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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: size (Lisa Walter)
   2. email virus (rob mulligan)
   3. Escrima wall emblems (anbllc@dslextreme.com)
   4. Bigger Opponent (Khalkee@netscape.net)
   5. News: Keris unearthed in Okinawa (Melvin Lee)

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Message: 1
From: "Lisa Walter" <ebonykawai@hotmail.com>
To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:58:39 -0400
Subject: [Eskrima] Re: size
Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net

<<I think you overlooked the point made, which was, for equally-skilled
opponents, the larger person will generally win due to greater range
and strength.  This skill includes technique and strategy.
I think the statement implies that size is
not included in skill.  With size comes a drop in muscular efficiency
because strength increases with the cross-sectional area, not volume,
of a muscle.  With size comes an increase in inertia and thus a
decrease in dexterity. Generally, a smaller person has greater
dexterity.>>

Then I am not sure I understand the original statement. If what you say is 
true, a larger person is less dexterous and has more inertia. That would 
play against him or her in a fight, and this is exactly what I have found in 
my bouts with larger individuals. So why would anyone feel that larger is 
better?


<<But in general, would you agree that you have a harder time with larger
people?>>

No, I don't agree with this at all. I have learned how to use my size 
efficiently and am now equally comfortable fencing smaller or larger 
opponents. It wasn't always like that and it took years for me to get to 
where I am. But I learned how to use my size against larger people. I use 
dexterity efficiently against brute strength.

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Message: 2
From: "rob mulligan" <panguro3@hotmail.com>
To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:56:09 -0400
Subject: [Eskrima] email virus
Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net

I just got an email to my website email, which is not listed anywhere except 
the website from "bakbakan@aol.com".
it has a virus. do not open the attachment.

                        rob mulligan

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:20:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: <anbllc@dslextreme.com>
To: <eskrima@martialartsresource.net>
Subject: [Eskrima] Escrima wall emblems
Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net

Hi, I have 2 questions for you Kali ladies and gentlemen. Do any of you
know where I can purchase Escrima wall emblems? They are the emblems that
have the stick and daggers. Also, does anyone know of any instructors in
Palmdale California?
Thanks!

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:58:34 -0400
From: Khalkee@netscape.net
To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net
Subject: [Eskrima] Bigger Opponent
Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net

Lisa, well put ... but mano-y-mano is not Chess.  It ain't Go/Wei-Chi/Baduk eithuh!:-)  The effect of MASS has to be factored in in close quarters, especially when the interaction slips into any type of grappling (standing or ground).  Train impacts with someone who is 1 foot taller and 100 pounds heavire and you get the idea.  We cannot simplify/generalize too much.  A larger opponent can require a very different action plan when the interaction is not governed by foils, rules, etc.

Mitakuye Oyasin.

Be well,
Mik

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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 08:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melvin Lee <peg8109@yahoo.com>
To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net
Subject: [Eskrima] News: Keris unearthed in Okinawa
Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net

This news item is from the online edition of The Star,
a Malaysian newspaper. You can view a photo of the
blade at the URL.

URL: 
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/6/26/nation/drkeris&sec=
 
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Thursday, June 26, 2003
Surprising find at Okinawa temple
BY DEVID RAJAH

OKINAWA: An ancient blade of a keris found recently at
the royal 
Enkakuji Temple grounds near the 15th century Shurijo
Castle might unravel 
the ties the Malay world had with these southwestern
islands of Japan.

 As the war-ravaged Enkakuji Temple was being
restored, construction 
workers stumbled upon a protruding porcelain pot
handle at a spot where 
offerings were made to the gods.

 The ensuing archaeological dig unearthed nine other
items, including 
the wavy blade of a keris, foreign to this part of the
world.



 Historians believe the keris could be from either
Malacca or Java as 
Okinawa and the its surrounding islands under the old
Kingdom of Ryukyus 
had diplomatic and trade ties with ancient cities and
ports in Asia, 
including Malacca, before it became a part of Japan in
1879. 

 The blade measuring  22.1cm from the tip to hilt was
found without the 
handle and sheath, as the wooden parts had been
destroyed. 

 According to the Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological
Centre officials 
the blade was found buried along with other items,
including a clay plate 
with carvings of a dragon shaped boat, a glazed pot, a
gold-plated door 
hinge and a metal door skirting.

 The castle restoration work started in 1989 and the
Shurijo Park was 
opened to public in 1992 while restoration work at the
temple is still 
ongoing. 

 Prof Dr Kurayoshi Takara a historian from the
University of The 
Ryukyus said the discovery had not been publicised
much and is unknown to 
people outside Okinawa and Japan.

 He believes the discovery of the blade of a keris
would spark 
international interest among historians and
archaeologists to determine its 
origin.

 “I personally believe it could have been from Malacca
because the 
Ryukyus Kingdom had started trading with Malacca in
the 15th century,” said 
Prof Takara, who has been to Malaysia and Malacca to
carry out research 
on the ancient ties the Kingdom of Ryukyus had with
Southeast Asian 
kingdoms.

 From historical records, Prof Takara said, the
Ryukyus had started 
trading with Siam (Thailand), between 1425 and 1570,
Malacca (1463-1511), 
Patani (Southern Thailand) (1490-1543) and several
other areas in 
Indonesia (Palembang, Java and Sumatra) and Cambodia.

 “Records also indicate Ryukyuan junks went to Malacca
every year for 
49 years and carried out trade with local merchants,
Arabs and Indians.

 “They would bring gold, silver, copper, tin, and
Chinese ceramic from 
mainland Japan and China and trade them for ivory and
wine,” he said, 
adding that there were also correspondence between the
rulers of Malacca 
and Ryuyukus. 

 Malacca was also known for its high quality wine
(believed to be nipah 
wine), but later years Ryukyuans started buying it
from Thailand when 
Malacca stopped making it.

 Okinawa now has its own rice wine known as awamori
and there are about 
40 factories producing them. 

 Prof Takara said the Japan-Asean Exchange Year 2003
is the best 
opportunity to get students in Asean countries and
Japan to carry out 
research work in understanding the different cultures
and  history.

 He said the printing on fabric, locally known as
bingata, is similar 
to batik printing in Malaysia and Indonesia, but no
records had been 
discovered to show bingata originated from Southeast
Asia. 

 A visit to a rice wine factory located at the
foothill of the Shurijo 
Park revealed that drinking awamori has become an
Okinawa tradition.

 A awamori factory owner Takeshi Sakumoto said the
consumption of the 
beverage had become part of local culture, with people
buying and 
storing away a bottle or jug of awamori every time a
child was born and drink 
it when the child reached adulthood at 21. 

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