Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 08:12:03 -0800 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 11 #140 - 10 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. Re: My teacher's passing (Steve Klement) 2. Re: My teacher's passing (Joseph Camins) 3. Maestro Ybanez' Passing (Ed Peregrino) 4. Condolence (GatPuno@aol.com) 5. Pugil's post on attracting women (Michael Massie) 6. student retention (Kimberley Hobbs) 7. Re: red suit training (steven ledwith) 8. Re: Re: Lock-blade Knives. (stickfighter@charter.net) 9. From an article...force on force (Jye nigma) 10. Re: Re: Lock-blade Knives. (Jared Dame) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Steve Klement Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 01:53:31 -0500 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Re: My teacher's passing Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Condolences from the Students and Instructors of Inayan Systems International. It is in times like these that we realize just how small the FMA community really is. Our thoughts are with you at this sad time. -- Steve Klement Inayan Masirib Guro www.inayaneskrima.com klement@inayaneskrima.com Inayan Systems International On Apr 2, 2004, at 12:58 AM, Felipe Jocano wrote: > It is with great sadness that I announce the passing > away of my teacher, Maestro Elmer Ybanez, of the > Lightning Scientific Arnis International, and founder > and creator of Lema Scientific Kali Arnis System > (LESKAS). --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Joseph Camins" To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] My teacher's passing Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:58:50 -0800 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net My prayers and condolences... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Felipe Jocano" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 21:50 Subject: [Eskrima] My teacher's passing > It is with great sadness that I announce the passing > away of my teacher, Maestro Elmer Ybanez, of the > Lightning Scientific Arnis International, and founder > and creator of Lema Scientific Kali Arnis System > (LESKAS). Maestro Ybanez passed away on Wednesday > March 31, at 5:15 am, in Seattle, Washington. > Maestro Ybanez was one of the most valued and best > students of GM Benjamin Luna Lema, founder of the > Lightning Scientific Arnis International (LSAI). In > the 1990s, he began formulating the basic elements of > what would later on become LESKAS, his expression of > Mang Ben's style of arnis. > Maestro Elmer has gone on to a far better life than we > have here in this world. Though he is gone from us, we > strive to keep alive his memory, remembering him as a > superb practitioner, a fantastic teacher, and most of > all a wonderful human being who in many ways embodied > many of the characteristics we his students wish we > all had. > Plans are being made to bring his body home to the > Philippines after a memorial service in Seattle. > > With much sorrow, > > Bot > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 1800 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Ed Peregrino" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 23:32:23 -0800 Subject: [Eskrima] Maestro Ybanez' Passing Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net My condolences to Maribel (Maestro Ybanez's wife), to his family, and to all his students and peers. Again, it is with great sadness to see another one of many great eskrimadors passed away. I had the pleasure of not only meeting Maestro, but also become one of his friends here in the Seattle area. I have seen Maestro in action several times but none left more impression that PG Hufana's World Filipino Martial Arts Expo in Bellevue Washington last September. Watching him teach and show his system left all of us at awe. His drive as a fighter and his passion not only to his system but to the whole FMA, can be seen by all. Maestro fought long and hard during his stay in the hospital, a true sign of a great fighter. He will definitely be miss by many. We will especially miss him at this year's World Filipino Martial Arts Expo and Laban Laro in Las Vegas as he is one of the returning instructor from last year. I am sure his memory will live on and he will always be with us in spirit. Again, my condolences to Maestro's family, students, and peers. With great sadness, Edwin Peregrino Hufana Traditional Arnis International www.arnisador.com _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp --__--__-- Message: 4 From: GatPuno@aol.com Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:13:53 EST To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Condolence Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Mr, Bot Jocano the family of Guro Ybanez and student, In behalf of the Garimot Arnis and my family. Please accept our condolence to the passing of your teacher GM. He may find peace in other side after life. May God grant him peace and eternal life.( Sumalangit nawa ang kanyang kaluluwa). Gat Puno Abon "Garimot" Baet Laguna Arnis Federation International World Harimaw Buno Federation Hilot Research Center USA > > It is with great sadness that I announce the passing > away of my teacher, Maestro Elmer Ybanez, of the > Lightning Scientific Arnis International, and founder > and creator of Lema Scientific Kali Arnis System > (LESKAS). Maestro Ybanez passed away on Wednesday > March 31, at 5:15 am, in Seattle, Washington. > Maestro --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Michael Massie" To: Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 05:47:26 -0600 Subject: [Eskrima] Pugil's post on attracting women Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Pugil - nice Guerilla Marketing tactics! Just goes to show that if your "why" is big enough, you'll always find the "how" of things. One thing I would like to mention - if you are having difficulty retaining female students, it may be that your male students are chasing them off, inadvertently. Some MA studios can have a "high-testosterone" feel to them that can quickly turn women away. If you think this is the case, you may consider having a dedicated "women's only night". If all else fails, start doing exit surveys to find out why they are leaving. Good luck Kim! -Michael D. Massie MD Marketing, LLC E-mail massie@small-dojo-big-profits.com Web www.small-dojo-big-profits.com ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." President Theodore Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Kimberley Hobbs" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 09:26:38 -0330 Subject: [Eskrima] student retention Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net     Thanks to Fred, Pugil, Jared, and Karen for your thoughts/suggestions. Our classes are always fun, the head instructor is excellent and the assistant instructors are great too. The beginner classes always focus on the basics....footwork, evasions, basic punches and kicks,and basic stick work. Beginners are not permitted to spar but we do a lot of work on equipment...focus pads, thai pads, etc. As you know, even equipment drills can get intense. Maybe some females are intimidated when they see us beating the heck out of the thai pads...seeing someone's partner launched into the air after a good set of skip knees is a beautiful but scarey thing.   Our club is located on the University campus. The other martial arts available are Shotokan, Judo, and Aikido. It seems most females gravitate toward Aikido or the cardio kick class offered in the camus fitness centre. Perhaps we need to beat the heck out of the pads in time to some funky music  ;-) Kim Hobbs                                                                                                             Diversified Combat Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------ STOP MORE SPAM with MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 05:32:10 -0800 (PST) From: steven ledwith Subject: Re: [Eskrima] red suit training To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net "Redsuit" type training works great but I agree with you about the problems it presents. You have to have someone in the suit who will act and react appropriatly to make full benefit of the training. As for the jabronies who will not cooperate, we usually take them out of the suit and give them a few hard shots to teach them what the reaction will be. --- jason couture wrote: > Hello - I've had a few opportunities to train with > the > "red suit" through the military and I've found it to > be OUTSTANDING training. You get to really unload > on > a person without much of the damage that would > normally follow. The other side of that coin > is......the "red suit" (guy) doesn't react like a > normal person does when hit. All that padding stops > the reality. It's great for target selection and > power generation but, if the wrong person is in the > suit, he or she might not (and I've seen it happen) > develop the right kind of respect for the type of > power being unleashed on them. Example: I was > training with an ASP, I hit the "red suit" guy as > hard > as I could, first on the knee joints as a warning to > BACK UP/GET DOWN!! He kept coming. Alright, I > struck > him down at the clavicle (WHACK!!!!!) he rushed me. > I > poked him in the face with a #11 strike (modern > arnis), this surprised him enough to stagger but, > again he rushed me. Etc, etc... > I remember playing full contact with some of my > friends and shots like those ended the round quick! > It just always goes to show that there are always > holes in what ever training your trying to do. If > you > put pads on, people might not respect the blows. If > you go full contact without pads, people get tore up > and don't come back to play again, ha,ha,ha,ha. > > ===== > **JASON COUTURE** > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 1800 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts > Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ --__--__-- Message: 8 From: To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Re: Lock-blade Knives. Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 13:33:56 +0000 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > I would recommend checking out the Benchmade knifes. They are of very high quality. I carry one teh handle and lock on this blade are second to none. The have an large slection and can be found on benchmade.com Mac, > From: ulfhead@integrity.com > Date: 2004/03/26 Fri AM 04:00:17 GMT > To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Lock-blade Knives. > > Since one of the latest topics here was on knife drawing drills I have a > question. Can anyone suggest some of the better lock blades out there? I have > always been wary of lock blades, as most do not have a guard and I am worried > about the lock failing. I am also always worried about my hand slipping on > these knives. Thus, I am a big fan of fixed blades with good guards. But lock > blades are just so compact and conveinient... and with today's technology I am > curious if there aren't any lock-blade knives that have great grips. Thanks in > advanced for any help. > > - Tyrkon - > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 1800 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 05:16:17 -0800 (PST) From: Jye nigma To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] From an article...force on force Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net FORCE-ON-FORCE TRAINING IN HIGH GEAR BALLISTIC MICRO-FIGHT CERTIFICATION. ADVANCED FORCE-ON-FORCE SCENARIO TRAINING USING HIGH GEAR AND THE BLAUER 'REPLICATION' PRINCIPLE. A great group of instructors showed up in Montreal for this 3-day course. Here are some photos and comments from the program. HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS: I just got back from the PDR BMF Certification course with some thoughts I would like to share with everyone. Training with 18 highly motivated PDR Coaches in High Gear was an experience in itself. I have never been involved in such a physically intense course in my life. Just imagine doing force on force training for three straight days in a wide variety of ballistic scenarios. I have been training with Tony Blauer and his Team for many years now, and it never ceases to amaze me, the amount of evolution in his research and drills. My favorite drills throughout the weekend were Range Rover, Mirror Drill, and the Threshold drill. Everything was about dissecting the components of the street fight, and the formulas that lie within creating each scenario, so that your training incorporates credible threats, with credible tactics. The Ballistic Micro Fight formula can be applied to any arena of fighting, whether that be in the ring, the octagon or the street. It truly was a great experience, and I look forward to training with everyone again. Robb Finlayson, PDR Team Edmonton Coach, The BMF was a fantastic learning experience. Learning the proper procedures for putting together a safe and real world applicable BMF was outstanding. The most important realization I had at the session was that the BMF was not about putting on High Gear having a scenario and then beating each other up. But was a safe and scientific procedure for preparing one for the dangers of the street. While I had little bits and pieces this session showed how to really start putting the puzzle together properly. Safety is not just about the street, but the proper training protocol. And that is what the BMF session delivered. How to be prepared for the street and how to do in the most effective and safe way possible. If I had to pick out a favorite drill from the session I really couldn't. But that is because of the "Lego System" and how you start to see how everything is interdependent upon one another. Nothing stands alone or is done just for the sake of doing something else or different. I would say though that just the understanding of whether a drill is static, dynamic or alive was eye opening for a better understanding of the entire BMF process. As well as the "Mirror" Evolutions we did on Saturday. I could go on and be more in depth, but the BMF needs to be experienced and learned personally from Coach to be truthfully understood, appreciated and gain the most benefit. You can't be a PDR coach overnight! Joe Skovira PDR Team Cleveland The Ballistic Micro Fight session in Montreal this past weekend was phenomenal. Working key drills with other PDR coaches allowed me to experience my own strengths and weaknesses. As always, Coach Blauer's research and depth of knowledge in real personal defense showed through in every drill. I agree with Robb, the workouts in High Gear challenged me both mentally and physically. The emphasis was of course on the Ballistic Micro Fight formula. It is the only system I know of that can combine credible attacks with credible tactics, set up _alive_ drills to work your emotional, psychological, and physical arsenal while at the same time keeping the participants safe from injury. If I had to pick just one favorite drill from the weekend it would have to be Designated Hitter where the attacker can throw a haymaker or tackle. Imagine having three attackers (in High Gear) walking towards you, trash talking, and anyone of them can throw a haymaker at you or tackle you at any moment. This drill definitely creates anxiety, fear and adrenalin. If the formula is followed, it can be done safely at real speed. I have always had faith in Coach Blauer's system, but this weekend strengthened my personal confidence in the system and its tactics. Thank you Coach for your hard work and coaching thanks team for your energy and synergy. With Safety In Mind, Rob Gebhart, PDR Team Washington State Coach Blauer is always mind blowing and the system is what it is, but what really made it special to me was that it was the first time I had been to a session exclusively with current PDR team members. As I look back on it, what stands out for me is how Coach and the system has profoundly and positively affected all of us "the same way differently". If we as PDR coaches continue to work diligently to acquire principles and then systems level proficiency...can you say ripple effect! My thanks to Coach, Sean & the TEAM Hope to see everyone again soon. Tom Arcuri PDR Coach New York --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today --__--__-- Message: 10 From: Jared Dame Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Re: Lock-blade Knives. Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 07:49:05 -0800 To: Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I carry at least two benchmade knives with me at all times and the feel and locking mechanisms are nothing short of the best, the warranty is awesome, and look and feel is functional and sexy. Disclaimer: They tend to be expensive, at least for the titanium. Jared On Apr 2, 2004, at 5:33 AM, wrote: >> I would recommend checking out the Benchmade knifes. They are of very >> high quality. I carry one teh handle and lock on this blade are >> second to none. The have an large slection and can be found on >> benchmade.com > Mac, >> From: ulfhead@integrity.com >> Date: 2004/03/26 Fri AM 04:00:17 GMT >> To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net >> Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Lock-blade Knives. >> >> Since one of the latest topics here was on knife drawing drills I >> have a >> question. Can anyone suggest some of the better lock blades out >> there? I have >> always been wary of lock blades, as most do not have a guard and I am >> worried >> about the lock failing. I am also always worried about my hand >> slipping on >> these knives. Thus, I am a big fan of fixed blades with good guards. >> But lock >> blades are just so compact and conveinient... and with today's >> technology I am >> curious if there aren't any lock-blade knives that have great grips. >> Thanks in >> advanced for any help. >> >> - Tyrkon - >> _______________________________________________ >> Eskrima mailing list, 1800 members >> Eskrima@martialartsresource.net >> Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource >> Standard disclaimers apply >> http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 1800 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. 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