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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: Open guard pass (jay de leon) 2. Re: Open Guard Pass (Bill Debuque) 3. Dan Anderson Seminar last weekend (Toma) 4. Re: Open Guard Pass (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:32:12 -0700 (PDT) From: jay de leon Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Open guard pass To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Along a similar vein...   My friend Kathy Long, 5 time kickboxing champion, will be making a comeback in early 2009, not as a kickboxer but as an MMA fighter.  Yeah, they are all getting into the act.   Tipunan is sponsoring a training session with Kathy Long on Sat., Nov. 1 in Orange County (California)  from 2-4PM.  It is a "closed" session because of the limited venue, but if you are interested,  email me privately.   Yes, you get to kickbox and roll with Kathy Long, if you dare.   Jay de Leon www.filipinofightingartsintl.com --- On Wed, 10/22/08, Eskrima-FMA wrote: From: Eskrima-FMA Subject: [Eskrima] Open guard pass To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 3:35 PM Not fma, but still good to know. http://www.gracieacademy.com/gracieinsideroct08tech.htm Also try this with either or both players having a blade. Adjustments will be needed. _______________________________________________ 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 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:04:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Debuque Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Open Guard Pass To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net While the Guard is undoubtedly a very effective technique in an MMA cage fight with no-groin-strikes rules, I doubt whether anyone would dare employ it in an anything-goes life-or-death street fight.   In fact, ground fighting rarely occurs in Philippine street fights involving adult combatants.   I can only recall 3 instances:   Case 1 -  Both combatants unintentionally ended on the ground from a stand-up clinch.  The fight ended when somebody from the audience stabbed dead the combatant on top.   Case 2 - Both combatants unintentionally ended up on the ground due to fatigue (they have been slugging it out for at least 15 minutes; both were also drunk).   The fight ended when the audience (obviously worried about their prolonged exposure to billions of potentially lethal pathogens) broke them up after they both rolled into a grimy city drainage canal.   Case 3 - In a 5-against-1 fight (the 5 are all weilding bolos), the outnumbered combatant deliberately went to the ground to evade highline bolo strikes. None of the bolo-weilding 5 followed him to the ground (of course).  He lost a hand and absorbed multiple defensive wounds on his arms and legs but was able to avoid absorbing any bolo strike to his head or torso - and, therefore, survived     -- __--__-- >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:35:53 -0700 >From: Eskrima-FMA >To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [Eskrima] Open guard pass >Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net >Not fma, but still good to know. >http://www.gracieacademy.com/gracieinsideroct08tech.htm >Also try this with either or both players having a blade.  Adjustments >will be needed. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Toma" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:30:34 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] Dan Anderson Seminar last weekend Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Eskrima Martial Arts Resource here is a note from one of the people who attended this weekend also attached group Photo for your use ?? From: Toma [the old one] tomawallaikido@earthlink.net Toma~ Here's a revised write-up from the letter I originally wrote to Grandmaster Tony. Hope you like it. ~Gerry ---------------------------------------------------------- I wanted to take a moment to write to you and tell you about yesterday's seminar, with Professor Dan Anderson. I can't begin to express what a very, respectful, cordial, and humorous individual he was with us, and me in particular. He is also very skilled at what he does, and an excellent teacher. I was impressed at what a great attitude he had. The Modern Arnis guys are strictly stick guys. In his words, "I'm a BANGER, not a CUTTER!!" We started off with some very cool stick disarms. We covered angles 1 through 5, and he instructed us on how to make the disarms work, basically by proper body positioning and by weakening the structure of the opponent's hand so that the weapon could be disarmed. We then worked on body structure and alignment (which was fascinating the way he presented it). He showed us how gain optimal position on an opponent and expose their areas of imbalance. Lastly, we looked at how to generate power when swinging a stick. We also focused on injuring the opponent with the tip of the stick as opposed to the "meat" at the end of the stick. The seminar lasted from about 12 noon to a little after 5 p.m., and it was well, well worth the cost of admission. What really impressed me was that the last section of the seminar was what he referred to as "listener's choice," meaning he took requests on anything we wanted to look at. Well, someone brought up blade work, and Prof. Dan started talking about how although it is good to know your strengths, it's even more important to know your weaknesses! He admitted that his weakness is not having it within him to cut a person with a blade. He talked about how your enemy in a knife fight is the actual movement of the blade itself--if the blade or the point of knife is touching your skin, but isn't moving, the knife is harmless--it's only if movement happens where one can get injured. He showed the class some of the big differences between weilding a blade, and a stick, such as: you can't go edge to edge with blades, so you better know how to handle them, you have a handle on a blade, you better know how to move the opponent's blade, and your own, or you could cut off your own leg. All very important facets that one should know when weilding a blade. Prof. Anderson also showed us the optimal position one should attempt to get when faced with a blade weilding assailant. Believe me, feeling is believing--it works!!! I had a fabulous time training with an immensely skilled teacher, and an awesome person. Thanks Professor Dan. SENSEI GERRY VALIDO Chief Instructor - Kenpo Synergy Martial Arts "BAREHAND, BASTON, or BLADE...Pick your Poison" Please visit us at: www.originalkenposynergy.com [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of IMG_0375.JPG] --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Open Guard Pass Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:07:28 -0700 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Case 4 -- One or both trip or otherwise fall down. Adjustments are needed for street encounters, but if one focuses too much on groin strikes, they could quickly end up either choked out or with a broken arm. IMHO Ray On Oct 23, 2008, at 7:04 AM, Bill Debuque wrote: > I can only recall 3 instances: --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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