Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:30:04 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 9 #361 - 4 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Subscribed-Address: fma@martialartsresource.com List-Id: Inayan Eskrima / FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. 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Inay (1944-2000). http://InayanEskrima.com/index.cfm 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. firearms retention (jabee777@bellsouth.net) 2. Kalarippayattu (Ray Terry) 3. picking ? (Ray Terry) 4. Bombing in the phillipines (Karol Krauser) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:48:23 -0400 Subject: [Eskrima] firearms retention Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Cliff Stewart has some of the best retention methods I have seen. He is a real world type guy(20 plus years as a bodyguard for royalty) and a silat instructor under Pendekar Paul De Thoaurs. His system is called WAR. Check it out as it is very good. Dr Barry Hitchcock --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima), policedo@martialartsresource.net (Policedo) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:33:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] Kalarippayattu Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Maippayattu Basic Callisthenics in Kalarippayattu by S.R.D Prasad Constant strife between the fiefs and the chieftains of medieval Kerala in South India is the critical factor which contributed to the development of combative techniques. And in time, these techniques have been codified and regularized as Kalarippayattu which came to be called as Kerala's martial art. Kalarippayattu further evolved as a comprehensive discipline of physical and psychic culture under the influence of Brahaminical tradition. Gymnastic schools (kalaris) to train youngsters in this martial discipline were established all over Kerala. With the aid of a well-structured syllabus, the gurus imparted payattu training. Payattu terminology (vaaithaari) uses different names to indicate each and every technique employed in defense, attack and averting attacks. Classification The content of the syllabus is classified and taught in four specified heads. They are: Maippayattu: Conditioning and foundational series of calisthenics. Kolthaari: Defense and attack with a variety of wooden weapons. Angathaari: Defense and attack with a range of sharp weapons including sword, spear, dagger etc. Verurnkai: Bare-handed defense and attack. This article deals with Maippayattu. Mai in Malayalam means "the body," and pavattu means "the exercises." Purpose The series of exercises in Maippayattu endow one with agility, suppleness, stamina, endurance, strength, balance of body and stability of footwork. They form the foundation of all other combative postures in Kalarippayattu. In Maippayattu one also learns and perfects various stances, kicks, pivots, pounces and trots. The preceptors of payattu apparently had minutely observed the postures, stances and movements of animals, reptiles and birds. And while developing the different techniques employed in payattu, they adapted some of the observed movements into specific stances with names such as gaja vativu (elephant stance), simha vativu (lion stance), mar/ara vativu (cat stance), ashva vativu (horse stance), sarpa vativu (cobra stance). Structure The preliminary singular exercises are meant to exert maximum exaggeration on the skeletal joints and voluntary muscle groups of the body. Some are explained below. 1. Straight right: Step forward with the left holding your arms stretched overhead, a shoulder width apart, palms facing outward. Swing your right leg high in front, the knee and foot held in a straight line. Aim the swing to touch the right palm with your right foot. Bring down the right foot in a single flowing motion, and hold it in line with your left leg. 2. Outward right: Step left foot forward. Stretch your arms overhead, hold them a shoulder width apart, palms facing outward. Swing stretched leg high, clockwise in front full circle in a single flowing motion. While swinging, brush the right palm with your right foot. At the end of the swing, hold it in line with your left leg. 3. Inward left: Step right foot forward. Stretch your arms overhead, hold them a shoulder width apart, arms facing outward. Swing stretched left leg high, clockwise in front full circle in a single flowing motion. At the end of the swing hold it in line with your right leg. 4. Straight right and split: Repeat "Straight right." Continuing the downward motion of your right leg, move it backwards. Slide that leg to sit with a split. Your right leg remains stretched behind with the instep on the floor. Your left leg remains stretched straight in front on the floor. Your arms remain straight, palms placed on the floor, on either side close to your body. 5. Swing right pivoting: Repeat "Straight right." While ending that exercise, pivot by the right and swivel to the opposite direction. Then swing your right foot high in front as in "Straight right." While ending that pivot again by the right and swivel to the opposite direction. The swing your right foot high in front as in "Straight right." (While pivoting on the left foot, the right foot should not come in contact with the floor except at the end.) 6. Straight right and sit: Repeat "Straight right." After ending that exercise, without your right foot touching the floor, stretch it behind with a long step backwards, and sit on it. Your left leg remains stretched straight in front on the floor, the arc of the left foot turned to the right. Your arms remain straight, palms placed on the floor, on either side of your left thigh. Progressively, these candid movements combined with other complex dynamics become a flowing contiguous set of exercises. Some are explained below. 1. Kick left, step left and leap: Stand upright. Kick high in front with the outer edge of your left foot. Withdraw that foot to knee level of the supporting right leg. Step forward with your left foot. Take off on your left foot, leap forward, and land on the right and place your left foot in front. While leaping stretch your arms in front, withdraw them to cross forearms in front of your chest, left in front of the right. Assume the crouch position with the left foot ahead, arms still crossed in front of your chest. 2. Outward right, step right, turn, jump, kick and lunge: Repeat "Outward right." After that exercise step right foot forward. Then take off from that foot, turn by the right to the opposite direction, kick high in front with the right foot and land on your left foot. After the kick, withdraw your foot and keep it behind with a long step backwards. Shift your body weight on to the left leg, bend the knee, and lean your body forward. Hold the right arm stretched in front. Your left forearm remains guarding your chest. 3. Outward right, turn, inward left, turn: Repeat "Outward right," simultaneously turning to the opposite direction by the right. Standing on the right foot perform "Inward left," simultaneously turning again by the right to assume the original position. By the configuration of the singular movements and the sets in various orders, fourteen series of foundation exercises are choreographed. In operation each series will last to about one and a half minutes. The movements besides being vigorous and resolute are natural also. Crouches, stretches, trots, leaps and lunges are interlaced and incorporated in each of the series to give them grace, flow and power. Each series is sufficient task to put adequate strain on the limbs, lungs and torso. This totality of dynamics in turn helps build adequate endurance and grace of gait meant while one goes on to learn the more advanced exercises in Kalarippayattu. Training The most suitable age to initiate one into learning Kalarippayattu is between 7 and 9. Then the body has its natural flexibility. In about a year, one will be able to learn all the 14 series in Maippayattu. Regular focused practice would endow one with distinctive dynamic faculties of defense and attack readiness. The modern civilized society may solicit a repositioning of Maippayattu. This can be rightly in the realm of pure calisthenics. Almost all the movements of Maippayattu accomplished in varying intensities and repetitions will suit people of all age groups. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:09:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] picking ? Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Does your style employ the term "picking"? What does it mean to you, in your style? How did that name come about? Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:56:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Karol Krauser To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Bombing in the phillipines Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I am currently in Cebu City training. No bombing here just a few shootings in the downtown area which seem normal. There were to dead bodies which had been strangled with wire that were dumped outside the neigborhood I am staying in with signs saying we are thieves. It seem that if in Cebu you keep to yourself and just watch what you are doing you will be OK. I have been travelling in trouble spots like Nepal and India over the past six months exploring different martial arts and have found if you treat everyone with resect and keep a low profile you are usually ok. Karol Krauser __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! 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