Yeah, i've looked at the msp stuff on the utube, love da sounds man, whack whack whack! thanks for the info, and actually i'm training with glen now. he was recommended by a couple of Angel biker buddies of mine about a year ago, and i finally dropped in on a class in oakville about a month ago, and me being the arrogant ass that i am, i wanted to test it before commiting to the system, so I told glen i wanted to test it, he says sure, and motions for me to follow him outside, so i liked him immediately, then i asked how we decide points and stuff and the dude just shakes his head and says, the guy out cold on the sidewalk lost.
dirk, i freakin loved it man, blood pumping, adrenalin pumping, it was sweet ass sweet but i do have a day job and needs to be able to work with my hands, so i wanted to stick with sparring, anyway, i told him i just wanted to spar a bit, so one of his guys, rich, awesome guy, took me up on the match and after about 10 minutes of intense aggressive techniques that bruised the living crap out of me, i said this irish bata thing is worth my time. i like the timing, so different from what i had learned, the breaking of the distance was odd, i figured with a long stick it's easier to keep them away, or get them before they get close, but an odd timing to fight against. i'm very intrigued about the msp system as well, i love the stick length, something i'm used to, and i like the footwork, also something i'm used to. i guess i'll try to haul my butt out there in the future, where out west BC? i love any and all approaches to sticks man,
any and all, the more they vary the more i drool.
so tell me more about this list, what do we do here?
----- Original Message ---- From: Dirk <defolmer@...> To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:39:18 PM Subject: Re: [non-traditional_stickfighting] new member
Chris,
well, damn. That sounds like a hell of a resume.
I don't know your particular idiom...we've got some EXCELLENT
resources up north...In ontario there is Glen Doyle, about the
only guy with traceable Generational system, and out west there
is Mi Amigo JP Sullivan, of the infamous MSP...either one a FONT
of info and technique...
Both RADICALLY different in approach....
Me? I'm old and crippled and harmless...I use a cane these days.
What I DO do, is continue to find all the things the best systems
have IN COMMON and find the reasons they are held as truth across
the systems and across the world..
Welcome!
As for the stick, no worries! I actually am a canesmith, and this has
been a torture test for my process...I call it a pass, all things
considered.
Dirk
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
Theodore Roosevelt Sept 3, 1901
sorry
to hear about your stick. a bit bout me. born in englehart, ontario, but my dad move around alot for business. trained in
escrima, kune tao, kendo, gatka, yedo, and woldo for the past 22 years in Indonesia, India,
Philippines, and South Korea.. moved back to Canada in 1992 and switched over to
BJJ for a bit, then played away with some mma crap as well, boooooring, then
recently got back into escrima/arnis stick fighting, and about a month ago
started training in bata. sticks have my heart man, i just love da sounds, da
screams, and da "ummph" when someone takes a hit.
Chris
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hi there Dirk my man, sorry to hear about your stick. a bit bout me. born in englehart, ontario, but my dad move around alot for business. trained in escrima,...
Chris, well, damn. That sounds like a hell of a resume. I don't know your particular idiom...we've got some EXCELLENT resources up north...In ontario there is...
Yeah, i've looked at the msp stuff on the utube, love da sounds man, whack whack whack! thanks for the info, and actually i'm training with glen now. he was...
Way to make me sound psychotic, Christopher. *lol* Actually Dirk, Chris won't say it but he is pretty talented and obviously well trained... moves very well...
Glen, A) we did not need *HIM* to tell us that! B) If he's got true Gatka techniques and he's holding back... BEAT it out of him... I knew a couple of Sikh's...
LOL Dirk... well I guess I could be called a lot worse... thanks for being gentle... And Chris, I believe Dirk has given me orders to get those techniques out...
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