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Others may be able to give you more info on these but my understanding is they are all a derivative of the original Fillipino Art. Escrima and Arnis, Arnis de Mano(harness of the hand) are terms used most often in the Philippines with Kali being the term used in the US and Europe. Hope this helps.

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Keep up the hard work Matt. The class sounds great. Keep us updated on your progress.

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Hey Kez, glad you're back on-line. It's hard to remember what it was like before the internet. I like books too!

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Hey KarateK, Glad your back but sorry to hear you've had a hard time recently. I've been in kind of the same boat lately myself. Maybe things well turn around for both of us. Have you been catching any LOST lately. It's getting good. I have a new site that will let you watch the episodes if you're interested.

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Congrats! Nice job. Keep up the hard work and training.

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Well deserved! Congrats,

Congrats for getting back in school. I'm sure you'll do fine. Best of luck.

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I guess we are lucky in my school. Our Hanshi is very open to other styles and welcomes thought and input from others who have studied other styles. Maybe this is because in his more than forty years of experience he himself has taken other styles and incorporates his knowledge of those into our style. One example of this is we have this gentleman who is a Shodan in another style come to our class wishing to work out with us. Our Hanshi is always careful about other people wanting to come to class just to workout, there are those who go from school to school and try and steal students away to thier own school by telling them whats wrong with the system they're taking. Well this guy was legit and was very respectful to our Hanshi. This gentleman also has a history in Jujitsu which our Hanshi isn't a big fan of just because in his past jobs he had many years ago as a bouncer and bodyguard you didn't want to find yourself locked up with someone on the ground, especially in a club where a guy is bound to have some buddies with him to help. But he tells us that this doesn't mean that he doesn't want us to learn it and know it just because he's not a fan. Don't get me wrong, he loves Jujitsu and thinks its a great art. It just didn't work for him. He'll be the first to tell you that there is no bad art, just bad instructors. This other black belt offered to teach us what he knows about Jujitsu and our Hanshi was very accepting of it. And he now is learning our style and katas to incorporate into his own. I believe learning other styles can only make you a better Martial Artist in the long run. Sure, have a base style but don't be told that it's the way and only way. Very nice article.

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The Atlanta Braves here. I've been one all my life, even in he years where they were lucky to win one game. Looks like the team just is going to be sold to Liberty Media I believe. Hope that doesn't mean a lot of changes.

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Very good point baronbvp. I agree that deescalation of a situation is a very important part of being a Martial Artist and something that I feel is not taught enough. Thanks for bringing it up.