It's not Irish but this is a chance to see footage of African Stick Fighting. On Discovery Channel, Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 10 p.m. ET/PT Below is the info from...
Thanks for the heads up! Dirk "Walk softly...." Well, you know the rest. ... From: Chuck Wyatt [mailto: baldmonkeyboy@...] To: bata@yahoogroups.com Date:...
We have a cat from south Africa who is competing in two weeks . at our club . it will be interesting to see if his wierd straight on style is echoed in the ...
"wierd straight on style is echoed in the style on this show." Hi John, Just Curious to see if his style did reflect what was on lastnight. In case you or...
Many thanks for tipping us off to that show. I watched it and found it really educational. However, I was very disappointed that I didn't get to watch the host...
I looked through the whole night and it was not on the discovery channel. I missed it . Damn. Anyways it sounds pretty typical for such a long stick although i...
... I think that it is to be repeated several times. Do a search for "Going Tribal". It is basically the same style as Massai do, in several past Travel...
From what it sounds like, this is not at all the style used by the Maasai (who, by the way, don't do the whole lip-plate thing...). Maasai stick work is not...
... You may be thinking of Zulu stick-fighting that is further South. Unless the Travel Channel's documentary entitled "Day of the Donga" was totally...
Not meaning to put down what you've learned, but as regards the Maasai, it's wrong. I spent a year living and working in Kenya, amogn the maasai and while...
Hey everyone, There will be a workshop held Oct.15 here in Philadelphia on: Intro to Irish Shillelagh, Intro to An Bata Mor, and Intro to Broughton Era ...
... Thanks a lot, Keith. The 3rd link was also on Maasai btw. Unfortunately, the 4th link didn't work (perpetual technical problem). Seems TV mispells it as...
My guess is that the people are the Donga. If so, they're from Ethiopia. Their stick game is called surma. For a photo and brief description of the social...
According to The Discovery Channel the tribe was called the Suri. Though it wouldn't be the first time the Discovery Channel was wrong. ... Ethiopia. ... ...
... Yes, the current "Going Tribal" episode were Surma/Suri. I may have been mistaken of earlier shows that had mentioned Maasai, maybe it was on some other...
Hi All, I just thought I'd let everyone know about these kevlar motorcycle gloves that Sifu brought to the club. Form fitting but very effective for protecting...
I have finally slept off the effects of too many hours of training, too many hours of drinking and not enough hours of sleeping from attending ISMAC in Lansing...
... Congratulations Mark Rainey, Keith Nelson & Kirk Lawson, on your Free Scholar certificates! (Though I though Kirk was already Provost)?. ... I was thinking...
At least posting terms for a freference for me to look up later & in case others are interested. According to John Hurley's listing; maide ceathrún:...
... Nah, but I can fake it if you like. ;-) ... The extras of this pattern aren't in the syllabus yet. It's not an "official" syllabus anyhow. If some...
<I wrote>: Sounds great, wish I could have gone. I don't drink though so I'd have no excuse of dropping out on a 2nd day, barring injury. :-) ... Actually, at...
Anyone have a list of good combos to work in defense against a knife or a heavy club? See you soon, Deo volente. Jason McIntyre Tsunami Shotokan Karate ...
... Well, just IMHO, the knife and the club work differently. The knife is a lot more slashy-stabby. It's a lot easier to use a bata (or pretty much any...
No argument! Whack the hand...it does not take much force and it IS, as Kirk said, the lead target. Dirk "Walk softly...." Well, you know the rest. ... From:...
Thx Kirk, I'm trying to come up with something different that me and boys can work on that is self defense related. I thought (and could be wrong) that a...
MA: See Below Marc Adkins ... ...as did Kirk but he was off on some piratical excursion:) MA: Hey Kirk How was that?.....For those of us that wished they could...
In the past year we have had so many beginners that we started a web tutorial for people to reference when they are not at the club. The basic stances used by...
... One fun one is to have one guy take a rubber/sparring knife and gear up as heavy on armour as you ever do then "attack" another with a boffer bata. It's...
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