Kirk

--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Kirk Lawson <lawson@...> wrote:

> Glad to see you back around. Thought you'd fallen off the face of the
> earth.

I might as well have :-) seemed like all I did was work and sleep, but I'm back.

> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=CLQiz6uiEBU

> The video is very shaky. Tripod mounted would probably not give my old
> eyes a headache. ;-)

My younger son Alex was doing the filming on a handheld camera (the kind usually
used for taking still pics) having said that I'm not sure a tripod would work
seeing that we moved around so much, but if we get more serious about it later
I'll definitely look into something better.

> You've got very good aggression and are able to push through on him on
> strength of aggression alone.

Is that like telling a fat chick that her new bikini brings out the color of her
eyes... lol hopefully I'll add some skill with the stick to my aggression as
time goes on :-)

> I'd recommend that Maarten be careful about how he is blocking with his
> off ("live") hand.

I've actually mentioned this to him more than once, hopefully he doesn't have to
learn the hard way.

> Both of you closed into grappling range several times during the clip
> but didn't grapple at all except for you stripping the stick from his
> grasp a couple of those times. It's mostly just my personal
> proclivities, but I'd have liked to see you guys hit the clinch and then
> working some trips, sweeps, underhooks, that kinda thing. But, like I
> said, that's just my inner monkey showing.

That is in the works... we decided to just go with the sticks until those skills
improve, then work in grappling.

> All told I liked it.

Thanks.

> Peace favor your sword,
> Kirk

And yours :-)

Gary