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Dog Corey - now you get an idea of what we get to go through, lol.

I didnt see his name on the list but I know Peregrine from the Hawaii Clan will be there.

Ive fell off the path many times, sometimes life happens and you dont have time to train but you know, had I gone to training even though I didnt really want to I think I would have burnt out and when I finally went back it felt really good to get in and train. When I first moved to Hawaii, I didnt train at all for like 3 years part of it was trying to find the right group.  I met up with Dogzilla and everything clicked and it's always a blast even when getting whooped on by DogZilla or one of the others, lol.  Right now Im probably in training overdrive because my girl will be giving birth in February so I have been training with Tobosa Escrima, Ola'a-Nalo Escrima and DogZilla and when the baby comes, who knows what my schedule will be like.. 

is there a lot that can be missed in FMA by primarily training only things which can be applied in sparring?

The tippy tap drill thread is a pretty good read too.
http://dogbrothers.com/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1186.0

There are times where in the heat of sparring, things from Hubud or other drills that just come into play without any thought.  Stick happens.

Sweet little montage / tribute to Sonny Umpad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_ddUsPSeY

I saw a post interview on Sherdog, I think he may have trained in Vegas and Hawaii with Chris Leben.

What ever happened to the good old day's when you get into a school yard fight and the teacher breaks it up, slaps you on the hand and sends you back to class and you might even start building a friendship with the the person you were fighting with.        DT

Those were the days before kids started shooting classmates.

Forgot to mention last Friday was the anniversary of Maestro Sonny Umpad's passing.
I just wanted to say thanks to Eddy and Maia for sharing more of Sonny's art with Peregrine and I.
Thanks to those who continue to carry on his art and I hope to meet more of Sonny's students as well.
Aloha and a hui ho...

Wow, thanks for the enlightenment.

Nice clip of Sonny Umpad's students

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELWEjSFWGRA

Found this clip via another forum, very similar to the DBMA / Pekiti Tersia.

This clip also has 1 vs 2 people with protective gear on.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDSsereOdg 

Link to the actual thread is here.
http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49199

This show looks pretty cool, Im looking forward to watching as many of the episodes as I can.

Nice. Very nice! 

Another case of Bystander Apathy.


Police: Shoppers Stepped Over Victim
By ROXANA HEGEMAN

Associated Press Writer

WICHITA, Kan. — As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over the woman, police said.

The June 23 situation, captured on the store's surveillance video, got scant news coverage until a columnist for The Wichita Eagle disclosed the existence of the video and its contents Tuesday.

Police have refused to release the video, saying it is part of their investigation.

"It was tragic to watch," police spokesman Gordon Bassham said Tuesday. "The fact that people were more interested in taking a picture with a cell phone and shopping for snacks rather than helping this innocent young woman is, frankly, revolting."

The woman was stabbed during an altercation that was not part of a robbery, Bassham said. It took about two minutes for someone to call 911, he said.

Calloway, 27, died later at a hospital.

Two suspects have been arrested. A 19-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder. Another suspect who turned himself in had not been charged as of Tuesday, the Sedgwick County prosecutor's office said.

The district attorney's office will have to decide whether any of the shoppers could be charged, Bassham said.

It was uncertain what law, if any, would be applicable. A state statute for failure to render aid refers only to victims of a car accident.

Eagle columnist Mark McCormick told The Associated Press he learned about the video when he called Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams to inquire about a phone call he had received from a reader complaining about a Police Department policy that requires emergency medical personnel to wait until police secure a crime scene before rendering aid. McCormick said Williams then unloaded on him about the shoppers in the stabbing case.

"This is just appalling," Williams told the newspaper. "I could continue shopping and not render aid and then take time out to take a picture? That's crazy. What happened to our respect for life?"

Congrats to all who were promoted / received Candidate, Dog, Kitty, Dog Brother status!!  Im looking forward to the next event. A hui hou! (Til we meet again!)

\m/     \m/

Not that I am trying to second guess anyone since this will be my first time but do you think the lighting had anything to do with the visual perception of the shocknife?  I was watching this clip http://www.setcan.com/video/dogbrothers_lg.wmv and as they got in the corner it appeared it was kind of dark but since there will be a lighting and camera crew perhaps it will be a little different.

HA. I don't feel so bad about when I asked about El Cajon now, LOL.   

This sounds like an exciting fight! Hopefully I can catch the replay.

WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KOs) scored an eleventh round TKO over Zab Judah (34-5, 25 KOs) in a wild back and forth classic on Saturday before a crowd of 20,658 at a sold out Madison Square Garden in New York City. In round one Judah hurt Cotto with an uppercut, Cotto put Judah on the deck with a low blow. Cotto was effective for most of round two, but was rocked again by Judah at the end of the round. Cotto continued the pressure in the third and another low blow put Judah down again. A point was deducted from Cotto. Cotto was bleeding from the mouth as Judah found a home for the left hand. Judah was cut over the right eye in the fourth as he was hammered by Cotto. Cotto was cut over the right eye in the sixth but wobbled Judah midway through the round. Judah opened up and hurt Cotto again in the seventh. Cotto was back on the attack in an exciting eighth. Judah's right eye was starting to close in the ninth and Judah took a knee to escape Cotto's assault. Cotto continued to brutalize Judah in the tenth. Judah was floored by a right hand in the eleventh and referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the fight after Cotto's followup assault. Time was :49.

Thanks for the info Tom.  Im going to hit the stores this weekend and check prices.

Not wanting to be picky, but as an old school Judoka... tatami are the reed mats.  But it is also the brand name of olympic style Judo mats, just hoping to avoid confussion   (I've been bitten by this before   ).

I was wondering about that myself, I searched using the term "tatami mats" which came up with the picture of the reed mats as well as the foam "puzzle" mats.

It would be kinda cool to use the reed mats Im sure they wont be as forgiving as the foam though, lol.

Should we create another thread with a poll about walls so it is easier to track?

Im interested in the idea but again since this is my first gathering I dont want to out do myself so to speak... ya know? Kinda like my "eyes are bigger than my stomach" kinda thing.  What I have in mind is to come down "whoop and get whooped" learn from it and be a better fighter at each gathering.

Guro Crafty, Im all for the wall. 

Hmmmmmmm Im contemplating the idea Tom (nunchaku vs stick )... this is going to be my first time at a gathering.  Might as well make it as memorable as possible right? 

I think this is going to be a good thread and I look forward to reading some great replies. Im not sure how to address the some of the other questions but I guess in the case of sparring or in a Gathering setting maybe an option is to have several judges watching from different angles just like they do in the tournaments. Matches would be short but "realistic" if we follow the one hit concept that Maija practiced with Maestro Sonny, another idea is that while using the "one cut your out" concept add in the idea that if the cut is "Minor" i.e. on a hand then the cut person loses or has limited use of that hand or appendage.

so how do you train it alongside the idea that you probably will not......?

standing in front of someone holding a live blade, knife, machete, katana, pinute, whatever, and i can tell you that my first impulse is not to run at them, taking a few cuts on the way in as i go for the strike/take down.

IMHO I believe that one of the most important factors would be mental preparation.

I finally got a chance to watch the Grandfathers Speak VOL 2 and Maestro Sonny was amazingly fast, I liked his idea and ability to check with the flate of the blade vs using the alive \ empty hand.