Latest posts of: ryangruhn

Quote from: Itto-Ryu

There is a school in my area. I linked to the school's website in my post. (First paragraph.)

Thanks for the link though. It didn't list any schools I could get to, it seems the one I linked to in my first post is the only one I can attend, and believe me, I have done a lot of looking.

Edit: I'm sorry, I just realized I phrased my question improperly. I know how to go about finding schools, I don't know how to tell good FMA schools apart from bad ones. I have found a school, I want to know if it's good. This is what I need help with. Sorry for the confusion. I'm pretty dumb/inarticulate.

Personally,
I don't think anyone can say if a school is good or bad unless they have gone to it; and even then it is only their opinion! As far as a set model of what a school should be I doubt you will ever find one. No one system is the best, no one type of school is the best. Check out that school and let us know what you think of it! I think that would be the best next step!

Gruhn

www.inosanto.com

Check out the instructor list. See if there are any in your area.

Gruhn

I'll check it out!

Gruhn

In our group we live spar at least once to twice every two weeks. Although this is with helmets on rather than fencing masks to insure we will be able to spar in the weeks to come.
Gruhn

Quote from: john99

Does DBMA have any age limits on stickfighting?

I am not positive of the answerand will leave that up to Crafty but of what age are you wondering about?

Gruhn

Haha!
Keep 'em coming!

Gruhn

Quote from: Anonymous

Quote from: So fresh and So clean

Howdy,
Guru Crafty, I know that you've stated that other than correspondence, the two organizations have no ties, but I was wondering if any Black Eagle society members have participated at Dogbrother gatherings or if any Dogbrothers have participated at Black Eagle Society gatherings and what thier experiance was. Thanks! Simply curious..

Why not just say, if all the Dog Brothers had a big fight with the Black Eagle Society, who would win?

That's clearly what you REALLY wanted to ask Grin

Humm,
I don't think that is what he meant. I think the question was geared more towards if any different styles or techniques came out in the process of the gathering, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Gruhn

Take a look at these training blades:

http://www.bloodsport.com/product.htm

I don't think you should have a problem with them in your bags other than the carry ons. When I went to a seminar several years ago I just put little sticky notes on them saying "training blades for martial arts." They still searched the bags but atleast they know what they are.

Thanks for the comments guest, I wish we knew who you were; it is a lot easier to say those kinds of things when no one can tell who is talking. Crafty I think this is a good example of why we should possibly take the guest option off the public site.

Gruhn

Quote from: Spadaccino

Quote from: ryangruhn

In all honesty,
I can't see anything wrong with what you did; in fact you did everything you should have.

Gruhn

I'm well aware that I did the right thing--I have no doubt that the kid would have been clipped by that car had I not intervened--but I am personally appalled at the mother's indifference to her child, before, during, and after the incident in question.

Like I said, I just pray that the kid gets treated better than that from now on.

Yeah,
I deal with this kind of thing on a daily basis working with kids. Parents over look their kids especially in a larger family. It's a shame but it is also part of life.

Gruhn

Quote from: Spadaccino

Rafael, Noy, & Everyone Else,

Also of interest:

About the term "Kali"
The word "kali" did not come about until about 20 years or so ago and seems to have been coined somewhere, sometime by Filipinos living in the USA. I have personally conducted a search for the word "kali" amongst old people of the major tribes and, except for "kalis" which means sword and "kali" in Ilocano, which means "a hole in the ground"; there is no other word or cognate of "kali".

Ilustrisimo used "kali" on the insistence of Mr. Leo Gaje who had visited with Tatang and also by an American anthropologist specializing in hoplology (which is a study of handheld, non-missile weapons), who seemed to have picked it up from Dan Inosanto's book. When I joined Tatang, "Kali Ilustrisimo" had been registered for about two or three years. Tony Diego (the present head of the Ilustrisimo system) and I, after the research mentioned, decided that "Kalis" is the more appropriate word because it means "sword" and would then mean the "Sword of Ilustrisimo." The name has not been formally registered except on a website but we had decided on this even when Tatang was still active and alive.

Thoughts?

Peace,

David/Spad/TFS

Very interesting,
I have also heard this but was not sure of the truth behind it.

Gruhn

Neat!
Some of it is very tatoo worthy!

Gruhn

Wow,
That really makes me think about how much things are different where I live. You would never read anything like that. It's a shame, but the first thing I thought was what I am going to carry next time I go to NYC.

Gruhn

In all honesty,
I can't see anything wrong with what you did; in fact you did everything you should have.

Gruhn

Quote from: thai70

Dogzilla got a pair of mechanic gloves and said he would use them when we all fight in December. They ar real thin with good grips. Looks like batting glove to me. I'll ask him how he likes them and relay the message.
This will probably be my first fight and my hand is still broken so I'm gonna use something relatively protective for my first time.
I found a pair of sport work gloves at Home Depot. They are all leather, but i just use them when I get real bad blisters.

Cool!
Thanks Thai70!

Gruhn

Quote from: Rodger

1. Floro Villabrille
2. Ben Largusa
3. Dan Inosanto
4. Leo Gaje Jr.

Questions and Comments:

a. When did Guro Dan Inosanto first meet and train with Mr. Ben Largusa? What year?

b. From the dates above training of Guro Dan Inosanto with Juan LaCoste puts it around mid-1960s to late-1960s, until his death in 1977.

c. If Guro Dan Inosanto trained with Mr. Ben Largusa, while he trained with Mr. Juan LaCoste, is there a chance that the word and concept of Kali transferred from Largusa, to Inosanto, then to LaCoste, who merely agreed to the term?

(more to come...)

Good questions,
I am interested also. It is fun, interesting and educational to piece together history!

Gruhn

Hey All,
Anyone ever try out mechanic's gloves? Very little protection but I would assume they would be very comfortable to grip sticks with. I was thinking about getting some, any opinions?

http://www.toolking.com/shop/view.asp?ID=7688

Gruhn

Quote from: K Williams

Has anyone use football padded lineman's gloves for light sparring? Do they offer good protection?

I have found them to be a little to bulky for my liking.

Gruhn

Interesting,
I do remember my Sifu telling us once that our numbering system was of spanish influence . . .

Gruhn

Woof Miguel,

Great points!

I think another point I should bring up is the definition of fighting. I have always thought of boxing, wrestling, and so on to be so called ?sports.? Fighting on the other hand is more NHB where everything and anything goes. The differences are the rules; in fighting there are close to no rules and in the sports there are strict limits. Because of this I would most defiantly consider DBMA for instance, fighting and point sparring for a sport.

Yes baseball and boxing have evolved but it is still the same thing, a sport. I think fighting has evolved into a more tactical event but is more or less the same as when we first started fighting.

Just My Opinion,

Gruhn

I have heard forms of these quotes from a horde of people:

?You either fight or you don?t fight?

This quote obviously insisting that there are no real styles of martial arts, they are all fighting. I also like the analogy that style is an individual fixation on a personal level. Style can be tight, weak, quick, smooth, loose, heavy, soft, hard, or any other description for that matter; but what it can?t be is one set thing. For instance, you don?t hear people saying ?I study the ?Babe Ruth? form/style of baseball.? People may study Babe Ruth?s attributes, but there is no such thing as a ?Babe Ruth? style of baseball. In conclusion, you either fight or you don?t fight.

?As long we humans have two arms and two legs it will all be the same when it comes to fighting?

Gruhn

Sorry for the extra post but I just thought of this one too:

http://onlinemall.devdepot.com/MusicalInstrument/product--206415-General_Accessories.htm

Gruhn

Quote from: thai70

I broke the 4th metatarsel (sp?) close to the wrist, right at the nub. The doc said it is doing great, but it is just not healed yet. He checked it at 5 weeks from the injury and i have another appointment next which will make 7weeks from injury.
For rehab I bought a squeezy ball and have a produce rubberband. I can't use my kettlebells yet, at least not the heavy one till I get more range of motion.
tom

Another great tool for recovery is a "gripmaster" used for guitar playing. Here is a link: http://www.gripmaster.com.au/index1.htm

Gruhn

Thanks for the sarcastic change in tempo Guest. I have been contemplating going to this in a couple years. My Sifu and his Sifu went in 1992 and took home first and second place. Has anyone on the boards competed in this?

Quote from: Makena

Aloha,

My name is Makena and I train with Dogzilla, here on O'ahu, Hawaii. Just here reading and thought I would introduce myself. I like the vibe.

Anyone who reads this and is in Hawaii, make a contact here if you want to come and scrap.

Aloha Kakou!

Welcome Makena!
I'm in the states but I thought I would say hi!

Gruhn

Thanks for the update, I was wondering this morning of how it was going! I wonder how the camp is going in LA too, anyone who went please give us some feedback on it!

Gruhn

If I can recall the top of my hand took close to two months before I was holding a stick again and the pinky(s) were taped and holding a stick the next week. Unfortunately there is not much you can do for hand injuries. It left plenty of time to work on the other hand and its ability level.

Gruhn

Quote from: So fresh and So clean

Howdy,
What kinds of injuries have y'all gotten from either your training or from "real contact" stickfighting an' how long did it take to heal and what was your method of recovery? Also do you still feel the effects your injury(or injuries) today? Thanks, I'm interested about participated in a gathering but leery of some of the aftermaths, I'm sure you can relate.

Most notably hand injuries. I have broken the bones on the top of the hand and both pinky fingers. The top of the hand was from shots from my opponent and the pinky fingers were from going into clench with sticks. I have yet to have any other serious injuries but I am sure others will share their battle wounds in the thread as time goes on.

Gruhn

Crafty Dog,
I am interested in your opinion and anyone elses on if there will ever be a posiblity for a mainstream version of full contact stick fighting in the US.

Let Me Know,
Gruhn

I'm wondering the same, let us also know how big it was at the festival. Was the crowed into it or were they more into the hip new pop bands?

Gruhn

Quote from: Karrots.

With the letter to the UFC did you guys want to take on someone with sticks or without. I would like to see a phillipino Martial artist in the UFC under Escrima or Arnis using the sticks.

Hopefully it was two people with sticks shocked

As mentioned before I believe it was meant to be an inbetween fights kind of thing.

Gruhn

Quote from: Crafty_Dog

http://www.worldblackbelt.com/pages/Aug04.25_FilipinoMA.asp?SID=7TQB54GCJE27176

Great write up!
Glad to see the expousure!

Gruhn

If anyone is going to LA from PA let me know if I can hide in your suit case! I wish I could go huh

I remember hearing the story of Magellan trying to take over the Philippines and where he came in the locals were doing their daily fishing (excuse my version I am sure it is not 100% accurate but this is what I remember). They killed Magellan along with his entire crew and after they of all thing went back to, fishing. I think that little tale might say something about the art, maybe it was viewed as something that was done then and isn?t now. Kind of like old shoot outs in the old west.

Gruhn

I have used the JKD gloves in the past because I like the open finger feel but have since regressed to hockey gloves myself.

Gruhn

Quote from: SUNHELMET

If you are attacking.
Weapon moves first.

--Rafael--quote]

I'm with ya Rafael.

Gruhn

I am going to be honest here and say that I don't carry a knife most of the time. I am going to assume you mean carry for self defense. I live in a college town and the chances of having to use it for self protection are slim to none. There is more of a chance that I would have to use self defense because some drunken frat kid decided I looked at him wrong, not because someone is trying to hurt a family member. Also, I think you have to think of the legality behind it, if you decide to pull a knife on someone you better be ready to kill and kill for a good cause, that I just to see happening where I live. Now if I lived in a big city and I know some of the members here do, that would be another story. As for the ?rest? of the time I carry my Leatherman!

Gruhn

Wow,
And just to think that was just some small town guy that happened to know a thing or two about electronics. Imagine what the big guys who actual invent the technology are capable of, not to comforting.

In relation to the first post and in no relation to any of the sub topics mentioned in this post I think the closest thing I have seen to somewhat of a Kali ?fight was with a pool stick. In this situation the kid had no clue what to do but instinct directed him on how to swing and he clocked his opponent at least twice before the stick broke and the other guy charged him taking it to the ground. Obviously the chances of two people just happening to have two pairs of sticks to fight with are slim to none and all of the training used in Kali can be relayed down any type of object, from beer bottles to bar stools all is relevant.

Paraffin wax has always done wonders for me. It keeps for a secure feel and lasts long.

It reminds me of something the Flintstones might use for a baseball bat! In any event I am in agreement, I am sure that thing would hurt to get cracked with!

I myself am rather lanky and don?t have to much weight behind me but from my experience a good power shot can stop even the biggest goon from coming in. Check out the first tape in the series on power.