Hey Kirk, your review sounds like another excellent class at an excellent event. What you say about the Quarterstaff class sounds quite different from what I...
Stefan Dieke
s.dieke@...
Jul 1, 2005 7:26 am
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... Yes - take off the leather grip, sand down the sides, sew the grip back on. Paul...
Paul Wagner
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Jul 1, 2005 10:25 am
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... A liberal mix of armour and control. Heavy padding, steel helmets, some off-target areas for sparring. I'm yet to find a satisfactory simulator that ...
Paul Wagner
galloglaigh@...
Jul 1, 2005 10:29 am
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... Sounds like a great study. ... Whoops! Sorry I got the quote wrong. :-( ... You betcha! Peace favor your sword, Kirk...
... Yeah. Did I mess that up? <pauses to re-read what he wrote> Nuts. Yeah, I screwed that terminology up. You're right, I have them reversed. :P Good...
... So I've found. :-) But that's the sort of prices I'd see when I'd look locally. Internet shopping seems to be much better. ... Yeah. I've got one source...
I'm on another yahoo list for martial artists from New England- newenglandmartialarts@yahoogroups.com It might be a good way to arrange cross training with...
Hello, I am happy to announce that “The School of Fencing” by Domenico Angelo, annotated by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez and edited by Jared Kirby is ...
... I've heard/read/been told that the bokken was not even a practice sword but a totally different purpose weapon to defend the inside of a home; by a...
... Yes. Under various names (Te Mau Rakau, Te Mau Taiaha, etc.) this martial art is still very much alive. ... The long poles (lanza, astia, etc.) used in...
Other post answered the question about the "Massai enjakaka" so no need to answer. I guess that I shoudl keep reading until I'm fully caught up. Again BTW,...
... Thanks Tony. Is then the Shepherd's Leap more than just gettng across gullies & steep hills? The link to the further information on it was always a dead...
David, there's plenty of info. online about Salto del Pastor - it's almost all in Spanish, but a Google search will take you to the sites and you can always ...
Hey folks, I've been using this method for over a year now and have a good handle on the guards and blows. I'm interested in learning more about the 'flicks'...
... Thanks again, Tony. Sounds very Extream-Sports, should probably make a good movie background theam. Any objections of being too dangerous to show for fear...
... handle on the guards and blows. I'm interested in learning more about the 'flicks' and how to execute them with efficiency. Can anyone use to this ...
Hello Jason , Good to hear your enjoying the Vigny -Lang method of la canne. How to use it - From the high front guard the flick is generally delivered by...
craig gemeiner
ozsavate@...
Jul 3, 2005 3:43 pm
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Thanks Pete, I look forward to the review in Modern Knives. Craig G...
craig gemeiner
ozsavate@...
Jul 3, 2005 3:45 pm
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I would advise torquing your shoulders and bringing your elbow in to towards your ribs, rather than the dangling I have seen. Just my opinion. Holding the...
Hey Dennis, I am a trained FMA instructor too and if we are talking about a Bolo knife or a rattan stick, I agree with what you say. The trouble is, we aren't...
Thanks for your quick reply. An arm is weakest when the hands are extended and strongest when the elbows are close in to the center of gravity. What most...
Dennis, ... you might want to look more closely at the Vigny/Lang system, and bear in mind that, as Stu pointed out, it is designed for a unique type of weapon...
... Could you explain by what you mean by dangling ? Just my opinion. Holding the stick in he middle instead of at an end weakens the enertia of the stick so...
craig gemeiner
ozsavate@...
Jul 4, 2005 10:35 pm
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Thanks Tony, could you please post links to those sites? Dennis Tony Wolf <lone_wolf_9@...> wrote: Dennis, ... you might want to look more closely at...
Hello again Dennis, The arm itself is mechanically weak when extended. The extension lengthens the lever upon which an adversary can push. This is not a ...
Thanks Tony Wolf <lone_wolf_9@...> wrote:Dennis, ... the most thorough examination of H.G. Lang's 1923 version of the Vigny system is available in PDF...
... That's not what "Flicks" and "Flips" means in the context of Vigny/Lang stick system. the-exiles.org has a transcription of the manual. Check it out. (Of...
I was confused on the aplication of vigny lang. The hand is high - not dangling. In chapter 2 Page 7 figure 12 a stick fighter can see that the legs can be...
... No problem. ... Sure. There's always an "answer." :-) ... Yeah. It's nearly a signature move. Designed to, among other things, sneak past the standard...
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