Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:48:21 +0200 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 15 #267 - 6 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. 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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. Re: karambit (Alex Lizardo) 2. Bear Scat (Stephen Lamade) 3. RE: Le Punte (Young Forest) 4. Rattan (Ray) 5. Re: RE: Le Punte (jay de leon) 6. Arnis tourney (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:18:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Lizardo Subject: Re: [Eskrima] karambit To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net good advice I carry a machete plain and simple but also a good garden tool as well as protection should the need arise. --- On Wed, 10/8/08, jason couture wrote: From: jason couture Subject: [Eskrima] karambit To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 5:01 PM When choosing a self defense blade for personal carry, choose one that you would feel comfortable explaining to a jury (during your trial) or a police officer (during a traffic stop). I would avoid blades with names like "The Terminator" or "Ninja Throat Cutter". Get the idea? There are plenty of dual purpose blades out there. Choose with your head not your martial arts ego. Respectfully- j _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list, 2600 members Eskrima@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Stephen Lamade To: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:38:29 +0000 Subject: [Eskrima] Bear Scat Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Grizzly bear scat is larger, has little > bells in it, and smells like pepper. lol... At least if it had a couple .44 mag cartridges mixed in you'd know someone went out with a bang instead of a whimper... Best, Steve --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Young Forest To: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:56:46 +0000 Subject: [Eskrima] RE: Le Punte Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > From: Eternal IV > > 'Le Punte' does sound French to me. I vaguely recall it being related to > fencing? Not a French word I'm familiar with. Badger Jones Siling Labuyo Arnis www.youngforest.ca _________________________________________________________________ --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:33:39 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] Rattan Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Ministry of Environment and Forests Press Information Bureau Government of India Rattan- Sustainable Way out of Poverty Rattan are climbing palms with long, thin jointed pliable stems. This stem is used as a walking stick.The second most common use does not give pleasant feeling to remember, but one can not ignore it which reminds you ‘Spare a rod and spoil a child”. Yes, it was used as an instrument of punishment. Its contribution to the world of music and furniture is also very wellknown.At global level, Bamboo and Rattan are integral to the lives of upto 1.5 billion people, roughly a quarter of the present world population. For many of them life is a constant struggle against poverty and deprivation.Bamboo and Rattan can provide them with a sustainable way out of poverty, a stable source of income for growing range of micro, small and medium sized enterprises.Opportunities to use bamboo and Rattan to improve people’s lives while conserving their environmens are still underdeveloped, but they have enormous potential in this role which deserves more attention and suppiort. INBAR (The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan) is dedicated to improve the social , economic and environmentl benefits of Bamboo and Rattan. Rattan (from the Malay rotan), is the name for the roughly six hundred species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. Most rattans are distinct from other palms in having slender stems 2–5 cm diameter with long internodes between the leaves; their consequent growth habit also differs, not being trees but vine-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation. They are also superficially similar to bamboo, but distinct in that the stems ("malacca") are solid, rather than hollow, and also in their need for some sort of support; while bamboo can grow on its own, rattan cannot. Some genera (e.g. Metroxylon, Pigafetta, Raphia) are however more like typical palms, with stouter, erect trunks. Many rattans are also spiny, the spines acting as hooks to aid climbing over other plants, and also to deter herbivores. Rattans have been known to grow up to hundreds of metres long. Most (70%) of the world's rattan population exist in Indonesia, distributed among Borneo, Celebes, Sumbawa islands. The rest of the world's supply comes from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Bangladesh. In the forests where rattan grows, its economic value can help protect forest land, by providing an alternative to loggers who forgo timber logging and harvest rattan canes instead. Rattan is much easier to harvest, requiring simpler tools and also much easier to transport. Furthermore, compared to most tropical wood, rattan is much faster growing. This makes it a potential tool in forest maintenance, since it provides a profitable crop that depends on rather than replaces trees. Whether it can be as profitable or useful as the alternatives, however, remains to be seen. Generally, raw rattan is processed into several products to be used as materials in furniture making. The various species of rattan ranges from several millimetres up to 5–7 cm in diameter. From a strand of rattan, the skin is usually peeled off, to be used as rattan weaving material. The remaining "core" of the rattan can be used for various purposes in furniture making. Rattan is a very good material mainly because it is lightweight, durable, and—to a certain extent—flexible. Rattans are extensively used for making furniture and baskets. Cut into sections, rattan can be used as wood to make furniture. Rattan accepts paints and stains like many other kinds of wood, so it is available in many colours; and it can be worked into many styles. Moreover, the inner core can be separated and worked into wicker. Due to its durability and resistance to splintering, sections of rattan can be used as staves or canes for martial arts – 70-cm. long rattan sticks, called baston, are used in Filipino martial arts, especially Modern Arnis and Eskrima. Rattan is generally the only material accepted for the construction of weapons in Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) martial combat.Along with birch and bamboo, rattan is a common material used for the handles in percussion mallets, especially mallets for keyboard percussion (vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, etc.). The fruit of some rattans exudes a red resin called dragon's blood. This resin was thought to have medicinal properties in antiquity and was also used as a dye for violins, among other things.The resin normally results in a wood with a light peach hue. Popular Genera of Rattan are Eleiodoxa, Eremospatha, Eugeissona, Korthalsia,,Laccosperma, Metroxylon, Myrialepis, Oncocalamus, Pigafetta, Plectocomia, Plectocomiopsis, Raphia Pogonotium, Retispatha --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:40:04 -0700 (PDT) From: jay de leon Subject: Re: [Eskrima] RE: Le Punte To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net parlez vous quebecois? --- On Fri, 10/10/08, Young Forest wrote: From: Young Forest Subject: [Eskrima] RE: Le Punte To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 5:56 AM > From: Eternal IV > > 'Le Punte' does sound French to me. I vaguely recall it being related to > fencing? Not a French word I'm familiar with. Badger Jones Siling Labuyo Arnis www.youngforest.ca _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list, 2600 members Eskrima@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:33 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] Arnis tourney Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Saturday, October 11, 2008 Arnis tourney opens at NCCC Sun Star Davao TEAMS from Sultan Kudarat and General Santos City are out to challenge Davao City bets when the 5th Carambunal/Mindanao Invitational Arnis Tournament gets going at 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the NCCC Mall of Davao. Arnis Philippines Davao president Mario Palazuelo bared this in a statement to Sun.Star Friday. "Top players from Sultan Kudarat and General Santos are coming as well as those from Tacurong and Mati, Davao Oriental," Palazuelo said. The one-day event, which is sponsored by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte in coordination with the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor's Office, features the junior boys below 18 years old, junior girls below 18, and senior men's 18-above categories. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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