I originally posted this on another FMA discussion group but thought you all might enjoy reading it. After 12 years of Serrada training (plus a few years of...
garry bowlds Good post. The rapier techniques are similar to Serrada strike numbers 5.6.7,10 & 12. So you already had more exposure to fencing than the...
... His videos are somewhat limited, but still worth the look. There is a book Arte of Defense by William E. Wilson that is also worth the look. It discusses...
Is it Enter The Dragonwhere Bruce Lee says he is too busy to fight? This is from an old post. ... him that he studied Karate, just before the guy that knew...
Awhile ago someone posted a message on this group, or one of the other FMA discussion groups, about using 3 x 5 index cards for Escrima training (which I...
Alan Stewart, in the middle of Dec 2003 mentioned at World of Serrada yahoo group aka Khalid's group that he studied the I-Ching and that gave him the idea to...
Fourteen Guros, and about 300 people practicing altogether local and internationally. 2000 people knowing the name "Serrada" but having different varying...
Hello, Janos Kovacs Good to hear from you. Tell me more about Maestro Martinez' seminars. Geometry was part of the teaching in Iberian Fencing, because of the...
Over 3,000 students have trained at the accademy moroman333 <moroman333@...> wrote:> Fourteen Guros, and about 300 people practicing altogether ... ...
Hi Dennis, I have been on the floor in public and private with both Mr. Loriega and Mr. Martinez. I taught at the first two Western Martial Art Workshops in...
The Spanish were trading Inca Gold to Japanese prior to their occupating the Philippine Islands. Guro Dennis Servaes newsreader99 <newsreader99@...>...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientmilitary this has artifacts of ancient wars and ancient military historical stuff Spanish espada y daga, Hindu/...
Kitano's modern updating of Shintaru Katsu starrer the original Zatoichi blind swordsman samurai action series from the 1970s. He should have made it set in...
Hi Dennis, In "The Book of the Sword" by Richard F. Burton, we can see and example of two ancient Egyptian warriors doing single stick fighting using a left...
Hi Dennis, In "The Book of the Sword" by Richard F. Burton, we can see and example of two ancient Egyptian warriors doing single stick fighting using a left...
I think this is a reflection of one's lack of faith in one martial art. Although, it's important to understand concepts from other martial arts to understand...
Serrada doesn't need to be mixed with other martial arts, and can fight against any other martial art regardless the origin or style. A Serrada practitioner...
Dennis , I need to clarify something for you. I am a member of Inosanto academy. There is no serrada in JKD. There is little to no serrada in the Kali they...
... I missed a couple of weeks of digests because Yahoo suddenly stopped sending out digests to me, so I'm jumping into the middle of this. Nevertheless, from...
Once again Jeff is right on! ... isn't ... using ... talk ... stopped ... style; ... exist ... Serrada ... take it ... Buno, a ... How about ... developed in...
... are weak ... Good answer. I think Bruce Lee also mentioned something about having no style. But I am pointing this out because of the way some arts are ...
Every art becomes Serrada, if perfected. Look at the Strike angle template. Whichever art you use you are still going to come in those projections at me. Then...
Serrada is already evolved from studying all the possibilities and then streamlining it for immediate close-range response. JKD uses the Serrada right-front...
Cross training is good as you become familiar with how another style will attack you and its policies. Then you go back to Serrada and find the solution. Yet,...
Okay lets break this down a piece at a time. In a book entitled The Filipino Martial Arts as taught by Dan inosanto- compiled by Dan Inosanto, Gilbert L....
Jeff Yes, Serrada can defend against any style. Yes, we train the same regardless of what someone else might do. You seem to be confused between self defense...
I do not know what was taught by guro dan in 80, I was 7 and living on a ranch in nowhere texas. I can however tell you what is taught present day and it is...