Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:45:01 +0100 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 15 #285 - 14 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: Datu/Kelly Worden/ and confusion... (Danny Anderson) 2. New Students and Retention (Kendal Coats) 3. SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament (Karl Vorwerk) 4. Re: SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament (Tom Howanic) 5. Re: SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament (Ray) 6. training in maryland (Andrew Maddox) 7. The most dangerous thing in metro manila; death at the food vendors; and non-common physical skills. (Mr Elrik Jundis) 8. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu now a compulsory subject in Abu Dhabi schools (Jon Broster) 9. Tiger, Bear, Cobra (Ray) 10. US Marines -- 11.10.1775 (Ray) 11. Re: US Marines -- 11.10.1775 (Tyler Murphy) 12. Re: US Marines -- 11.10.1775 (B Katz) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Danny Anderson To: Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:31:20 +0000 Subject: [Eskrima] RE: Datu/Kelly Worden/ and confusion... Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Hey Dan Mc, It's common knowledge that he and I don't get along very well so I dudally don't call him. Thanks for the clarification., Yours, Dan A"Hi Dan, No Problem. I just know where he stands as I talk to him frequently.Regards,Dan McConnell Rich P., Kudos to you if/when you call him for clarification. He will be very honest and forthright. He doesn't pull punches and will tell you exactly where he stands. Some people don't like that. Peace,Dan McConnell" _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_ 102008 --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:15:12 -0800 (PST) From: Kendal Coats To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] New Students and Retention Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Just wanted to bounce this off you guys out there. I teach FMA two nights a week at a TKD school here in town (Tulsa, OK). The school is ran by a couple of older ladies who have been around since the 1970's. There is also a kenpo/kendo group that teach at the school on nights that I am not there. We have had a pretty good group, I started there in April, and by June was in the black. July was our peak, and then in August the numbers began to fall off. When the economy crisis hit, it all but killed my classes. Now we are at a level below what I started with, and below the break even point. The owner of the dojo, of course noticed the decline in the numbers and the rent getting later and later....Money is tight for everyone right now, and it seems like martial arts is one of the areas prople are cutting back. I'm not in this for the money, but I cannot afford to pay to teach. The town is now littered with MMA schools and Muay Thai dojos, all with good numbers. I'm sure this isnt an isolated situation. So there are students out there. So, does anyone have some ideas on getting new students and student retention? How do you keep the commercial FMA dojo going. Peace Kendal Coats --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:03:19 -1000 From: "Karl Vorwerk" To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net This is video from the first SPKF knife fighting. Knives are rubber with paint on the edge to mark cuts. All future competition is going to require a helmet with a solid plastic face shield. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Oerq8ZkPo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KKOvFJE1ro&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwf2R42GNQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjN9OeAfxI&feature=related http://www.olaa-naloeskrima.com/ Karl --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Tom Howanic" To: Subject: Re: [Eskrima] SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:35:37 -0600 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Just a suggestion. At my facility we use paintball masks as protection when we knife spar. They stay on your head a lot better. They also protect your ears. tom --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Ray To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [Eskrima] SPKF video from 2008 Maui Eskrima Tournament Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:18:12 -0800 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Two minor suggestions... Don't use rubber knives, try the cheap wooden tantos. Yes they can hurt, but this is martial arts. For eye protection try racquetball glasses. Ray --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Andrew Maddox To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:04:17 -0500 Subject: [Eskrima] training in maryland Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Okay, so there's only two of us so far, but I have a training group going! Not that I'm certified by anybody, or know all that much to share, but I guess I'm the lead instigator. So anyway, if you're in the area (Rockville to Germantown, MD) and interested, drop me a line. No costs, no obligations, no hierarchy, actual qualified instructors are welcome! We're working a generic mix of FMA, Wing Chun Kuen and generic kickboxing so far, eventually we may get fancier as I remember things and our collective skill level gets up to speed... Stay frosty, afm -- Andrew Maddox, madsox at l5trainingsystems.com Practitioner of Unaffiliated Martial Arts But really just, like, this guy, y'know? --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:36:26 -0800 (PST) From: Mr Elrik Jundis To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] The most dangerous thing in metro manila; death at the food vendors; and non-common physical skills. Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net The most dangerous thing is the smog. I love Manila being a city boy but I am making plans to move to the province for the fresh air. Being from SF it's in my blood to take public transit but ridding jeepneys has to be like second-hand smoke times fifty. I feel like I have tuberculosis type symptoms - I think it's time for a check up. It's kinda freaky seeing the little kids selling flowers in the street talk to you with these deep scratchy voices. They sound like little Filipino Demi Moores. I used to wonder about some of the unique vocalizations I would hear in the streets and now I pretty sure that the cumulative effect of pollutions on the vocal cords is a key factor. I do have to admit though that the smog is better than what I remember 15 years ago. There were places on EDSA that if you crossed the street and then wiped your forehead with a paper towel the towel would be covered in black smog particles. These days you have to be on the streets for at least an hour to accumulate that kind of pollution (ok maybe a minute on a bad day during the dry season on EDSA). One of the contributions to the smog is also the ubiquitous uling/charcoal fires for grilled skewers of animal parts. In some neighborhoods you can find a grill every five feet. Even though an American would call it grilling, here it's just called BBQ and like most Pinoys I have multiple places for my favorites. As folks have been mentioning all their favorite parts of the chicken images of the Pinoy BBQ would pop into my mind. I am a fan of gizzard and liver. This might be seen as blasphemy here but I also recommend checking out Yakitori the Japanese version. Shioyaki lightly salted grilled items is so good when the item being grilled is fresh. Before I started watching my diet (hypertension was a problem with my grandfather and my dad has it now) Chicharon Bulaklak aka Pinoy Fried Chitterlings was a favorite pulutan (drinking snack); for BBQ it was Isaw na Baboy or grilled chitterlings. So what does all this have to do w/ FMA? Turns out the BBQ sticks are a common (i have no idea of how common) weapon of opportunity. Here is a link to an incident last month http://www.gmanews.tv/story/124693/17-year-old-stabbed-in-neck-with-barbecue- stick and here is a link to an incident that reached the Philippine Supream Court earlier this year http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/decisions.php?doctype=Decisions%20/%20Sig ned%20Resolutions&docid=12139201781048696305 I remember last year hearing about a police officer that was killed by BBQ stick. He was stabbed in the heart. At least that is the story as I remember it but I have not found the article to confirm it. At first I though I must be remembering an urban myth but it turns out people do die by BBQ stick here in the Philippines. As for the places to see BBQ sticks. And I should mentioned that sticks here are mostly home made from bamboo so they often contain part of the outside skin. Thus having a lot more strength compared to the commercially milled sticks found in the US. As for Pinoy street food that uses the sticks, the top three would be fried fish balls, bananaque (fried banana or plantain on a stick), and the previously mentioned BBQ. All are available at corners throughout Metro Manila. My favorite though is fried calamari available for about seven cents or three pesos a piece. If you are worried about the quality - find a place that has a high turn over of food, come early for their day so it hasn't been sitting out and growing bacteria and start off with the fried stuff. Something fresh out of hot oil is pretty safe as far as bacteria is concerned. As always it's at your own risk. It's only as I write this that I remember my brother seeing a boy being trained by what looked to be his grandfather against a stab attack to the torso. I used to catch a jeep daily from Libis to Cubao. Along the way it would pass through several squatter areas. It was in one of those areas where the jeeps pass literally inches from where children are taking baths or people are cleaning vegetables to sell at the market and grilling BBQ for a line of customers. From about a block away my brother noticed a small body repeating a defensive number as a taller person would attempt to stab them. As the jeep got closer we realized it was an old man and a boy who looked somewhere between seven and ten years of age. It's still hard for me to tell as people look so much younger here compared to the US. Grandmaster Jose Mena used to let his five year old nephew Micheal used a revolver for a hammer so that the boy would learn to be comfortable around guns. If you live at the street level learning to be safe is seen as an essential skill for growing up. I remember my dad teaching me to be street smart when I was seven. I didn't get a good look but my brother said the old man was delivering stabs with what looked like an ice pick (maybe it was a BBQ stick). The boy then would redirect it going to the outside. Interesting was that the boy was using his knee and or elbow to intercept and redirect the attack. The old man was in control but you could tell that the child was relating to each attack as if it was real. It also looked like if the child didn't move they could get hurt. It was an example of the Serrada advice to always make sure you are delivery a real attack that will will really hit. To my way of thinking a hand technique would be more appropriate - but then I don't have the flexibility of the locals. I can't squat like they do and I also don't have the skills of those who grew playing the various kicking games here. At the highest level, a game is played here (actually throughout South East Asia and it's part of the ASEAN Games) like beach volley ball except it's with a five inch rattan ball that can only be controlled by kicks and some players can even spike the ball over a net that is as high as the players. Several years before my grandmother died (she was Ilocana though raised in Manila and moved to the US in the early fifties) I was at here house playing with a hackysack. She asked to see it. She laughed as she bounced it in her hand. Then she held it out at here side at shoulder hight and dropped it. To my surprise she bounced it off the side of her foot on the lateral side of her body. She did this 15 times with exact control before she caught it with her hand laughed and gave it back to me. I had never seen her do anything like that before. I could never get it to stay up for more than four kicks and I had the hackysack would be flying all over the place. One thing I learned during my first trip to the Philippines is that there are people who can make what I think maybe the stupidest technique work - so I always work to keep my eyes and mind open. Get your preferred Email name! Now you can @ymail.com and @rocketmail.com. http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/ph/ --__--__-- Message: 8 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:17:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Jon Broster To: Eskrima Digest Subject: [Eskrima] Brazilian Jiu Jitsu now a compulsory subject in Abu Dhabi schools Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net HI,   Thought this might be of interest:   Compulsory jiu-jitsu lessons for more than 3,000 children aged nine to 12 begin today in public schools as part of a Government initiative to find future international champions. Two 50-minute lessons of Brazilian jiu-jitsu per week will become part of the curriculum at 14 public schools. The number of participating schools is expected to double next year. Full story at: http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Schools_will_teach_pre-teens_martial_arts_/32 367.htm Jon Specialist treatment for muscular problems & sporting injuries. http://www.notts-tuina.co.uk --__--__-- Message: 9 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 09:37:57 -0800 Subject: [Eskrima] Tiger, Bear, Cobra Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Martial arts animals: Tiger, Bear, Cobra November 7 Nancy Robinson Martial Arts Examiner San Francisco Examiner For centuries, martial artists have mimicked the behaviors of animals in pursuit of a path to self defense. This is a common tool represented in most martial arts systems. The tiger, bear and cobra are just a few of the animals represented in martial arts. Tiger Characteristics: courageous animal with powerful, fierce and direct movements. Uses strong legs and the deadly tiger claw technique to attack an opponent. Martial arts styles: represented in Japanese Shotokan Karate and Shaolin Kung Fu. Bear Characteristics: sturdy, powerful, slow and deliberate. Has the ability to fight while retreating from danger. Martial arts styles: represented in the Korean form Sip Soo, and in Chinese Kung Fu styles including Bagua and Xing Yi. Cobra Characteristics: precise with lightning reflexes, calm and relaxed exploding into sharp strikes unexpectedly. Martial arts styles: represented in the Bassai hyung of Korean Tang Soo Do and known as "Passai" in Okinawan Karate. --__--__-- Message: 10 From: Ray To: Eskrima-Digest Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:52:15 -0800 Subject: [Eskrima] US Marines -- 11.10.1775 Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net 11.10.1775 Happy Birthday to the Marines out there. Ray --__--__-- Message: 11 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:34:28 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler Murphy Subject: Re: [Eskrima] US Marines -- 11.10.1775 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net SEMPER FI! --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Ray wrote: > From: Ray > Subject: [Eskrima] US Marines -- 11.10.1775 > To: "Eskrima-Digest" > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 2:52 PM > 11.10.1775 > > Happy Birthday to the Marines out there. > > > Ray > _______________________________________________ > 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: 12 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:28:15 -0800 (PST) From: B Katz Subject: Re: [Eskrima] US Marines -- 11.10.1775 To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Thanks! We're looking pretty good for 233 years!   I want all my Little Brothers with their boots in the dirt to know that I hold them in my heart every day they are away from home. Take care Guys! --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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