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 of
you... so be ready tomorrow.... ;-)

Actually, I told him if he wants to share techniques, then he doesn't have to
pay for any classes at Cead Bua, so I'm hoping that'll be enough. I mean the
stick classes don't cost, but he really wants the Plum Blossom system too, so
going for the trade off.

I'll let you know Dirk.

Glen



--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Dirk E. Folmer <defolmer@...> wrote:

> From: Dirk E. Folmer <defolmer@...>
> Subject: [non-traditional_stickfighting] Re: new member
> To: non-traditional_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 5:36 AM
> 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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