Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:48:21 +0200 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 15 #177 - 2 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Eskrima-FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on plus11.host4u.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: Send Eskrima mailing list submissions to eskrima@martialartsresource.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net You can reach the person managing the list at eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Eskrima digest..." <<---- The Sudlud-Inayan Eskrima/Kali/Arnis/FMA mailing list ---->> Serving the Internet since June 1994. Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. 2600 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. WEKAF (Ray) 2. Grandmaster's Passing (Kendal Coats) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:02:51 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] WEKAF Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net First Journey to Ancestral Homeland for Two Filipino American Eskrimadors Invited to Participate in WEKAF’s Tenth Championship in Cebu, Philippines July 22-25 July 11, 2008 HONOLULU—(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)— The World Eskrima-Kali-Arnis Federation World Championships to be held in the Philippines on July 22-25, 2008, promise to be noteworthy for several reasons. One is that the contest marks the tenth anniversary celebrating this indigenous Filipino martial art on a global scale. Another is that it marks a homecoming for two of its long-time practitioners: Jimmy Robles and Joe “the Volcano” Behic. Both are of Filipino descent traveling to their ancestral homeland for the very first time. Robles, an Eskrima instructor and master, was invited to attend the world tournament in Cebu. Together with Behic, also a master in the Filipino fighting art, the two developed their own style of Eskrima which they’ve named Sayaw Ng Mandirigma, or “Dancing with the Warriors” in Tagalog. Practitioners of Eskrima are noted for their ability to fight with sticks and knives or empty hands interchangeably. Secrecy has been a large part of this art and teaching it outside of the Filipino community was considered taboo until the 1960s when Eskrima was first brought over to the U.S. by Grandmaster Angel Cabales. The first recorded military use of Eskrima was against the Spanish conquistadors arriving on the island of Cebu in 1521. Native weapons and techniques were responsible for the demise of Ferdinand Magellan, and fighting systems were further revised and practiced in secrecy. Jimmy Robles and Joe “the Volcano” Behic will go to Cebu, from whence their families and their passion for Eskrima originated. --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:44:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Kendal Coats To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Grandmaster's Passing Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net FYI July 3, 2008, Grandmaster Arthur Sikes passed away from cardiac failure in Erie, PA. GM Sikes (known to his students as Teacher) was the right hand student of Willem Reeders (Liu Seong). Services will be Saturday 7-12-2008.     --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of Eskrima Digest