From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #542 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Sun, 19 Nov 2000 Vol 07 : Num 542 In this issue: eskrima: missing posts eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #541 eskrima: Frank Cucci eskrima: Clarifying myself about the Dog Brothers..... eskrima: RE: eskrima: RE: FRANK CUCCI eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #541 eskrima: Beauty and the Dog eskrima: Sundry eskrima: Schools in San Antonio eskrima: Grandmaster Delaney eskrima: . ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1200 members strong! Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource An open FMA discussion forum provided in memory of Mangisursuro Mike Inay, Founder of the Inayan System of Eskrima. 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Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: "Mike Casto" Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:04:24 -0500 Subject: eskrima: RE: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #541 << From: Sinjay36@aol.com Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:19:18 EST Subject: eskrima: FRANK CUCCI Has anyone heard of former NAVY SEAL, FRANK CUCCI ? He has a school here (VA BEACH, VA) called FUNCTIONAL DEFENSIVE CONCEPTS, and i was wondering if anyone has heard of it, and/or has any info or know websites with info on him or his school/method? (he teaches hand-to-hand, knife fighting,and Arnis) any info would be appreciated THANK YOU JAY >> Hello Jay, I have met Mr. Cucci once and seen him teaching a seminar (I was only able to attend for the last 15 minutes or so and just sat and watched). He seemed to be a very nice, humble, and respectful guy. He also seemed very good (both as a martial artist and as a teacher). I know that he's certified by Guro Dan Inosanto. I don't know what all he does, but I think he's a kali player and a heavy Muy Thai player. I'll stress, though, that I know very little about his background and have no idea what he's teaching. I'm just making an educated guess based on his training with Guro Dan. At the seminar I watched, he was teaching Muy Thai. I would definitely check him out. Regards, Mike ------------------------------ From: boyd5755@att.net Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 04:24:25 +0000 Subject: eskrima: Frank Cucci From: Sinjay36@aol.com Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:19:18 EST Subject: eskrima: FRANK CUCCI Has anyone heard of former NAVY SEAL, FRANK CUCCI ? He has a school here (VA BEACH, VA) called FUNCTIONAL DEFENSIVE CONCEPTS, and i was wondering if anyone has heard of it, and/or has any info or know websites with info on him or his school/method? (he teaches hand-to-hand, knife fighting,and Arnis) any info would be appreciated THANK YOU JAY Jay, I trained with Frank for about three years. Starting with him when he had a handfull of guys in a very small building. He is an excellent martial artist certified under Guro Dan Inosanto, Master Chai and others. He was a full instructor under Paul Vunak but is no longer affilitated with Paul's organization. He was training in BJJ under Pedro Carvalho I believe. I don't know how far he is now, he was a blue belt 4 years ago. He has changed his school name to "Lynxx Academy" and has a website by that name. If you are looking for instruction in that area, you may want to contact Chris Anderson in Hampton. His impressive bio can be found at: http://www.fighting.net/chrisanderson/index.html Chris is focused on realistic combat/self-defense training, is an excellent martial artist and teacher. He is one of the best grapplers I have ever trained with. You may also want to look up John Davis. He lives and teaches in Va Beach, is a decorated police officer and a full instructor under Paul Vunak as well. Hope this helps. Train for combat, fight for peace, Boyd ------------------------------ From: "Joe McCray" Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:06:53 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Clarifying myself about the Dog Brothers..... Actually I don't think I came across the right way...I still don't spar as they do....I just loved the comradery, and the atmosphere of the whole group of Dog Brothers. Another thing that I learned is that it's just like any other kind hard contact training with a good teacher. They only go at a level that you can work with. They have a sparring method called "No Wind" - meaning that the stick can not make a whooshing sound (thus the term "wind") during sparring. What I was really trying to get at with the last email was the atmosphere, the mutual respect, and the want for improvement ---> not just for yourself, but for all members in that pack. This is what I'm looking to bring to my martial arts students --> there's a love for your fellow pack member that just isn't there in a lot of martial arts training sessions. Now a few of instructors in our system are coming to realize this. During our last seminar with Dr. Gyi a few weeks ago....a friend of mine that teaches in another state did some stick sparring late at night after the seminar. He has been doing a lot of harder stick sparring lately, but since he is the teacher he doesn't really get to unload on people --> since his stick sparring is always in a teaching situation. He wanted to get with me so he could really go at it a little bit. I ran him down with a hard charge and a flurry of strikes right away......it didn't take long for him to get into the groove and he unleashed the most beautiful leg shot...... He caught me with me an "aldibes" (sp) -->upward diagonal strike/block/re-direction - I really can't put this into words, but the shot took my stick of play by knocking it to the side temporarily..........then he shot in for a beautiful shot right to the inside of my knee. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!! I ran and I hugged him it was such a nice shot....he's really getting better with his stick game. I can't put it into words, but that's feeling, and that's why I think you should come to a gathering - not to beat the hell out of someone. Crafty I hope that you can elaborate more on this - being the articulate one.... Joe - -----Original Message----- From: Badger [mailto:baj7d@unix.mail.virginia.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:44 PM Cc: Joe McCray Subject: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #541 Hey, Joe, No disrespect of the DB system intended with my comments about the brutality of it. I know from experience in the FMA and TKD that it's a lot harder to do damage with kicks and punches than one might expect. I also know people can take a lot and keep coming at you. I was just curious about Salty's injury, being in the medical field, it looked a bit scary, pulsing blood geyser and all. Early in my FMA career we used to fight with padded sticks and I had one student that sustained a rather gruesome injury by accident that turned me off to the hard contact stuff for a while. I do think the DB are on the right track and admire what they are doing. They've definitely advanced the art a huge amt by their sweat and sometimes blood, and tears!! At any rate, when the DB get a cane and handicapped aluminum walker division, maybe I'll enter, hehe. Glad to hear you're enjoying it though. - -Badger Arnis Lastra, Arnis Lanada ------------------------------ From: "Johnaleen" Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:10:42 -0500 Subject: eskrima: RE: Here you go Ray First here Is Jeff Delaney's Email address.... and then you will find the Us Modern Arnis Home page...... there i believe you should find anything you would like to know about his history...... and if there is anything that you would like to directly ask him about that's not listed there you now have an email address..... He will be back home and have access to his email on Monday...... jeffdelaney@modernarnis.com http://www.modernarnis.com/index.htm This way i don't make any historical mistakes and you can now go to the source....... Johnaleen bows deeply to you........ F.A.T.E. Facilitating Awareness Through Empowerment 1-888-526-4626 F.A.T.E@f-a-t-e.org www.f-a-t-e.org From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:41:00 PST Subject: Re: eskrima: Re: Modern Arnis..Media Pa Seminar... New Grandmaster.. > Professor sent His Newly Appointed Grandmaster.. Jeff Delaney In his Place.. Can you tell us more about Grandmaster Delaney? His history, etc? Are there other Modern Arnis grandmasters under Remy? Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: "Johnaleen" Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:19:33 -0500 Subject: eskrima: RE: FRANK CUCCI FRANK CUCCI Address Linxx Academy of Martial Arts 983 Providence Square Shopping Center Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Telephone (757) 495-7070 Web site www.linxxacademy.com Email info@linxxacademy.com Jay is that what your looking for ? Hope it helps Johnaleen........... F.A.T.E. Facilitating Awareness Through Empowerment 1-888-526-4626 F.A.T.E@f-a-t-e.org www.f-a-t-e.org ------------------------------ From: Kaliarnis@aol.com Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:37:42 EST Subject: eskrima: Re: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #541 Hello, I live in New York City and I am interested in learing FMA. Would it be possible to get info on martial arts schools in New York City. In advance Thank you. kaliarnis@aol.com ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:59:51 -0800 Subject: eskrima: Beauty and the Dog A Howl etc: Thanks to all who replied to my Yay Beauty post for their good humor. To follow up, my point is that those hosting and participating in the event didn't seek to criticize anyone not interested in participating, so why the hot button response in attacking them? Of course thinking people don't take these things seriously, (and I suspect that would include many of the participants) anymore than they take Barbara Streisand's comments on politics seriously because she is a singer. The appeal of beauty is hardwired into the human animal. Certainly it can be overplayed and often is overplayed, witness the bizarre surgery & silicon cult centered here in Los Angeles, but I suspect the answer to my question of "why the hot button response" is a certain "culture war" mindset that seeks to stomp out those of different values, but these folks didn't attack you for yours. I offer for your consideration the notion of live and let live. Woof, Crafty Dog ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:16:37 -0800 Subject: eskrima: Sundry A Howl of Greeting to All: > Just for fun... > > Ray > - -------------------------------------------------------- > > WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10 - Leaders of Florida's > Seminole tribe filed suit today in federal court, > claiming that the use of arrows on election ballots was > demeaning and intimidating to Native Americans. , , , , , , > The suit calls for the scalp of the local election > officials who designed the ballot. FWIW, CNN reported the other day that a class of 4th graders was given the ballot, and 100% of them voted without problem. >Ray Terry > Subject: eskrima: combat drills ? > > IMHO some (many?) of the drills we practice do not fully prepare us for all > out combat situations. e.g. in flow sparring, we do a one for one, I attack > as you block, then you attack as I block, then repeat that sequence N times. > In lock-n-block one is the feeder while the other is the feedee. In neither > case is one practicing actual strategies that may be needed to quickly > and appropriately end those highly intense interpersonal encounters. > > Yes, contact sparring can help develop that. But what drills or teaching > methods have you tried to help the student develop their 'eye' for combat? Good question Ray. I'll be interested to see replies to this one. >Joe McCray" > Subject: eskrima: Thoughts from the gathering & msg to Badger about DBMA > , , , , >I just happened to have attended the > last gathering. I was one of those guys that really did a lot of work on my > stick game (yes I'm quite the sumbrada guy), but I've owned the Dog Brother > tapes for several years. > > Over the years - talking with Burt Richardson, emailing Marc Denny while I > was in Japan - I began to stick fight a little bit harder. Mostly padded > stick stuff. I finally met Dog Brother Ian Wilde in Japan, and I was > completely sold on the DB mindset. Ian "Shaggy Dog" Wilde told me he very much enjoyed meeting you and your students in Japan. > It's not about beating the hell of people - it's about learning, and > experiencing martial arts. It's actually respect, you're not out there to > hurt people. You go hard out of respect for the person that you are working > with. Another thing that I learned was that I was sparring too hard, too > often. They don't do that fighting like you see at the gathering all the > time. More drilling, more technical work, and light sparring. > > This last gathering in September was my first time actually attending a > gathering. I was so overwhelmed. I loved every minute of it. Everyone was so > nice, it was such a good time. I don't plan to every miss another one. > > , , , come to a gathering and watch. > Don't fight - just sit and watch. You have to see it!!!!!!!!! I've been > doing martial arts for nearly 20 years, I've boxed, kickboxed, grappled, > fought in NHB, done JKD, Kali, Silat.....you have to see this. You have to > meet Marc, and meet Eric. The really present martial arts in the right > light. > > I EXPERIENCED martial arts, just by meeting these guys. This is the way MA > should be done. Everyone just trains, the egos are nowhere to be found. , , , > Joe Joe, you put a wag in my tail! Thank you very much. > Subject: eskrima: FRANK CUCCI > > Has anyone heard of former NAVY SEAL, FRANK CUCCI ? He has a school here > (VA BEACH, VA) called FUNCTIONAL DEFENSIVE CONCEPTS, and i was wondering if > anyone has heard of it, and/or has any info or know websites with info on him > or his school/method? (he teaches hand-to-hand, knife fighting,and Arnis) > any info would be appreciated > THANK YOU > JAY Yes, Frank was a Navy SEAL. If I am not mistaken, he is a student of, and certified instructor under Guro Inosanto. He also has a series of videos with Panther Productions. Woof, Crafty Dog ------------------------------ From: Trickruner@aol.com Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 02:32:37 EST Subject: eskrima: Schools in San Antonio I'm moving back home to San Antonio to go to school and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any schools in the area. In addition to Filipino MA I'm also interested in Muay Thai, Judo, and wrestling. Thanks everyone, Jeremy Frost ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 7:40:22 PST Subject: eskrima: Grandmaster Delaney > Here you go Ray > > First here Is Jeff Delaney's Email address.... and then you will find the Us > Modern Arnis Home page...... there i believe you should find anything you > would like to know about his history...... > and if there is anything that you would like to directly ask him about > that's not listed there you now have an email address..... He will be back > home and have access to his email on Monday...... > > jeffdelaney@modernarnis.com > > http://www.modernarnis.com/index.htm Thanks. I see him listed as Master here, not Grandmaster, unless I skipped over it... Not that it really matters. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 7:43:08 PST Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V7 #542 **************************************** 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.