Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:54:49 -0700 (PDT) From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 9 #208 - 4 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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Inay (1944-2000). http://InayanEskrima.com See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima/FMA list at http://MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Today's Topics: 1. Video Review (Eric Knaus) 2. Chronology of Philippine History (Ray Terry) 3. Terms (Ray Terry) 4. Doce Pares of Laguna (GatPuno@aol.com) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:23:55 -0700 From: Eric Knaus To: Organization: RonEK Communcations, Inc. Subject: [Eskrima] Video Review Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net "Dog Brothers Martial Arts: Attacking Blocks" featuring Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny: Reviewed by Eric "Top Dog" Knaus When Marc and I first put together the video series "Real Contact Stickfighting" in the early 1990s, my biggest issue with the state of stick fighting at that time was that too much credibility was given to the techniques that had more theoretical value than actual field application. Consequently, the "Real Contact" series was a conscious break from the then traditional forms of instructional tapes and the inception of the Dog Brother Martial Arts teaching credo of "You see it taught, you see it fought". Since the first series things have evolved and now we have the "Dog Brothers Martial Arts" series. The first tape in the series, "The Grandfathers Speak" is a homage to some of the men who brought the art to us in America (including footage of them in action) as well as a look at what the fighting alternatives were at the time that Marc and I (later to be joined by Arlan) were forming the Dog Brothers. The second tape "A Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack" shows a typical day of our fights-advanced as well as intermediate ("The Greatest Hits of the Dog Brothers" will be a future video). With the third tape, "Combining Stick and Footwork" the instruction begins with the vital matter of getting one's stick and feet working together. The "Attacking Blocks" tape is a logical next step in this continuum. Starting with an insightful interpretation of the Pekiti Tirsia Seguida #3 (which vanity prompts me to mention I shared with him) Marc has developed a series of stellar two man training "generators" that allow the practitioner not only to develop skill in vital motions but also to functionalize a broad array of techniques by training them in a highly live manner. The particular generator taught in this video is "Right-Handed 1A". Seemingly simple, RH1A is actually quite subtle and it teaches several important points on many levels. Not only does it teach connecting the knockout lines with the rising block motions, it teaches a matter dear to my heart: the "flying roof block". So little time is spent on this important and still basic part of the game and it's always been a pet peeve of mine that so much lip service is given to the different blocks yet so little of is actually makes it to the battle field. This was not lost on Marc. He draws upon a long history of stick fights (his own as well as those he has witnessed) and punctuates the instruction with plenty of fight footage with voiceover by the two of us that shows in concise detail what did or did not work and why. This understanding really helps the learning process. The particular techniques taught are organized around the concept of range, starting with complete success of the crash (you knock your opponent on his butt) then to clinch (you close and it ties up) then corto (you close to close quarter striking) then media, etc. The viewer also gets a good sense of Marc's stick fluidity especially when he lets loose a quick "ad lib" rip as well as how to transition this movement to the staff (one of Marc's favorite weapons) Also noteworthy in "Attacking Blocks" is the addition of Marc's student Benjamin "Lonely Dog" Rittiner from Switzerland. A well-regarded participant of Gatherings and the only man Marc has promoted to "Guro" in DBMA, Benjamin complements the Marc's movements nicely. With Ben, Marc offers the view a different perspective on how physical size can make a difference and yet how often is does not. Personally I look forward to more of Ben in future tapes. Whether you are a practitioner or a seasoned fighter who has tested your mettle at a "Dog Brother Gathering" (or something like it) you will appreciate the detail and variations that come out of the simplest of concepts. It is one thing to be able to do the mechanics of a particular movement but it's another thing to understand it and to have the training method to bring it up to real time levels. From a technical aspect, you will find the tape very well produced and thought out. I have always acknowledged Marc as the architect of the Real Contact tapes and that is clearly illustrated here. And finally, woven into the instructional footage is Marc's wry sense of humor (some of us call them Craftyisms) - every now and then I felt as though he just leaned over the TV screen and winked at me. Eric "Top Dog" Knaus --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:16:21 PDT Subject: [Eskrima] Chronology of Philippine History Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net The Chronology of Philippine History: in the (Western) World Context Note: The entries on this chronology comes from The People's Chronology by James Trager A Henry Holt Reference Book Henry Holt and Co., N.Y. 1992. As the title of this chronology suggests, this is Philippine History as written by a Western historian and as seen in the Western context, i.e. how the Western world view the Philippines in the scheme of world history. For a Filipino view of Philippine history, the reader is advised to read Agoncillo's A Short History of the Filipino People or for a really concise crash course in Philippine history, Roces and Roces's Culture Shock! Philippines, A Guide to Customs and Etiquette is an excellent source. * 1521 Magellan discovers the Philippine Islands March 15, tries to subdue the native chief Lapulapu, wades ashore on Mactan April 24 with 48 men in full armor, and is killed in a skirmish with Mactan warriors. Only three of Magellan's original five ships have made the Pacific crossing, the other two have been lost, his men have come close to starvation, but survivors of the Mactan encounter sail on in two remaining ships to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. * 1524 Maize grows in the Philippines where Magellan's men introduced the plant 2 years ago. * 1543 Spanish conquistador Ruy Lopez de Villalobos is driven out of the Philippine Islands by the natives a year after discovering the islands and giving them their name. He is captured by the Portuguese. * 1564 Miguel Lopez de Legazpe, 54, leaves New Spain with four ships to colonized the Philippines. * 1565 A colony at Cebu in the Philippines is established by Miguel Lopez de Legazpe, who has been sent out from New Spain by the viceroy Luis de Velasco on orders from Philip II, has conquered the islands for Philip and heads for home with a cargo of cinnamon. * 1571 Manila is founded May 19 by Miguel Lopez de Legazpe. He has subjugated the Philippine natives and moves his capital from Cebu to the new city, using it as a base for colonization. * 1611 The University of Santo Tomas is founded at Manila. * 1624 Japan expels all Spanish traders and puts an end to trade with the Philippines. * 1820 A cholera epidemic begins to kill thousands in China and the Philippine Islands. * 1898 Commodore George Dewey, 60, receives a secret cable February 25 from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt ordering him to proceed with his Asiatic squadron to Hongkong and prepare for an attack on the Spanish squadron in the Philippines in the event of war. The Battle of Manila Bay May 1 begins at 5:40 in the morning when Comm Dewey says to the captain of his flagship, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." By the time a cease-fire is ordered at 12:30 in the afternoon, all 10 ships in the Spanish squadron have been destroyed with a loss of 381 men, while eight Americans have been slightly wounded and none killed. Dewey is elevated to rear admiral May 11. A peace protocol is signed with Spain August 12, and the Treaty of Paris formally ends the war December 10. Spain withdraws from Cuba and cedes Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States, which pays $20 million for the Philippines. * 1902 President Roosevelt officially ends the 'great insurrection' in the Philippines July 4 and commends US troops for upholding America's 'lawful sovereignity.' Beriberi kills thousands in the Philippines following introduction of polished white rice by US occupation authorities. * 1908 The University of the Philippines is founded at Manila. * 1941 Japanese forces land on Luzon in the Philippines December 10. * 1942 Japanese forces take Manila January 2. US troops on the Bataan peninsula surrender to Gen. Yamashita April 9. Most of the 36,000 men are killed on the "death march" to internment camps or in the camps. * 1945 US forces invade the Philippines in force January 9 under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur who enters Manila February 4 and completes recovery of the city within 3 weeks. Washington announces reconquest of the Philippines July 5. * 1946 The Philippines gains independence from the United States July 4 under provisions of the McDuffie-Tyding's Act of 1934. The Philippine Republic headed by President Manual A. Roxas tries to subdue the communist-led Huks peasant party that has appropriated lands in central Luzon. * 1947 Philippine health authorities begin the "Bataan experiment" in an effort to solve the problem of beriberi. The study will show that beriberi incidence is reduced by nearly 90 percent in an area where people are given rice fortified with thiamine, niacin, and iron, while a control population has no reduction. * 1950 A U.S.-Philippine mutual defense pact signed August 30 is the first of several security pacts among anti-communist powers int he Far East. * 1968 Manila lays claim to Sabah on the island of Borneo and passes a law September 18 incorporating the territory into the Philippine Republic after talks at Bangkok with the Malaysian government have broken down. * 1972 Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in response to an alleged 'Communist rebellion' and assumes near-dictatorial powers. (September 21). * 1976 Mindanao in the Philippines loses up to 8,000 in an earthquake and tidal wave August 17 (the disaster temporarily quells a rebellion by the Muslim majority). * 1980 The Philippine passenger ferry M.V. Don Juan collides April 22 with the government oil tanker M.T. Tacloban City while the ferry captain is drinking beer and playing mahjongg. The luxury ship has a legal capacity of 810 passengers and is carrying 1349. 113 bodies are recovered, another 200 persons are missing and presumed dead. President Ferdinand Marcos ends 8 years of martial law January 17 and wins election to a second 6-year term June 16, but Marcos has effectively ended democracy in the country and stifled opposition, using anti- Communism to mask a policy of suppression. * 1983 Former Philippine senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, returns from exile to Manila August 21 and is shot dead upon arrival by an unknown gunman who is himself immediately shot dead. The last national leader still held in detention in 1980, Aquino was permitted to leave the country that year for open-heart surgery in the United States. He formed an anti-Marcos coalition in January 1982 and worked from abroad to restore democracy to the Philippines. Despite warnings that ailing President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife, Imelda, or their political allies (or opponents) would kill him, Aquino had decided it was time to organize opposition to Marcos at home. * 1986 Corazon C. Aquino, 53, assumes the presidency of the Philippine February 26 after winning election amidst charge of ballot tampering by Ferdinand Marcos. Widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, 'Cory' receives support from key military leaders and Marcos is flown to Guam after US pressure has been applied to make him leave Manila. He is given sanctuary in Hawaii (where he will die later in 1989) after a 20-year rule that has bled the country of perhaps $5 billion. * 1991 Mount Pinatubo on Luzon in the Philippines erupts in beginning of June, caking fields, roads, and vehicles with talc-like gray ash, closing airports, and forcing evacuation of 20,000 Americans from Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Station. End of Philippine Entries in The People's Chronology by James Trager. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:18:28 PDT Subject: [Eskrima] Terms Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Filipino The term Filipino originally referred to Spaniards and Spanish mestizos born in the Philippines. Espanoles-Filipinos was the term that these people called themselves. Later, the native indios and Chinese mestizos also called themselves Filipinos in the belief that education and wealth gave them the cloak of Spanish culture. (From Bong Barrameda's Pinoy Trivia Vol. 1, Anvil Publishing, 1993). Pinoy It is believed that the term Pinoy to mean Filipino originated from the early Filipinos who came to the United States. The Manongs (uncles) as the "oldtimers" were also known called themselves Pinoys to distinguish themselves from Filipinos living in the Philippines. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: GatPuno@aol.com Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:35:16 EDT To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Doce Pares of Laguna Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I> > > BTW, has this next question been answered already? The > > Doce Pares club of Laguna to which GatPuno Abon Baet > > refers is not related AT ALL to the Doce Pares club of > > Cebu under the Canetes. > > Yes, that would appear to be the case. > > BTW, just a couple weeks ago I asked Gm Cacoy if he had ever heard of the > Laguna DP group. It was new news to him. > > Ray Terry > raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com > > The same here, Rey I never heard the Doce Pares of Cebu, nor my Dad and my Instructor here in my place Laguna. Until I came and live here to United States. So it is new news to us too from Laguna ,the Doce Pares of Cebu. We are not related, Visaya is far away from Laguna, Its like California and Florida its opposite to each other. Besides we are not Doce Pares Club, this is Doce Pares gathering since (1800's), Cebu is Doce Pares Club since1932. Just Co-insidence they pick the same exact name. No related what so ever, techniques and style is totally opposite to each other. Yes, the Doce Pares of Laguna is name after the book of Charlemagne, of Doce Pares de Francia. It also sybolized the Twelve Grandmasters, that meet every Holy week to test their skill in mounth Banahaw in Holy Friday. They test their skill in Arnis, Eskrima and Anting-anting, and the winner take it all crowned the King of Doce Pares. This Gathering is reached provinces of Quezon, Cavite, Bataan, Bulacan, Batanggas, and up to Bicol region. When I was in Ligaspi City, Amang Idmiro the 70 years old Grandmaster of Kuntaw I study with for three months, told me an story of the Doce Pares of Laguna this about Jan, of 1980, he repeatedly said is the true test of the Eskrimador skills, the man that join the gatehring is only for Grandmasters. I hope I answer your question clearly, if you have more question in regards of Doce Pares of Laguna e-mail naytime at Gatpuno@aol.com. Gumagalang ng Lubos/With deep respect, Gat Puno Abon "Garimot" Baet Laguna Aenis Federation International US Harimaw Buno Federation Hilot Research Center USA --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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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