Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 14:47:02 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 10 #136 - 8 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: Eskrima-FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. 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Inay (1944-2000). http://SudludEskrima.com 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. Knife carrying around (Philipp Hammer) 2. Re: Knife carrying around (lakanmdb@aol.com) 3. Mark Wiley interview (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Fernandez) 4. Baguio Arnis Tournament (dougt) 5. playing the hard game (Kristine Strasburger) 6. eskrima in Idaho and Washington (Kristine Strasburger) 7. RE: playing the hard game (Mike Casto) 8. Re: Mark Wiley interview (Ray Terry) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Philipp Hammer" To: Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 13:32:22 +0200 Subject: [Eskrima] Knife carrying around Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hi In germany is now since 1.4.03 a new weapon law active. Butterfly knifes and knifes with a grib in a 90° angle to the blade are forbidden. As a FMA, do most of you carry a knife/a folder in the pocket, when leaving home? Is this common in USA? Salamat Philipp --__--__-- Message: 2 From: lakanmdb@aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 13:45:09 EDT Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Knife carrying around To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Phillip The laws for knife carrying vary state to state. Here in Texas a folder can be carried as long as the blade is not over 3-1/2 " long. I personally carry 2 at all times Mike B. PTK-SATX --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 20:35:26 +0200 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Fernandez Subject: [Eskrima] Mark Wiley interview Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hello, While surfing, I found this interview of Mark Wiley at http://www.alanorr.co.uk/markwIleyinterview.html. What make me upset is that he states that Serrada Eskrima is a purely stickfighting art not a sword art. As an Inayan Eskrima student I am taught that Serrada is a blade art (it comes from Espada y daga). I hope that my seniors in the art or some serrada players will clear this up. Best regards Stephane Fernandez --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "dougt" To: Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 20:04:51 +0100 Subject: [Eskrima] Baguio Arnis Tournament Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hi John, I was interested to read your post on the Baguio Tournament at the end of April. I'll be in the Philippines from this week and in Baguio at around about the same time as the tournament. Could you please let me have any contact details of your school (or local schools) and the necessary requirements for entering the competition. Kind regards, Doug --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:15:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Kristine Strasburger To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] playing the hard game Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Greetings All, I hope it is not too late to put my two cents in on the topic that Marc (Animal) raised regarding the more hard-contact play in training. If nothing else, I bring to the discussion the perspective of being female, and approaching the age of 40; having been involved in the FMA's for over 20 years now. In my own personal training, and in observing others, I have found that unless a person subjects themselves to the kind of training that places them under pressure and adrenaline response, they will not learn how to make their drills and techniques work in real life. There are a number of ways that this kind of training can be experienced. You do not always have to go full-force, or hard-contact to produce an adrenaline dump. However, I contend that a person must experience some kind of shocking training in order to learn how to cope with the shock of being seriously hit or attacked. I am not criticizing anyone who has, for whatever reason, not done any hard-hitting training. Sometimes this is the result of their Instructor's style of teaching (or personal philosophies on this issue), and sometimes it is a matter of personal training goals or confidence level. Whatever the case, I am not saying that you are any less a martial artist for not having trained in this area. One of the creeds of my school, which happens to come from the Bible, sums up my personal philosophy about hard-contact training quite succinctly: "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17). In the spirit of helping each other to become skilled warriors, able to protect our own life and the lives of those we love, to the best of our abilities, I seek out every opportunity to play the hard game with others of the same mind set. For me, it is not about trying to prove that I am better than someone else. There will always be those who are better than I. It is all about taking what I know and have trained in, and putting it to the test. I want to know that what I am doing will be there for me under pressure, and there is really no other way to find that out than to DO it under pressure. And, everyone who does this knows that it takes more than once to work things out. You play hard, you analyze what you did, you see where you got hit, you go back to the basics to strengthen your weaknesses, and you try it again. It is somewhat addictive, as you see yourself improve. I am no big fan of pain and bruises, but they are a necessary part of growth in this area. And really, it is not as bad as it looks. I know that some of you will disagree with that last statement if you misunderstand me to say that pain and bruises are a necessary part of TRAINING. I did not say that they are necessary to training in the FMA's because no doubt there are some schools or instructors that train their students without inflicting either in the process. However, they are an inevitable part of hard-contact play. Properly considered, pain and bruises should be seen as useful training aids. The bottom line for me is to test myself against as many different opponents as possible, and test myself as often as possible. Everyone moves differently, and brings different strengths to the game. Even a person who I work out with regularly will be increasing in skill as I am, so everyone offers the opportunity to help me to hone my fighting skills. And for me, becoming a better warrior in spirit, mind and body is THE reason I invest time in my martial arts training. I write all of this with the utmost respect for you, Marc. I thoroughly enjoyed the couple of times that my boys and I spent with you some years ago. The insight you shared with me then has been invaluable to my growth as a warrior (as above). Kalani is one of the nicest and most humble martial artists I have ever had the pleasure to meet. His quotes are in no way reflective of a guy with a cocky attitude, and he IS plenty good at the hard game. Best Regards, Kristine Strasburger p.s. Mike Casto, that was an excellent article you wrote on the word "player". __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:17:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kristine Strasburger To: Eskrima-Digest Subject: [Eskrima] eskrima in Idaho and Washington Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I am looking for eskrima practitioners in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington areas. Does anyone know of any? Email me off-list if you want. Thanks!!! Kristine Strasburger __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com --__--__-- Message: 7 From: "Mike Casto" To: Subject: RE: [Eskrima] playing the hard game Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:20:08 -0400 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net << p.s. Mike Casto, that was an excellent article you wrote on the word "player". >> Thank you :-) Mike --__--__-- Message: 8 From: Ray Terry Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Mark Wiley interview To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > While surfing, I found this interview of Mark Wiley at > http://www.alanorr.co.uk/markwIleyinterview.html. > > What make me upset is that he states that Serrada Eskrima is a purely > stickfighting art not a sword art. As an Inayan Eskrima student I am taught > that Serrada is a blade art (it comes from Espada y daga). Mr. Wiley didn't really spend that much time training in Serrada. Per Gm Vincent Cabales, Wiley never actually completed his training. So it is not too surprising that he doesn't know it is a blade art. Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues available @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember 9-11! End of Eskrima Digest