Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:04:08 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 12 #146 - 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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Battle of Mactan (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Subject: RE: [Eskrima] Gun Kata / Weaponcraft Kata Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:37:04 -0400 From: "Clint Cayson" To: Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Speaking of dry firing, does Pekiti Tersia Kali have some "Gun Katas" or "seguidas". Not really sure if these are part of system... just curious. Thanks. "Learning is like rowing upstream: To not advance is to fall back." ----Confucius (Lun Yu)---- -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:rterry@idiom.com] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:41 AM To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Gun Kata / Weaponcraft Kata >Van Keller produced a video in the late 80's or early 90's called "Weaponcraft >Kata" which was a dry fire training system. I have that video. Not bad, not bad at all... Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com _______________________________________________ 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: 2 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] Play fighters do not win in later life Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Play fighters do not win in later life 15 April 2005 NewScientist.com PRACTICE doesn't make perfect for duelling meerkats. Vigorous play fighting as a pup does not improve a meerkat's chances in important adult battles, dispelling the most popular theory to explain youthful brawls. As juveniles, many animals indulge in dangerous and energetically costly battles with litter-mates or other youngsters. Biologists have often assumed the rationale behind this play fighting is to develop the motor skills and coordination necessary for successful adult fights. For meerkats the stakes are particularly high as only the dominant male-female pair in a colony gets to breed. The others are condemned to mere nest attendant duties. Lynda Sharpe at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, studied a population of wild meerkats in the southern Kalahari desert in South Africa from 1996 to 2002. She followed 18 pairs of same-sex litter-mates, recording the number, frequency and outcome of play fights and the individuals' ultimate status within the group as an adult. She found that young meerkats who played frequently were no more likely to win play fights, adult fights or become a member of the dominant pair. Furthermore, meerkats showed no sign of improvement with extra play sessions (Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.013). Sharpe believes that while play fighting may not produce highly trained combatants it could have an important role in brain development. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:38:04 -0700 (PDT) From: jay de leon To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] WFMA Seminar this weekend Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Just a reminder. WFMA Spring Camp Seminar and Tipunan Seminar this weekend. Prelude to Myrlino Hufana's Expo and Laban Laro and IMAFP (Modern Arnis) Tipunan or Gathering this August in Anaheim, CA Thanks. Date : April 23-24, 2005, Sat - Sun. Time : 9:00AM – 4:00PM PM Location The Martial Arts Institute 9349 Melvin Ave., #7 Northridge, CA 91324 (corner Corbin/Plummer) Tel. 818-775-1545 Director : Jon. J. Felperin Instructors Scheduled : Myrlino Hufana – Hufana Traditional Arnis, Bellevue, WA Jay de Leon – Modern Arnis & Inosanto Kali, Murrieta, CA Roger Agbulos – Lameco Eskrima, North Hills, CA Larry Alcuizar – Durex Arnis & Doce Pares Eskrima, Los Angeles, CA Fee : $ 125.00 at the door To pre-register, call 951-894-1452. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Ken Borowiec/Rudolph Research Analytical" To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Play fighters do not win in later life Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:02:51 -0400 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Lynda Sharpe at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, studied a population of wild meerkats in the southern Kalahari desert in South Africa from 1996 to 2002. She followed 18 pairs of same-sex litter-mates, recording the number, frequency and outcome of play fights and the individuals' ultimate status within the group as an adult. > > She found that young meerkats who played frequently were no more likely to win play fights, adult fights or become a member of the dominant pair. > Furthermore, meerkats showed no sign of improvement with extra play sessions (Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.013). Sounds like training, it might give you an idea of what to do. But when it comes to the moment of need will fear and adrenaline make you forget it? I felt this my first BJJ tournament. After I tapped I thought of a dozen things I could have done to not tap. While my first stick fighting tournament I felt adrenaline and not fear and I faired much better. I think the key is to learn to control the fear and learn to use the adrenaline. Kenny --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:52:41 +0100 From: billlowery@tinyonline.co.uk To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] RE: Grandfathers Speak DVD Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hi Marc, Obvious question. Will the DVD be available in European PAL? Bill ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/ --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Ray Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Gun Kata / Weaponcraft Kata To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:03:02 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Speaking of dry firing, does Pekiti Tersia Kali have some "Gun Katas" or > "seguidas". Not really sure if these are part of system... just > curious. Thanks. Thanks to Tuhon Bill I've seen the P-T gun sequidas. An excellent way to work the transitions from standing to kneeling to prone to lying on the back, etc, etc, all while engaging the opponent. Very nicely put together. Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:24:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] Sambo in the Olympics Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net OLYMPIC PROSPECTS OF SAMBO WRESTLING MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - President of the International Sambo Wrestling Amateur Federation David Rudman, speaking at the press conference after the end of the championship of Europe in Moscow, estimated the prospects of sambo wrestling to be included in the program of the Olympic Games as very high. "We have great prospects as a sport. Of course, we will not be included in the program of the 2012 Olympics. But if Moscow hosts the Olympics of 2012 sambo wrestling can be included in the exhibition program of the Olympics," Rudman stated optimistically. According to him, the federation's task for four years is to achieve development of this sport in more than 75 countries. On such conditions alone sambo wrestling, which has Russian roots and for a long time was viewed as a Russian sport, can be considered to be a candidate for making the Olympic Games' program. Asked by RIA Novosti if he believes that Russian monopoly in sambo (the Russians won 10 gold medals in Moscow) hampers the development of this sport, David Rudman gave a negative answer. "One should recall the history of the development of other kinds of wrestling. Japan dominates judo, Korea - taekwondo, and so on. I think that Russia can develop its own sport," the president of the International Sambo Wrestling Amateur Federation said. --__--__-- Message: 8 From: "Ken Borowiec/Rudolph Research Analytical" To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] RE: Grandfathers Speak DVD Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:04:32 -0400 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Another Question is is "grandfathers speak" the actual name of the DVD? And what other info does anyone have on it, so I can look into getting it. Thanks Kenny ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: [Eskrima] RE: Grandfathers Speak DVD > Hi Marc, > > Obvious question. Will the DVD be available in European PAL? > > Bill --__--__-- Message: 9 Subject: RE: [Eskrima] Gun Kata / Weaponcraft Kata Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:31:21 -0400 From: "Clint Cayson" To: Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net I just remembered that long before the equilibrium movie there was "Remo Williams" although the movie was not all about gun kata but dodging bullets... I think the art was called "shinanju". Thus, the concept is/was similar to Gun kata. Thanks. --__--__-- Message: 10 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:46:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Eskrima] Battle of Mactan Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Since we near the anniversary of the battle... ------------------------------------------------------------------ Battle of Mactan >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The troops of Lapu-Lapu, a chieftain of Mactan, defeated Spanish forces under Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan was killed in action. Background Before the Spanish colonial period, the archipelagos of Southeast Asia were under the influence of the traders of Hindu-Malayan culture, such as the Majapahit Empire, which was being supplanted by Islamic conquest by the Sultanates of Malacca, who had converted from Hinduism to Islam in 1414, and of Borneo. In the Majapahit Empire the last Hindu kings in about 1500 retreated to Bali in order to keep their culture. In the archipelago that was to become the Philippines, the idols of the Hindu gods were hidden to prevent their destruction by a religion which destroyed all idols. (One idol, a 4-pound gold statue of a Hindu-Malayan goddess was found in Mindanao in 1917, which now sits in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA, and is dated from the period 1200s to early 1300s. Another gold artifact of Garuda, the phoenix who is the mount of Vishnu was found on Palawan.) During this time, the Portuguese explorers had found a way around the Islamic kingdoms which were holding the trade routes overland to the spices of southeast Asia, which was to round the Cape of Good Hope of Africa, through the Indian Ocean, and thence to the Spice Islands. The Portuguese held maps to be state secrets, because geography was the key to power at that time. Magellan was assigned to Portuguese Goa in India for military training at age 20, and soon divined that geography was a key to the riches of Southeast Asia. After a voyage to the area, he indentured a Malay servant, Enrique, whom he would use as an interpreter during his voyage around the globe. Enrique was actually taken from his home islands, enslaved by Sumatran slavers, taken to Malacca, and later baptized. Arrival of the Spanish After Magellan landed on the island of Homonhon March 16, 1521, he parleyed with Rajah Calambu of Limasawa, who guided him to Cebu, on April 7. Through Magellan's interpreter, Enrique, Rajah Humabon of Cebu became an ally. Suitably impressed by Magellan's 12 cannons and 50 cross-bows, Rajah Humabon suggested that Magellan project power to cow Lapu-Lapu of Mactan. Defeat of the Spanish According to the accounts of Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan deployed 48 armored men, less than half his crew, with cross-bows and guns, but could not land on Mactan. As the crew were retreating, he records that Magellan was surrounded by warriors. His crew had to wade through the surf to make landing, he says. Eight crewmen were killed. Pigafetta, the supernumerary on the voyage who later returned to Seville, Spain, records that Lapu-Lapu had at least 1500 warriors in the battle. Historians debate the accuracy of his report, of which the tone and exaggeration was questionable. His allies from Rajah Humabon were said not to have been part of the battle at all, and would have watched from a distance. Pigafetta says Magellan was wounded in the leg, while still in the surf, with a poison arrow or lance. To date there is no other official record of what happened, so no one knows the real story of how the firepower of the Spaniards was defeated by Lapu-Lapu's forces. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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