From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #357 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Sat, 11 Aug 2001 Vol 08 : Num 357 In this issue: eskrima: Kickin' tires eskrima: FMA instructors in the U.K. eskrima: Oy vey eskrima: yo-yos eskrima: . ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1200 members strong! Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The premier internet discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Michael G. Inay (1944-2000), 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 the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima-Digest at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael Koblic" Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:13:04 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Kickin' tires "Lay this little thing on a flat surface and "shin kick" it. You will find out very soon the correct angle and foot placement that works, better that any sparring or drill practice that I've seen so far. " I am not clear on this: Does the tire represent the shin? Or do you kick it with your shin a la Muy Thai? In that case how do you manage to get your shin on the tire lying flat? If the former what "tool" do you use to kick the tire (toes?instep?heel?) Mike Koblic, Campbell River, BC ------------------------------ From: "Anderson" Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:54:46 +1000 Subject: eskrima: FMA instructors in the U.K. Greetings from Guam, I have a request for information concerning the FMA instructors in the Cambridge or local area of Britain. My son is there currently and is looking for a school to train in.. He has been there for a couple of weeks and is going bonkers looking for off duty activites. He asked me to see if there are any instructors in the Cambridge (RAF Mildenhall area) or RAF Lakenheath area where he can start training again... I know that Pat O'Malley and a couple of other instructors are in the UK, but their specific locations escape me at the time any help would be appreciated Bill Maharlika Kuntao Guam ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:34:05 -0700 Subject: eskrima: Oy vey A Howl etc: And now for a humorous interlude; the following showed up in my e-mail box. Yip, Crafty Dog - ----- Original Message ----- From: <12345pe@mail.ru> To: Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 9:31:04 PDT Subject: eskrima: yo-yos Interesting historical reference info on the yo-yo with brief mention of the role the RP played. http://www.spintastics.com/HistoryOfYoYo.asp Some highlights: "It is believed that the yo-yo most likely originated in China. The first historical mention of the yo-yo, however, was from Greece in the year 500 BC." ... "Historical records indicate that 16th century hunters in the Philippines hid up in trees and used a rock tied to a long cord, up to 20 feet in length, to throw at wild animals beneath them. The weapon was able to be pulled up and thrown back down for multiple attempts at the prey. This gave rise to the widespread idea that the practice was the true forerunner of the yo-yo, but this is a stretch of imagination and has no real basis in fact. It is extremely likely, however, that the yo-yo did travel from China not only to Greece, but also to the Philippines, where the yo-yo is known to have been a popular toy for children over a very long period of time." ... "The first recorded reference to any type of yo-yo in the United States was in 1866 when two men from Ohio received a patent for an invention called "an improved bandalore" in that it was rim weighted. One year later, a German immigrant named Charles Kirchof patented and manufactured the return wheel. From then until 1911, although various patents were awarded in the United States related to the yo-yo, nothing notable occurred. In 1916, the Scientific American Supplement published an article titled "Filipino Toys" which showed it and named it a yo-yo. This was explained by some as the Filipino word for "come-come" or "to return". Significant events were soon to happen in the United States." "Meanwhile, back in the Philippines, the natives were becoming experts at making and using the toy. They became excellent wood carvers of the yo-yo and playing with a yo-yo, beginning early in childhood, became a national pastime. Not surprisingly, it was from here that the yo-yo as we know it today was truly introduced into the United States. In the 1920s, a man named Pedro Flores brought the first Filipino yo-yo to the U.S. and in 1928, began a yo-yo company by the same name in California." ... Interesting reading. Check it out. Also, a detailed history timeline available at: http://www.yo-yo.com/history/timeline.html. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 9:49:33 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #357 **************************************** To unsubscribe from the eskrima-digest send the command: unsubscribe eskrima-digest -or- unsubscribe eskrima-digest your.old@address in the BODY (top line, left justified) of a "plain text" e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and the Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.