Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 06:26:08 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 10 #369 - 3 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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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. Synthetic Sticks (William Schultz) 2. Re: Spanish Fencing (Young Forest) 3. Re: new school (Felipe Jocano) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "William Schultz" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:32:09 -0400 Subject: [Eskrima] Synthetic Sticks Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Norm wrote: >>Does anyone have any experience using "polycarbonate sticks" for training >>or full contact sparring>> Norm, Stay away from Ploycarbonate, it's got one hellacious reverberation from full force striking (and will likely shatter). This is something I posted on another forum about my experimenting with synthetics: ************************************************************** As always, very objective review. While we're on the subject. On synthetic materials: I have been testing a few thermoplastic/synthetic materials for a while now. I was getting tired of burning through rattan so fast during full force ranging drills that I wanted to see what else was out there. Don't get me wrong here, I love using rattan (Oh that burning smell, Ummmmm...) but I wanted to test other materials. I checked into some of the folks selling synthetic sticks but couldn't bring myself to pay the price they were asking on something I couldn't heft before buying. So, I opened the phone book and called some local plastic rod suppliers and explained what I was looking for and what I wanted to do with them. Some folks thought I was a bit off my rocker (which I am). After trying a few different materials, I settled on Delrin, it is my favorite so far. It's a thermoplastic that is used for making gears and ball bearings to name a few uses for it. Very tough stuff. It's black and it looks smooth but actually has a slight texture to it that allows me to use it without any wrap at all. I haven't had a problem with it slipping, even bashing in 90+ degree heat. A 1" diameter stick, 31" long is a bit heavier then an equivelent rattan stick. So far I have not been able to shatter them. They've held up to full force bashing (delrin to delrin) in ranging drills. There is a little reverberation, but nothing like polycarbonate (ouch). It will rip the hell out of rattan in no time flat (your training partners won't be happy). Lite striking to the body tells me that I don't want to get hit with these things full force. I've taken full strikes with rattan, but this stuff has a nasty penetrating quality to it that would shatter bone.......cooool!!! And, at only about $8.00 a stick (if I remember correctly). William ********************************************* If you want to read the whole thread, go to: http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showthread.php?threadid=6573 William Schultz New England Pekiti-Tirsia Pitbulls Mongrel Combative Systems _________________________________________________________________ Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Young Forest" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:12:34 +0000 Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Spanish Fencing Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net >Another excellent resource is The School of the Two Swords >(www.alliancemartialarts.com) Actually, the School of Two Swords and Alliance Martial Arts are two different groups - the latter is my guro Pete Kautz.  I would highly recommend him if you are interested to see just how medieval/renaissance martial arts compare with FMA. BadgerOttawa ON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:15:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Felipe Jocano Subject: Re: [Eskrima] new school To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Dear Robert: To give students what they came for is more than knowing the technical aspect of your curriculum - it has more to do with who and what you are both in teaching them and in the rest of your daily life as well. Be honest with them about what they can get and cannot get from you. Some will stay, some will leave - but they will always remember you as a person of integrity. There's more to be said, but unfortunately, not enough time or space to say it in.... Congratulations on your instructorship. May you indeed touch the lives of your students deeply. Bot --- Kali Warrior wrote: > I just started teaching and would like some advise > anyone can give me. How can > i get students and give them what they came for. How > can I make my school > different from others. Let me know what you guys > think. Salamat !! > > Guro Robert Palomo > Head Instructor > Sabayan Kali Martial Arts Academy > http://www.sabayankali.com > > > > a true master is not the one with the most students > but one who creates the > most masters > > [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type > text/x-vcard which had a name of Robert Palomo > (E-mail).vcf] > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 1700 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry and Martial Arts > Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.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. 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