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #469 eskrima: Re :DIY Stick eskrima: leathernecks eskrima: . ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1100 members strong! Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource An open FMA discussion forum provided in memory of Suro Mike Inay, Founder of the Inayan System of 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: "Marc Denny" Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:05:32 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Coming soon to an ED near you A Howl of Greeting to All: Sorry for the delay in getting out the Gathering Report, but I overdid it in trying to get myself in shape in a hurry for the Machado Submission tournament and got myself sick. It seems I keep forgetting this lesson and, well, life keeps teaching it to me in equal measure. I can't say I wasn't warned when I asked for ideas the list for bringing my conditioning up quickly after a repeat performance of a sacrum problem. I forget who it was that mentioned the Egoescue method, but I did want to say that this is some very, very right on stuff. Last November when I was really in some serious and prolonged pain from the sacrum thing Guro I. turned me on to a body worker that he uses trained in this stuff (and many other things too)-- a high level guy who works and Olympic sprinters, LA Lakers, etc-- and he really had a different understanding that changed what had seemed like a Sisyphean struggle to a process of genuine lasting progress. This recent flare up is the first time in a long time that this has gone out and it went back in really quickly-- with the Egoescue perspective I have a much clearer sense of what needs doing. It was a really great Gathering, one of the best ever, and I will get to the report as soon as I can. In the meantime maybe Top Dog will surprise with his promised post , , , , :-) Speaking of the whip, Tom Meadows came down to watch and was kind enough to allow me to shoot some video of a taste of what he has been up to with the whip-- at the moment the plan is for it to appear in the video that DBMAA members get with their renenwal-- and let me say it looks pretty damn impressive. For those of you who don't know, Tom was the whip fighter (and one of the staff fighters for that matter) in DB #6. I would say he has used that experience to very good effect. Trying to enter against his 4 foot whip and knife structure would be a very bad idea. Although he's too modest to say so here on the ED, he apparently won some big tournament carenza title with it too. Woof, Crafty Dog ------------------------------ From: "James Wilson" Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 00:10:37 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #469 Tom is right on the mark with the Whip videos. He has been very helpful in my development with the whip. Again, thanks Tom. I have to say the tapes that helped me the most were probably the DeLongis tapes, and the Mark Allen tapes. Although neither is specifically Combat or Filipino, they both teach solid concepts, and are a good starting point from which any educated martial artist can expand. The other tapes, the Keating tape, and the Woodward tape are just OK.. The Keating tape is just a plain mess. He seems to be making it up as he goes. He uses a crappy whip, which I can't get past. The knife stuff is a little interesting, but overall it's not worth it. The Woodward tape has strong concepts on it, altough the execution is a little forced. Woodward seems to be forcing some of the techniques, when he should be showcasing more technique. I think this may also have to do more with the whip he's using than his actual skill (which seems to be very good). I think it's worth having. I just wonder why these guys use such crappy equipment. Even the $60 nylon whip you can get from Point Man Productions or Colorado Saddlery is better than the whips they're using. If your going to make a Instructional Tape I would think you would have done some research and invested some money in good equipment. And with Whips, good equipmet is very important. I remember when I first got my "real" bullwhip. It was like magic. I could do things I only dreamed of with my cheapies. If you are going to get serious about it, save the money, and buy a nice one. It makes all the difference in the world. I'm sure Tom would agree. Of course, you could just watch Tom over and over on the DeLongis tape, like I do. That little intro is the best thing on the combat application of the whip, bar none. Speaking of which, Tom, who do you reccomend for the 3 foot, shot loaded snake? Yours in the Arts, James Wilson ------------------------------ From: "gary" Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 15:29:41 +0800 Subject: eskrima: Re :DIY Stick Here is a simple way of making a home-made ratten stick for private use, there is some other way to made a professional one. Simple method : First, depend on what sort of ratten you have, and how thick is it. Since some ratten even if it is raw, it comes with a very thin coating from the supplier to prevent insect etc. If you have that kind of raw ratten normally the nodes are removed by supplier, you can simply cut it into your desire length, for me, I like it 27 inches with a 3/4 inches thick. Secondly, if you like some pattern printed on your ratten stick, the simply way is to use your oven tin paper, you scissor it into a long thin script, around 12 inches in length and maybe 1 inches in width, then you wrap the tin paper around your ratten stick, made each ring around 1 to 2 inches apart, just look like a snake curving around a stick. Thridly, you use a burner or oven fire, not too strong, yellow frame will be fine, place your ratten on the top of the fire, heat it for a while, not too long, until the pattern wraped by the tin paper have marked on the ratten stick. Forthly, let the ratten cool down, remove the tin paper, (Be careful of tin paper, since it may be very hot), then apply a thin layer of normal clear coating liquid which used by the wooden furniture, you will easily find it in the hardware store or painting shop on the surface of your ratten stick. Fifthly, let the liquid dry, and then bang your way through your favorite home-made ratten stick. gary http://olympia.fortunecity.com/dean/250 ------------------------------ From: "Jonathan Broster" Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:01:28 GMT Subject: eskrima: leathernecks High stiff leather collars were very common in the forces of various European militaries in the Napoleonic era (and before). Commonly called a stock, I think the idea was to keep men's heads up when on duty. It has always puzzled me why the USMC is refered to in this way, when eveyone used to wear them, unless they actively CHOSE to as a form of throat protection. Mabuhay Jon _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 8:54:28 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #470 **************************************** 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. 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