YODA

Hi Kickbutt You should try his follow ups - "Further along the road less travelled" & "The road less travelled & beyond". I would also recommend "The Different Drum" - here's teh "blurb"... "Attempts to challenge mankind to achieve wholeness through the experience of shared community. The author describes how communities should work and suggests the first steps towards spiritual survival." Susan Jeffers is also a favourite of mine.

Easy - 'cos that's what I've been known as on the net since about 1997. --- and NO - it wasn't originally anything to do with Star Wars!

Definitely agree with KickChick on this one - As a result of my martial arts training, the effect it has had on my life over the last 24 years or so, I have looked deeper into myself. I am not at all religeous but quite a spiritual person. On a similar thought - anyone read any of M.Scott Peck's books?

I'm still pretty much cinvinced that there must also bee some difference in the Kuzushi - I don't see how I can break balance to the front & upwards like in Harai Goshi when in the Yama Harashi grip. Feels very much like I'm setting up a winding throw - in fact, I've pulled off Yama Arashi from a failed Soto-Makikomi a few times.

Hi Joe One of the earliest documented Muay Thai events was the famous challenge between the Thai Naikhanomthom & a team of fighters from Burma - this was in 1774. Muay Thai can be traced back to the Ayuthaya dynasty in Siam (Now Thailand) which ran from 1350 to 1767. Quite old _________________ YODA 2nd Degree Black Belt : Doce Pares Eskrima Instructor : JKD Concepts http://www.jkdc.co.uk / http://www.docepares.co.uk [ This Message was edited by: YODA on 2002-02-11 14:42 ]

Nice link Jack - I'm very familiar with the website - no help on my question there - no mention of Yama Arashi on that page!

I agree Strife. But I wouldn't say you could add in ANY art. It would have to fit withing certain criteria... Functional Economy of motion Non classical It would also have to share some common thread with the other methods you use - this is why many JKD people seem to choose the same art or types of art. For example, in the standing striking ranges Muay Thai fits very well with Jun Fan Gung Fu - it is easy to launch a Thai kick from a Jun Fan Bi Jong position, but not very easy, for example, to launch it from say a Hung Gar horse stance. There are many good arts out there - but they just don't "fit" with what we do. Take Shotokan Karate - I know people who train Shotokan who are formidable at the ranges that it covers - I would NOT want to take a gyaku-tsuki off one guy in particular, he would snap my sternum into pieces! BUT - he finds it very difficult to use any of the trapping from Jun Fan because his structure doesn't fit with it. We had a funny encounter once actually (getting off the topic...) We had been discussing the relenance of grappling and he said that he would & could kick anyone to bits before they got close enough to grapple him. A few days later I was walking through town & spotted him sat with his family ina cafe having lunch. Luckily his wife spotted me before he did (I approached from behind him) & she got the idea right away from the grin on my face. I slapped him in a rear choke & took him to about 2 seconds before unconciousness before letting go - pretty difficult to get of that devastating front kick (and his IS) if you're sitting down reading a newspaper with a mouthfull of coffe - Muhahahaaaaa...... He got his revenge a few months later but errrr.... that's another story.

It IS a nice analogy - I like it a lot. I also like to have a laugh occasionally As a matter of fact I don't drink beer

Thanks Brighthand - I suspected it was just the grip. The grip does give the Yama Arashi more of a leg throw type angle.

........... and then the prof said - "So, NOW is the jar full, as it has the rocks, pebbles AND the sand?" "Yes!" was the reply from the students. So next the prof picked up a bottle of beer and poured it in - of course, the beer filled up the small voids left between the grains of sand. The moral of this tale is... No matter how full your life is - there's always room for a beer. _________________ YODA 2nd Degree Black Belt : Doce Pares Eskrima Instructor : JKD Concepts http://www.jkdc.co.uk / http://www.docepares.co.uk [ This Message was edited by: YODA on 2002-02-10 13:47 ]

Try the squat thrusts by bringing just one leg up at a time - you'll still get the benefit to your knees & you'll take a whole lot of pressure off your lumbar spine!

Howdy Brighthand Judo huh? Maybe you could shed some light on my " Problem - anyone help?" question on the Judo forum?

There are two types & times for stretching... Maintenance / wrm up stretching - before training to prepare your body for the workout ahead. This should take you up to your current flexibility level. Development stretching - done,a s AnonymouseOne says, at the end of training when your muscles are warm.

Great! I'll be seeing Sifu Bustillo in September so keep me posted on your progress. If I can help with any aspect of your training just yell. Just make sure you spell Eskrima correctly - LOL!

Unfortunately yes, Harpoon - very serious.

12x4mm? Yeeeouch! I bet that was a tad uncomfortable!

I must say that I probably learned more from them than they learned from me. Every time I don't feel like training - or I have an injury and don't feel quite up to it - I think of those kids & how they gave me 100% despite having such a hard hand to play in life - inspiring!

There are no dumb questions - only dumb answers

Hmmmm...... do I sense a touch of homophobia?

Hi all In Doce Pares Eskrima our forms are called "Sayaw". There are 17 of them and include forms for... Single stick Single sword Double stick Sword & dagger Staff Long sword (two handed)

Hi Harpoon Tendons are pretty much non-elastic - so you don't stretch them. Even if you did it would not be a good idea! Muscles are what you stretch. The tendons that have insertions at the back of the knee are the following... The hamstring group The Gastrocnemius (Calf) The Soleus (Deep calf) So - stretch those muscles!

I've trained with Sifu Bustillo - excellent! Go for it. Try some Doce Pares Eskrima while you're there

I used to teach martial arts to a group of mixed disability children - ranging from Down's children, Spinabifida, all sorts of stuff. If I can be of any help I will galdly contribute.

Good advaice Jack. May I also add..... Fluid intake - before, during & after training! Minerals - unless your diet is PERFECT - take a multivitamin & mineral supplement daily. Not those cheapo supermarket ones designed for old people - a decent sports strength one.

In my 2nd Thai fight we had to wear headguards. My opponent hit me so hard with a left hook that it spun my headguard around 90 degrees so that I was looking out of the ear hole - or trying to! LOL! He could have backed off at that point while the ref took time to adjust it , but no - he kicked me so hard in the head that he detatched the auditory nerve in my ear - so now I wear a hearing aid. Doh! Headguards are great