Gary, I have a new blog but not martial arts related.
www.tunglewood.blogspot.com

My Dad taught me the belt trick too. He used an Army 38 Pattern Web Belt which
has brass buckles. I recall one night during my first year in the Army (1978)
when five or six came for me with the pillow slips filled with boots and the
soap in the socks. I turned over my bed and got behind it in the corner of the
barrack room and lashed out with the web belt wrapped around my fist. Scored a
couple of hits in the dark and they retired. The next morning on parade I could
identify two of my assailants by the nasty cuts to their cheeks and foreheads
from the buckles. Mind you, nobody came after me ever again at that unit. It was
the Army Apprentice School and the culture was the senior year bullied the
junior year. Very brutal and we had fatalities over the years but only a suicide
when I was there. I was a 'mouthy sprog' for standing up to them and so ear
marked for treatment. Cheers Perry


--- On Fri, 2/6/09, G. Byrne <kon861@...> wrote:

> From: G. Byrne <kon861@...>
> Subject: Re: [non-traditional_stickfighting] Re: Members
> To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 8:50 AM
> Wow Perry that sounds like quite an adventure (And a good
> reason to move to Oz :)
>  
> The belt thing was very informal... I was having some
> trouble with kids at school as I recall.
> Basically you wrap the belt around your palm two or three
> times and pull it tight leaving about a foot of the buckle
> end of the belt hanging. Close fingers and thumb around the
> belt in your palm and use what is basically a downward
> figure 8. The target is any hard spot on the head. My dad
> said that his dad taught him this when he was a kid for the
> same reason and that when he used this on bullies they never
> bothered him again :-)
>  
> Did you ever put up a new blog btw?
>  
> Gary
>
> --- On Thu, 1/29/09, perry gamsby
> <perrygamsby999@...> wrote:
>
> From: perry gamsby <perrygamsby999@...>
> Subject: Re: [non-traditional_stickfighting] Re: Members
> To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:04 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gary, I nearly fought a man in Manila who whipped off his
> belt... a Lubidero or Lubid (Belt) fighter. I thought he was
> going for a knife and as I was too far away to stop that mid
> draw I stayed out of range. Then a small Mazda pulled up
> with five or six cops armed with M16s who took care of the
> matter! The Lubidero had just snatched a woman's purse
> while our jeepney was stopped in traffic. I bailed out to
> help but some kid passing by did a flying drop kick that
> took the thief of the BMX bike he was rapidly peddling away!
> It was quite a scene! By all means send me info on the belt
> technique. Cheers Perry
>
> --- On Wed, 1/28/09, G. Byrne <kon861@yahoo. com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: G. Byrne <kon861@yahoo. com>
> > Subject: Re: [non-traditional_ stickfighting] Re:
> Members
> > To: non-traditional_ stickfighting@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 9:10 AM
> > Dirk.
> >  
> > I'll be sorry to see this list go, but you may be
> > right. I havn't had much time to read any of this
> in the
> > last year (Been working 70-90 hr work weeks) let alone
> do
> > any stick work :-(
> > It's taken a while to catch up.
> >  
> > Perry.
> >  
> > You mentioned that you were putting something together
> with
> > family fighting techniques.. . If you are still
> interested I
> > have one for using a belt. Let me know if you are
> still
> > interested.
> >  
> > Thanks
> >  
> > Gary
> >
> > --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Perry Gamsby
> > <perrygamsby999@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Perry Gamsby <perrygamsby999@ yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [non-traditional_ stickfighting] Re: Members
> > To: non-traditional_ stickfighting@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 4:04 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Given the last post was in July and nothing since
> then,
> > perhaps that is the right decision I
> > have started and ended groups when they pass their use
> by
> > date. It was a good idea,
> > achieved what you wanted it to and now time to move
> on. Of
> > coruse if anyone wants to
> > take you up on your offer and revitalise it, go for
> it. If
> > I can be helpful of course I will be.
> > Cheers Perry
> >
> > --- In non-traditional_ stickfighting@ yahoogroups.
> com,
> > "Dirk E. Folmer" <defolmer@.. .>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you, all, for supporting this group. I
> created
> > it to give the
> > > independant groups a place to talk/vent/teach.
> ..I
> > believe that that
> > > time is now past as so many SPECIFIC sites exist,
> this
> > one no longer
> > > has to. SO I am closing it...I have done what I
> set
> > out to do...If any
> > > of you would like to take the reigns, so be it...
> > >
> > > I have achieved what I wanted...open style
> > discussion.. .
> > >
> > > Let me know, otherwise I will close by the end of
> the
> > week.
> > >
> > > Truly thanks to all, but it appears my job is
> done.
> > >
> > > Keep swinging!
> > >
> > > Dirk
> > >