Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:54:03 -0700 (PDT) From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 9 #144 - 7 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.8 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Sender: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net List-Help: List-Post: X-Subscribed-Address: rterry@idiom.com List-Subscribe: List-Id: Inayan Eskrima / FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. 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Today's Topics: 1. Modern Arnis Seminar (Dan McConnell) 2. Re: Robert Cato's "Moro Swords" (Steve and Roberta) 3. bringing weapons on a plane (Eric Taimanglo) 4. nunchaku (Frank Lee) 5. More US troops (Ray Terry) 6. tabak toyok (phil) 7. Re: Disarms (Kjowers194@cs.com) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: mccfamily@plexis.net (Dan McConnell) To: Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:35:31 -0400 Subject: [Eskrima] Modern Arnis Seminar Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hello All, Modern Arnis of Ohio will host a seminar on Remy Presas' Modern Arnis on Saturday May 18,2002. It will be at the Hilliard Budo Center 3840 Lacon rd. unit 4, Hilliard, Ohio. Hilliard is a suburb of Columbus. It will be from 12:00-4:00 p.m.. The cost will be $50. in advance and $60. at the door. The instructor will be Guro Daniel McConnell, a direct student of the late Professor Remy Presas. Topics to be covered will include "traditionals" such as banda y banda, rompida, palis palis and how they connect to tapi tapi. Also covered will be espada y daga, disarms and joint locks. For further information or flyers please e-mail modernarnisofohio@yahoo.com or call the Hilliard Budo Center at 614-771-5599. Thank you, Modern Arnis of Ohio --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Steve and Roberta" To: "Eskrima Digest" Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:53:16 -0400 Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Robert Cato's "Moro Swords" Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Rob asked: I also have some friends who have been trying to locate copies of Robert Cato's book, "Moro Swords." Again does anyone know of a source for this book? Thanks. \Response: I purchased this book about a year ago from Archipelago Books in SF. They used to be called Sulu Books. http://www.arkipelagobooks.com/ Well worthe the $50 On a similar vein here's a good website with a wealth of colector info. http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~dspf/fren.html Steve Van Harn Arnis Sikaran - Jornales System --__--__-- Message: 3 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:44:30 -0700 From: "Eric Taimanglo" Organization: Lycos Mail (http://mail.lycos.com:80) Subject: [Eskrima] bringing weapons on a plane Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Back in 97, a balisong or other bladed FMA paraphernalia might not have been a problem. Today, it would be a different story. Airport security personnel are on the watch for EVERY type of blade now... a balisong or kris, it would be safe too say, are definite no-no's. If you decide to go ahead and give it a try anyway, expect to spend a lot of time explaining to security who you are and why you have FMA weapons with you. I suggest that if you wish to bring weapons back with you, mail them to yourself. See Dave Matthews Band live or win a signed guitar http://r.lycos.com/r/bmgfly_mail_dmb/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_020201/splash.asp --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:45:33 -0600 From: Frank Lee To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] nunchaku Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net In answer to, "Is there any real point in training to use Nunchaku. . ." Yes. Training with them teaches the mechanics of similar weapons such as a length of chain, etc, which are more likely to be encountered in today's environment. Learning to use or defend against such weapons can only make for a more skilled martial artist. --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:27:25 PDT Subject: [Eskrima] More US troops Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net More US troops go to Philippines >From correspondents in Manila 19 Apr 02 The United States is sending 2,700 more troops to the Philippines for a joint military exercise, three months after a smaller US force was dispatched for a controversial counterterrorism mission. The three-week exercise with 2,900 local troops begins on Sunday and is aimed at helping Washington's biggest Southeast Asian ally improve its defences and ability to participate in UN peacekeeping missions, the Philippine military said. The latest batch of troops comes on the heels of a 660-strong American military contingent, which began arriving in the southern Philippines in January to train Filipino soldiers to fight against a Muslim militant group believed to be linked to the al-Qaeda terror network. The military exercise will be held on the main island of Luzon, in the north of the sprawling archipelago, far from the on-going six-month exercise in the south, where the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group has been holding an American missionary couple and a Filipino nurse for more than 10 months. Daily protests in the capital, Manila, accompanied the start of the manoeuvres in January, with leftist groups claiming they violated constitutional provisions on the activities of foreign troops because 160 US Special Forces soldiers could accompany local forces into combat zones as observers. The Supreme Court struck down a legal challenge but warned the Americans, who are authorised to shoot only in self-defence, not to undertake offensive operations. Another 300 US naval engineers are on a ship off the coast awaiting Philippine government approval for three months of civil projects aimed at fostering development in the poverty-stricken, Muslim-dominated south. The new exercise will involve US forces based in Hawaii and Okinawa, Japan, along with the Navy landing ship USS Fort McHenry and 36 US helicopters, transport planes and fighter jets. A statement from the Philippine military said the manoeuvres will enhance its pilots' night-flying and search-and-rescue skills, while army troops will gain command skills and experience in helicopter operations, field-artillery firing and close-air support. The latest exercise has sparked little public resistance, but it also carries dangers because communist rebels operate in the area. The New People's Army - the armed wing of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines - claims it and a Muslim separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, will be the next targets of the expanded US war on terrorism after Abu Sayyaf. Philippine officials have denied the allegation. In a statement last month, party chairman Armando Liwanag said the Philippine government was "trying to prepare public opinion for the entry of more and more US troops under the guise of an indefinite series of joint military exercises". "As in Vietnam and the whole of Indochina, where the US war of aggression was defeated, we must be ready to use the social and physical terrain of the Philippines to inflict severe casualties on the invading US forces and to take punitive action against US economic and related interests." The government and the communist rebels opened peace negotiations last year, but President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered a suspension after guerrillas assassinated a former congressman. Informal contacts between the sides continue. --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "phil" To: Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:29:46 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] tabak toyok Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I really like the tabak toyok, nunchaku for developing several very valid characteristics. Sometimes I have found it has helped people coming to my class who are having a hard time to develop circular motion and flow for solo practice. It has alot to offer in terms of wrist strength and the muscle memory developed at the same time is only beneficial for an escrimador. If properly "researched", meaning with qualified instruction and then personal experimentation and reflection minus Ego the concepts gained are another part of the bigger picture. Maybe sometimes picking up something new means you will train for a little longer or one more day than usual. The only concern I would have is that rather than build bad habits from the beginning, have some one qualified show you at first. Phil --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Kjowers194@cs.com Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:48:41 EDT To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Disarms Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net We just had one of our officers have to deal with a 60 year old male subject armed with a screwdriver. Freeze +P ( a chemical agent) did not work on this subject and when they attempted to grab his arm he attempted to stab and officer (none of these officers have had any type of martial arts training and our Use Of Force training typically sucks; last time anyone swung a stick during training was about two years ago). The other officer had his 26" Asp baton out and struck the subject in the forearm, visibly breaking the radial bone with this strike. The subject NOT drop the screwdriver and the officer struck him again on the wrist (the guy was still trying to get at the other officer) breaking it as well. Still the screwdriver was not dropped. He struck the broken forearm AGAIN, causing the suspect to pause for a moment (still didn't drop the screwdriver). Officers tackled him and wrestled the screwdriver from his hand. Bones were broken bad enough to be taken to Memphis (78 miles away) for immediate surgery. Guy said it hurt, but that's all. Sometimes even the best disarms don't work. Of course you could have peformed the Glock 22 disarm (suspect would be dead) or if only we could carry swords.........(: Ken Jowers --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. 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