My new Vigny cane made by Dirk Folmer from combatcanes.com arrived over the weekend. I ordered Dirk's saynite cane with an ivory resin knob. It is simple yet...
I am pleased to announce that Gallowglass Academy now has two DVD's on western martial arts available for purchase. The first is a DVD on the use of the Bowie...
A break in the weather. We were blessed with a training area that was 40F today! 2 rds offbalance, grip work 2 rds sambo 1 rd ground work We worked on two...
Hi there My name is Gustavo Sosa. I am from Montevideo, Uruguay, and I am making my first steps in traditional western martial arts. My previous experience is...
Couldn't find any links to order the DVDs on the Gallowglass website. I'm guessing they're not up yet? **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at...
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I have a lot of experience with chokes from 12 years of Judo and 10 years of Krigarenve. In my experience you can safely train in grappling arts with out mats...
Well, following the "First Monday of the Month is Bartitsu Monday" standard we, well, did Bartitsu! First some Scientific Boxing, focusing on evasions and...
Hey Kirk, Sounds great. And inspiring. Hoping I can get something like this off the ground myself in "The Sweat Lodge". (My garage in August.) Two trivial...
Hey Kirk, sounds like a very solid set of "tactical movement experiments" and pressure-testing between the styles. Barton-Wright would have approved, I'm...
I would tend to agree that chokes are NOT something I would try to teach/learn by video. In my experience the person being choked needs to know what it feels ...
Broadsword League Championships 2008 and Rule Revisions for 2009 Announcing the official results of the Broadsword League Championships for 2008. The winner of...
I don't jump in much, but just wanted to say that I agree; if a person has never had personal instruction in chokes, it is very unwise to try to learn them...
Congratulations to the 2008 Champions! The rules revisions look good Chris- I think the RMSG will end up taking part this year. Roger Siggs ... [Non-text...
Let's be clear- as safely as many trained people can practice and train this material, we're still talking about blocking oxygen to the brain for a period of...
In the event you do choose to practice chokes anyway, here is an article by Neil Ohlenkamp on chokes in Judo. http://judoinfo.com/chokes.htm Roger ... ...
In light of Roger's post, I must clarify... I am not suggesting that people who are untrained should practice chokes on their own... They must have a...
Hey Mike, I wasn't suggesting you thought otherwise- yours was the handiest post to reply to. R ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I would agree with Mike an instructor experienced in chokes should be able to safely teach a new choke by video without much trouble or danger to their...
On Sunday, March 29th, the Rocky Mountain Swordplay Guild will be hosting the second in our series of one-day seminars on the Western Martial Arts. This...
... Startup can be slow sometimes. Keep at it and keep a positive attitude. ... 2 hours total with 3 people. The carport could accommodate 4 comfortably, 6...
... Haven't really gotten to pressure testing quite yet. I want to bring the guys up to speed first. One fella used to do TKD 25 years ago and did some...
Sorry, we have had a minor crisis that has distracted us from getting the info up on the website. For those who are _desperate_ to snatch up these hot new...
I agree...nice rules update. Part of our problem here was when we did all bring the correct gear we never had enough people for seconds and time keepers, when...
... From: Cáemgen <kevinmstr@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 1:06 am Subject: [western-arts] Celtic arts in Oregon. Was...
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