Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:01:20 -0800 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 12 #389 - 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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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. Well Pointed Out (Peter Gow) 2. Re: Natural Fighters (bgdebuque) 3. Boy found dead (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Peter Gow" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:18:33 +0000 Subject: [Eskrima] Well Pointed Out Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Ray, Well pointed out and good survival skills as well. Best Regards, Peter Gow Australia --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:36:10 -0500 From: bgdebuque To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Re: Natural Fighters Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net How painfully true. Somebody once had to apologize profusely to a group of 5 shirtless well-tattoed drunks who were trying to pick a fight with him. They probably went their way very impressed with the intimidation impact of their tattooes. They never realized that the only reason the would-be victim submissively apologized was to avoid drawing the chamber-loaded Glock 17 in his shoulder bag... and face the legal consequences later on. This goes to show that even regular street denizens make mistakes - how much more the neophyte whose nighttime street experience was probably restricted to the occasional foray for beer to the corner convenience store. Message: 4 > From: "Marc MacYoung" > To: > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:20:36 -0800 > Subject: [Eskrima] Re; natural fighters > Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > > These guys are the reason I came up with the slogan: Don't be so impressed > about what you can do to him that you overlook what he can do to you. That > is a common failing among with those with more training than experience > and > those who think they have not just an advantage, but superiority. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:39:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Eskrima] Boy found dead Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Fowarding... ??? --- Not Sure how they ruled out foul play... something is very strange... Dave _________________________________________________________________________ Boy found dead with toy weapon Edmonton Sun ^ | Nov 15, 2005 | BROOKES MERRITT An Edmonton family is grieving the loss of their middle child today, after the 10-year-old boy was found dead yesterday morning in the family's north-end home. EMS Supt. Wes Bogdane said emergency crews found the boy with a pair of toy nunchuks wrapped around his neck. Nunchuks are a martial arts weapon, made up of two sticks joined by a short length of rope or chain. Paramedics responded to 12720 48 St. shortly after 7:30 a.m. yesterday, and said Christopher White was dead when they got there. The medical examiner's office is investigating the circumstances of the death, and a cause has yet to be determined, said spokesman Ron Jacobs. Police have ruled out foul play, and say it appears Chris may have died as the result of an accident. The White family declined comment yesterday, but a neighbour said Chris was active and full of energy. "He was involved in his school and he loved martial arts," said Doug Lunden, who lives down the street from the Whites. "He just won a silver medal in a martial arts competition." Lunden expressed grief for the family, and hoped Chris's two surviving sisters, one older and one younger, could help his father cope with the loss of his son. "They've got those two girls and they've had support all day," Lunden said. Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, was shocked to hear the news of Chris's death. "He was only 10. I just can't imagine it. How horrible," she said. "My prayers are with them." Crisis counsellors were offering support to White's Grade 5 classmates yesterday at Father Leo Green School, and a letter reporting the boy's death was sent home to parents. The report of toy nunchuks wrapped around the boy's throat raised eyebrows in the local martial arts community. Nunchuks - the real kind - are a prohibited weapon in Canada, said Edmonton Police Insp. Dennis Pysyk. Craig Stanley, a seventh-degree tae kwon-do master and one of Canada's top martial arts performers, said weapons training is uncommon in martial arts - especially for young children. "It's normally reserved for kung fu training," said Stanley, who runs the Phoenix Tae Kwon-Do club in St. Albert. "Taekwondo means 'the way of the hand and foot,' and karate uses open-hand techniques." But Stanley said some martial arts clubs do train with weapons - especially when it draws in customers. "It's usually instructors who need to bring in more students, because weapons are attractive." Hong Park Tae Kwon-Do College instructor Patrick Gallagher, 20, says his club trains with foam-wrapped nunchuks. "Usually the chain isn't long enough to wrap around somebody's neck," he said. "I've never heard of anybody strangling themselves with a nunchuk before." Dr. Louis Francescutti, an injury prevention advocate, said he's never heard of such a tragedy, but that "injuries are the leading cause of death in kids." =================================================================== Good Judgement comes from experience, which comes from Poor Judgement. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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