Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:44:37 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 12 #141 - 9 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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Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. 2200 members. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Michael G. Inay (1944-2000). See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima/FMA digest at http://MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Today's Topics: 1. "A Pondering of Principles" by Mike Casto now available (Mike Casto) 2. Re: "A Pondering of Principles" by Mike Casto now available (iPat) 3. A mixture of Chinese and Spanish arts !!! (Ray) 4. ...FMA in the movies... (Clint Cayson) 5. Re: ...FMA in the movies... (Shawn Keren) 6. RE: ...FMA in the movies... (Wieneke, Myron) 7. Re: Balintawak training (WoodyTX) 8. FMA in movies (Brian Hamilton) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Mike Casto" To: Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:12:40 -0400 Organization: I.M.P.A.C.T. Academy of Martial Arts Subject: [Eskrima] "A Pondering of Principles" by Mike Casto now available Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hey all, I've written a martial arts book that's now available. The book is called "A Pondering of Principles." It doesn't focus on a specific martial arts system. In the words of one reviewer: ''This book touches on everything someone should know, but few actually do, by the time they reach black belt.'' Places it can be found are: http://catalog.impactacademy.com http://www.lulu.com/casto http://www.amazon.com http://www.barnesandnoble.com http://www.books-a-million.com You should also be able to order it from your favorite bookstore - by the title, author, or ISBN: 1411623444 Mike --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:32:26 +0100 From: iPat To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [Eskrima] "A Pondering of Principles" by Mike Casto now available Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Good luck Mike On 4/14/05, Mike Casto wrote: > Hey all, I've written a martial arts book that's now available. -- iPat live for today, live for tomorrow "Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection..." --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:51:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] A mixture of Chinese and Spanish arts !!! Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net These fighting sticks can breaks bones Dan Pinkowski teaches the Philippine martial art of escrima, which uses combat sticks. By Sherry Boas | Special to the Orlando Sentinel Posted April 14, 2005 CLERMONT -- Every Wednesday night men and women gather at Hapkido Brothers Academy to learn a form of martial arts from the Philippines. Known as escrima, arnis or kali, this blend of Chinese martial arts and Spanish sword fighting is serious business. "It's a very deadly art form," instructor Dan Pinkowski said. "If you are versed in escrima and have sticks with you, you can easily hold off 10 to 12 men." Those self-defense and combat sticks are made from materials ranging from aluminum to heavy cocobolo wood. Pinkowski prefers those made of burned rattan, the traditional material for the 26- to 28-inch-long sticks. With fluidity, rhythm and timing, the sticks are used to strike and defend. Sometimes instead of sticks, a stick and dagger or two swords are the weapons used in this form of noncompetitive martial arts. "Escrima is a real down-dirty street-tactic type of stuff," Pinkowski, 50, said. Pinkowski, who has a sixth-degree black belt in hapkido and a black belt in karate, began his martial-arts training with judo in 1964. At that time, judo was one of the few martial arts available to study in the United States. As the years passed, more forms of martial arts were introduced to American students. Pinkowski soon became accomplished at tai kwon do, hapkido and kung fu. "I grew up in an area on the South Side of Chicago where everyone hated the Japanese and Koreans. I wanted to know why, so I began learning as much as I could about the Asian culture. The more I learned, the more I wanted to learn," Pinkowski said. Pinkowski's fascination with Asian culture can be seen in all aspects of his life. When he lived in the Midwest, he owned a martial-arts studio in Indiana, was the tactical instructor for the Northwest Indiana Police Academy and assisted the Chicago Police Judo Club. For two years he was on the Porter County (Indiana) Sheriff's Department payroll as an instructor for officers and deputies. "Some of the things I taught were tactical defense, take-down procedures and riot-control procedures," Pinkowski said. Since moving to Florida, his full-time job is vice president of marketing for a Chinese pharmaceutical company. He also organizes trips to China for special-interest groups. Pinkowski lives in Sarasota and travels to Clermont each Wednesday to teach the class at Billy Lee's Hapkido Brothers Academy. "Billy and I go way back together. We both studied together in Chicago in the early '70s," he said, adding, "I knew him when he had hair." Quick to respond, Lee quipped, "And I knew Dan back when he was skinny." Charlie Adkison, who works in the finance department of an independent retail pharmacy, is one of Pinkowski's students. He travels to Clermont from his home in Grand Island, near Eustis, to take the escrima class each week. "I did karate and tai kwon do and felt that wasn't enough," Adkison, 31, said. "I came here for hapkido because it was more for self-defense and then began to take escrima. Escrima is a lot of circular motion and so is hapkido. They complement one another." Student Keith Kelly, 30, of Clermont works as a firefighter. Like Adkison, he finds that escrima provides him with more self-defense techniques than other forms of martial arts. "We learn how to use sticks and knives instead of kicking and punching," he said. --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:21:28 -0400 From: "Clint Cayson" To: Subject: [Eskrima] ...FMA in the movies... Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hi Guro Harris, Here are some of the movies and actors that are exposed to FMA: 1. Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy - Matt Damon 2. The Punisher - Tom Jane 3. Time Cop II - Jason Scott Lee 4. Resident Evil - Mila Jovovich 5. The Spawn - Michael Jai White 6. Crimson Rivers - forgot the French actor's name 7. Pitch Black & Riddick - Vin Diesel 8. Cold Harvest - Gary Daniels The Philippine Movie that I know is/was "Lapu-Lapu" the local actors' name is Lito Lapid as the main character. I'm sure some of my Filipino (kababayan) brothers would give more details on this. I'm sure there are lots of movies that FMA is involved with in Hollywood but those are the movies that I really like to watch over and over not to mention "The Hunted". I hope this helps. Clint --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Shawn Keren" To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] ...FMA in the movies... Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:53:41 -0700 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Great list but you should add: Brotherhood Of The Wolf - Mark Dacascos Drive - Mark Dacascos Crying Freeman - Mark Dacascos Only The Strong - Mark Dacascos Any other movie with Mark Dacascos ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Cayson" To: Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:21 AM Subject: [Eskrima] ...FMA in the movies... > Hi Guro Harris, > > Here are some of the movies and actors that are exposed to FMA: > 1. Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy - Matt Damon > 2. The Punisher - Tom Jane > 3. Time Cop II - Jason Scott Lee > 4. Resident Evil - Mila Jovovich > 5. The Spawn - Michael Jai White > 6. Crimson Rivers - forgot the French actor's name > 7. Pitch Black & Riddick - Vin Diesel > 8. Cold Harvest - Gary Daniels > > The Philippine Movie that I know is/was "Lapu-Lapu" the local actors' > name is Lito Lapid as the main character. I'm sure some of my Filipino > (kababayan) brothers would give more details on this. > > I'm sure there are lots of movies that FMA is involved with in Hollywood > but those are the movies that I really like to watch over and over not > to mention "The Hunted". I hope this helps. > > > Clint > _______________________________________________ > Eskrima mailing list, 2200 members > Eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Wieneke, Myron" To: "'eskrima@martialartsresource.net'" Subject: RE: [Eskrima] ...FMA in the movies... Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:39:55 +0100 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net There's a Lito Lapid/JC Bonin Philippine Arnis movie called "Kamagong". Very classic almost "basics/fundamentals" Arnis moves, JC Bonin does a lot of double sinawali moves during practice but during competition, if I remember correctly, a lot of basic 6 strikes, some "punyol" and mixed with some basic kicks. What's actually very interesting to see is the "daya" (cheating) and "gulang" (dirty tricks) that the bad guy uses during the fights. Regards, Myron Wieneke -----Original Message----- From: Clint Cayson [mailto:Ccayson@bocaresort.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:21 AM To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] ...FMA in the movies... Hi Guro Harris, Here are some of the movies and actors that are exposed to FMA: 1. Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy - Matt Damon 2. The Punisher - Tom Jane 3. Time Cop II - Jason Scott Lee 4. Resident Evil - Mila Jovovich 5. The Spawn - Michael Jai White 6. Crimson Rivers - forgot the French actor's name 7. Pitch Black & Riddick - Vin Diesel 8. Cold Harvest - Gary Daniels The Philippine Movie that I know is/was "Lapu-Lapu" the local actors' name is Lito Lapid as the main character. I'm sure some of my Filipino (kababayan) brothers would give more details on this. I'm sure there are lots of movies that FMA is involved with in Hollywood but those are the movies that I really like to watch over and over not to mention "The Hunted". I hope this helps. Clint _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list, 2200 members Eskrima@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. 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Woody On 4/11/05, jay de leon wrote: > The days you do not go to class, or self-train, or heal, find another fun sport like tennis, surfing, golfing, hiking, bike riding, etc. Or even a non-sports hobby. > > Jay de Leon --__--__-- Message: 8 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:37:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Hamilton To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] FMA in movies Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net "As a movie fan, especially martial arts movies I'd like to see more of our art in film. Since "The Hunted" , there doesn't seem to be many other productions out there featuring our art. -Guru Harris" --snip-- Let's not forget about the Bourne movies Jeff Imada did those, check out the extras on the second movie. Speaking of Imada, "Rapid Fire" has the best trapping/empty hand fight scene in an American movie to date w/ Brandon Lee vs. Al Leong. Two great martial artists; I especially feel Leong is under-rated. My two cents -Brian __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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 1994-2005: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of Eskrima Digest