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 when I served...oddly from *my* perspective
as a YOUNG American, some of the nicest and MOST DANGEROUS guys
I ever knew...same can be said for a friend from Basic named Penido
Liberado...could have killed me in 1 minute if he's wanted too...
but instead showed me a few things...probably saved my life...

It's the quiet ones you have to watch...which of course leaves me out...


I'm a harmless old cripple...

Dirk

--- In non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com, Glen Doyle
<uisceman@...> wrote:
>
> 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 for a guy his size and has
great natural stick instincts, very talented... we're trying to
convince him to share some of those Sikh sword techniques he's been
taught... :)
>
> Glen
>
> --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Chris Denmark <cdenmark13@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Chris Denmark <cdenmark13@...>
> > Subject: Re: [non-traditional_stickfighting] new member
> > To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 4:11 AM
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue 06/24, Chris Denmark < cdenmark13@yahoo. ca
> > > wrote:
> > From: Chris Denmark [mailto: cdenmark13@yahoo. ca]
> > To: non-traditional_ stickfighting@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:29:49 -0700 (PDT)
> > Subject: Re: [non-traditional_ stickfighting] new member
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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, 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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