What a terrific athlete and blindingly quick with those kicks. I think just the
speed times the mass etc if one landed it would hurt! Very whip like. Thanks for
the pointer, hours of enjoyable viewing there and of course great to see a more
combative application of Capoeria. Cheers Perry

PS I was lined up to take on Bas Rutten but they said I couldn't take my stick
in the ring with me. Or the knife, sap, blackjack and cosh. I figured what's
the point? They took all the fun out of it for me!

--- On Sun, 6/15/08, Dirk <defolmer@...> wrote:

> From: Dirk <defolmer@...>
> Subject: RE: [non-traditional_stickfighting] Both Kinds
> To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008, 10:10 AM
> Here's one JP!
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> This guy pulls what we call Chauson, it's where you
> touch ground w/ off hand, and take the head...Lovely
> fighter!
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQg24WFaVtw
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> "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go
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> Theodore Roosevelt Sept 3, 1901
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> I wont get into the details but I was forced into this by
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