Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:48:24 +0100 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 15 #287 - 4 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. Veteran's Day (Eskrima-FMA) 2. special rattan baskets needed (Kristine Strasburger) 3. Ronins in Manila (Perry Gil Mallari) 4. FMA Training Video (Nelson Trinidad) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:46:11 -0800 From: Eskrima-FMA To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Veteran's Day Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net In Flanders Fields John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:55:57 -0800 (PST) From: Kristine Strasburger To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] special rattan baskets needed Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net This is not related to eskrima, but might mean some income for someone in the Philippines.  I need to find a source for woven rattan baskets in the shape of a heart, with a lid that is hinged to the basket.  I need three sizes that can nest inside each other.  Is there anyone on this list who can have baskets like this manufactured for me for resale or who can import them and sell them to me and to others?  Please email me privately if you can help me in any way with this.  I can email you sample pictures if you want.   Best regards,   Kristine Strasburger Heartland School of Eskrima and Self-Defense www.HeartlandEskrimaSchool.com --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:16:57 -0800 (PST) From: Perry Gil Mallari To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Ronins in Manila Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net The Manila Times Wednesday, November 12, 2008 MARTIAL TALK By Perry Gil S. Mallari Ronins in Manila   One chapter of Nick Joaquin’s book Manila My Manila that fascinated me deeply was that of a pre-Hispanic Japanese ghetto in Manila. Joaquin wrote, “Dilao, a village occupying the present location of City Hall and the San Marcelino area, included a Japanese quarter on the banks of the Estero Tripa de Gallina [where Hotel Mirador and the Tabacalera now stand]. The site has been a Japanese ghetto since pre-Hispanic times. When the Spanish took Manila, they found twenty Japanese living there, one of whom was a Christian.” Dilao (literally means “yellow”) was originally under the ministry of Franciscan friars though the Jesuits later on established their separate mission in the location. Joaquin narrates that most of the Japanese in Dilao were displaced Samurai warriors or ronins. Hence the friars decided that it was appropriate to set up a new parish in the area in honor of a soldier saint. So was created the San Miguel parish in Manila. The ronins living in Manila at that time continued to adhere to Bushido or “The Way of the Warrior.” Though the Lieutenant-Governor Antonio de Morga described the Japanese in Dilao as “honest and law-abiding,” they remained fighters. This fact was evident in the participation of 500 Japanese mercenaries in Governor Juan de Silva’s conquest of the Moluccas in 1615 and Spain’s battle against the Dutch in Malacca in 1616. The ronins were said to be hired “at high pay,” an inkling of their exemplary fighting skills. The Spanish government later on turned against Dilao when it felt threatened by the Japanese’s increasing presence. While greatly outnumbered, the ronins in Dilao wreaked havoc on the Spanish forces in several confrontations. Their revolt though was soon nipped to the bud. Joaquin stated in his book that the San Miguel Parish did not remain an exclusive Japanese community but became “mixed” in character by the 1640s, “A community of Japanese and Filipinos,” he points out. This left me with a question whether the Japanese in Dilao shared their martial arts to Filipinos in any way. I have serious doubts if they ever taught kenjutsu (skill with sword) to a foreigner at that time considering the tremendous spiritual and nationalistic aura they attached to the sword. But there’s a remote possibility that they shared some of their jujitsu (empty hand fighting skills) to Filipinos. If that was the case, I am wondering how it blended or affected the native martial arts of Filipinos in the area during that period. It is interesting to note that a number of Japanese, the majority of them merchants, were still present in Manila particularly the Paco area before the outbreak of World War II. How I wish I could find historical proof that would establish a connection between the martial arts of the ronins in Dilao and the native Filipino martial arts --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Nelson Trinidad To: Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:52:11 -0800 Subject: [Eskrima] FMA Training Video Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Meowmix to All, For those group of FMA who wants their training video upload to my site(Covers MMA/FMA/BOXING) please send videos to: nelson@kqmma.com / site: www.kqmma.com Please keep the spirit of FMA alive (;~) Thanks, Nelson"PinoyKowboy"Trinidad CombatArnisTabakSociety(CATS) www.KQMMA.COM _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_1 12008 --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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. 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