From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #396 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Sat, 8 Sept 2001 Vol 08 : Num 396 In this issue: eskrima: FMAs in Hawaii eskrima: Re: cerebral palsy Re: eskrima: Senior Villabrille-Largusa Teachers eskrima: Prof. Lantayao and Hawaii FMA school eskrima: bringing the islands together 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). 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: "jose saguisabal" Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 16:09:50 -0700 Subject: eskrima: FMAs in Hawaii Forgive my ignorance, Would someone please tell us a little about the FMA families of Hawaii? There is very little printed about Hawaiian Filipinos teaching the FMAs, and I'd like to know more about what styles, how the techniques differ, who's who, etc. Has anyone from that area come out with a book or video? Are they on the "circuit", or do they teach in just small groups? Any websites? I know, I know--a million questions! Thanks a lot, Jay Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ ------------------------------ From: "hudginsg" Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:02:25 -0500 Subject: eskrima: Re: cerebral palsy Dear Paul: My daughter had the same problem with both feet. She walked on her toes. The cure for her. The doctor put her in molded plastic braces that made her walk with her feet flat. Keeping her flat footed all the time rather than walking on her toes, stretched the tendons so that she is okay today. (She also walked pigeon toed and the braces helped that too) I think we had to do it for about 6 to 8 months changing braces 2 or 3 times as she grew. I don't really remember as my daughter is 20 now and this was when she was somewhere between 2 and 4, Maybe older, I just don't remember. While martial arts probably would help, I think your friend needs to go to another doctor. A couple of years ago, I watched a family friend's son play soccer. He had a very awkward gate running because his parents did not do anything for the same condition when their son was young. You could tell it had a detrimental effect when the boy got to high school and played sports. IMHO I think that the martial arts classes and escrima classes would help with the cerebaral palsy. I had a chance to work with a boy for about 2 to 3 weeks. It was frustrating trying to teach him kali in a wheel chair with all his problems, but I really think that the repeative motions should help in general with his motor skills. > > From: "Paul Woodruff" > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 09:41:06 -0230 > Subject: eskrima: Which Martial Art, for this scenario? > > A co-worker has a four year old son who was recently diagnosed with a mild form of cerebral palsy. One symptom he has, is a shorter than usual achilles tendon, so he usually walks up on his toes. Their physiotherapist is working to stretch the tendon, but suggested they enroll the child in a Kenpo class to help the stretch. Is this the best choice of an art to accomplish the stretching? > > ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:08:57 PDT Subject: Re: eskrima: Senior Villabrille-Largusa Teachers > I just wanted to respond with regards to Senior Villabrille-Largusa Kali > teachers: > Grandmaster Ben Largusa is semi-retired and also in failing health. > Professor Greg Lontanyao is retired and in failing health. > > The three highest ranking practitioners under the Grandmaster and his > choosen successor Mel Lopez are: > Professor Allen Magdangal, Professor Mario Magdangal, and Professor Ron > Hellman which are all still actively teaching privately in the Bay Area. > They also teach seminars and workshops. Each of these > Professors has more than 30 years of experience with the Villabrille Kali > system and yet they are no longer recognized by the Kali Association of > America due to politics. This has happened to many of us over the years > including me. Why not form with these other senior/very-senior practitioners to create a new V-L Kali organization? Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: "Reuben Argel" Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 06:05:32 Subject: eskrima: Prof. Lantayao and Hawaii FMA school Aloha Folks, Just want to respond to the following statement. >Professor Greg Lontanyao is retired and in failing health. I do not claim to represent Prof. Lontayao or his association. It is no secret that he does have health problems but when he was teaching the class last Saturday (which I participated!), he didn't seem retired to me!! The Prof. taught the whole class from 1000 - 1400, with 5 min. breaks here and there. He kept the pace going and seemed to be tireless as the class went on. But he taught it without any assistance from any of his surbordinates. The following day (Sunday), he again taught class for his instructors! Teaching on Labor Day weekend does not sound retired to me! In fact, he is opening another club/school on the Leeward side of Oahu. He stated that he will be teaching this school himself. Mr. Harrell, please do not be offended by my correction and I respect your opinion on your post but I'm just trying to convey that Prof. Lantayao is still teaching and doing quite well here in Oahu, Hawaii. Though I belong to Guro Pat Amantiad's Hawaii Filipino Martial School, I still respect the teachings of Prof. Lantayao and I make every efforts to learn from any one of these instructors if the opportunity presents itself. I would also like to pass on to everyone that besides being a very good teacher, Prof. Lantayao is also very personable individual. He is a class act. I would also like to say the same thing about Guro Pat Amantiad. Outside of the Hawaii Filipino Martial Arts community, no one probably knows of him and our school. I think highly of him as a FMA Instructor and as a human being! He too is a definite class act. Guro Pat and our school (and many other schools in Hawaii) is not listed in any of FAQ's/list of schools on the web or even the yellow pages. Most of them can't afford to advertise or just want to spread the knowledge to those who seek. (Every school has their reasons.) The FMA community in Hawaii is pretty close. All the Guro/GM/Maestro/Maestra etc. knows each other somehow, someway. Students from each school are taught to respect each other. Specially when they meet each other on the Annual Solo Baston Tournament. For a lack of a better word, it is Hawaii's version of the "Gathering" (but not as brutal!). The tournament resembles GM Giron's Bahala Na type sparring rules. A while back, schools here use to send fighters to the Stockton tournament. Every club in the island takes turn in sponsoring the event each year. In summary, like the Villabrille/Largusa school or the Lantayao Org. or the Tabosa school or Delmar School: our school (Hawaii FMA school), our art and our culture/heritage will stand the test of time because of the dedication and leadership of these individuals that we call "TEACHER". Two post in two days, wow! That's the most I've ever written in 5 or so years here in the Eskrima Digest! I shall go back and hide under the Rock that I call Hawaii and be a reader again! My kindest words and appreciation to Mr. Terry and all of his hard work and effort that he puts to promote the FMA through the Eskrima Digest. Salamat po/ Mahalo, Reuben _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ From: "Marc Denny" Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 08:27:57 -0700 Subject: eskrima: bringing the islands together Text messaging thrives in the Philippines: When hundreds of thousands of protesters massed in central Manila in January to oust disgraced Philippine President Joseph Estrada, they were lured out of their homes and offices, not by megaphones or gunfire but by millions of instant messages broadcast to their cellular telephones. "Full mblsn tday EDSA" and "Go 2 EDSA. Wear Black" were among the millions of text messages calling upon Manila residents to gather at the EDSA Shrine to rail against a controversial Senate vote that could have cleared Estrada. Text messaging is so commonplace that one message that claimed the International Exchange Bank was going to fold triggered a bank run. The growth of text messaging in this sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago is staggering. According to Nick Thompson, a senior executive at the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., an estimated 100 million text messages clog the wireless networks each day in the Philippines. That puts the country well ahead of previous world leader Germany by 1 billion messages a month. Why the huge popularity of text messaging in the Philippines? In a country in which almost 40% of the population lives on a $1 daily income, it's cheap (just a few cents per message) compared with the cost of a phone call. Preteen Filipino kids have become so addicted that the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports has banned the use of cell phones in classrooms to prevent cheating. The phones' distinctive ring is common in churches, restaurants, shopping malls, and hotel lobbies. The Philippines has become a popular test market for makers of third-generation information networks. It's not just blocks of text that are zapped between handsets. Animated greeting cards, news bites, gossip, and even love songs can be sent over the Short Message System. "It's so convenient," says real estate agent and photographer Menchit Ongpin. "I can pay bills, reserve seats and movie tickets, get traffic reports, and check email while stuck in Manila's horrendous traffic." The mobile units of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. are adding at least 250,000 new subscribers monthly. And with cell phone penetration at only 10%, the demand for text messaging stands to grow significantly. But as with email, a mistake can prove embarrassing, as it did for one man who thought he sent a missive to his mistress. It went instead to his wife's best friend, who jokingly threatened to reveal the mistake. "He called me immediately, in a state of total panic, pleading with me not to reveal his secret," the best friend said. "I tortured him for a while, then I made him promise to give me a free room for 10 years at their island resort." ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 9:08:47 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #396 **************************************** 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.