Martial_Artist

???????? No hablo aléman. 'Di ako marunong mag-german. Madik ammo ag-sao iti german. I don't know how to speak German. Anyways, welcome.

My wife and I practice marital arts.

What art works? The art of common sense.

1) For a long time I knew nothing else. 2) For defense. 3) Because I enjoy it.

It hurts.

I loved Thundercats. Early Robotech and Voltron. He-Man was good. Who can forget old school Scooby Doo?

Alright, What do you think about these: Isda. - Tagalog for Fish Ikkan - Ilocano for Fish Pops - name of one of our fish Fishowitz - another name of one of our fish Milo Tuguegarao - Itawis word for sun god that rises from the flames, kind of like a phoenix. Williams Ceasar Nythaneal - pronounced Nathaniel. Hope these help.

What kind of fish is it? Color? I can think of a few good ones.

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Should the long arm of the law be putting a few more bad guys in the ground a year? What acts as a better deterrent? Lenient punishment or effective punishment? For where you live, do you think the law(i.e. enforcement personnel, laws in the books) is doing enough to prevent/stop crime? What do you think should be done to curb/stop/reduce crime in your town/city?

I like Chage & Aska.

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Domestic violence laws do vary state from state and for the most part deal primarily with significant others, i.e. spouse/live-in/boyfriend-girlfriend. There are also Federal Laws that deal with Domestic Violence. If the Police were called when you slapped her and a report made you're lucky you didn't go to jail. Since this doesn't seem the case, and if there isn't any evidence, it's your word against hers. I can't say for certainty what will happen because again, as ZR440 stated, laws vary from state to state. However, in any case if any charges are brought against you it will be wise to get a lawyer to protect your rights. You could unduly be arrested, stripped of certain rights, and your record permanently marred unless the proper legal steps are taken, and only a lawyer for that state can do so.

Ok, now we have really over stepped the bounds of going a "bit off topic" this really needs to continue in another thread. Not here. To Goshinman, Yes, it is guerilla warfare that has allowed them to survive this long. It is their military tactics. But it is also the culture of war that permeates their society that has truly made them into the menace they are today. It is a different lifestyle. War/combat is regular and ingrained from childhood. And I agree with you. The Kali guys are tough. And it is their tactics of war that have allowed them to survive for so long. They are a society of warriors. Not conventional by any means, but certain people in Mindanao sure do know their stuff. Unfortunately, no one trained as they are trained can be found in the West. Anyways, my argument was to clarify the misconception many people have about Kali Warriors. What we see in the West, taught by Filipinos who have come to the West to make money is not the Kali/ living fighting arts of the Philippines and shouldn't be used to judge the trueness of the art. That being said, my money would still be on the Kali Warrior versus a Samurai. Now on to something else. Guerilla warfare is easy to defeat if you think about it? Hmm, several centuries of warfare has certainly taught us otherwise. Much wiser and more experienced men have tried and failed. If guerilla warfare was really that easy then it would not be an issue so heavily worried over by generals across the world, Warp Spider. War is something outside what you seem capable of comprehending. It is not as simple as point A attacked by group B end of story. Open field warfare is a much different game than urban combat or guerilla warfare. Take Urban Combat, for example. This is realitively new word/phrase. This is big problem for military and police forces across the world. Why? It is not simple? Just destroy the enemy. It's really quite easy if you think about it. Actually, it is not. Urban combat, which roots are based on guerilla warfare--which is why I am using it as an example--poses a problem of manueverability, target acquisition/identification, collateral damage, and troop vulnerablity (among a great many other things). This is not easy combat. Very few armies around the world are truly prepared for a complete Urban Combat situation. They have admitted this. It is a difficult fight. Neither is guerilla warfare. Believe me many generals have spent long, experienced hours contemplating this type of warfare. It is a losing situation for the attacking army. It is by no means easy no matter how you look at it. Methods and techniques are STILL being developed to fight against an enemy who fights guerilla. Why are they STILL being developed even after centuries of fighting guerilla armies? Because nothing completely effective has been discovered. It is a hard fight, a long fight, and a fight not easily won. Now, Warp Spider, how can you do what generals around the world and throughout history have not? MA.

Goshinman, Yes, the US was involved in what was called Balikatan, or military exercises. But while I was living in the Philippines there were several times the US actively engaged the Abu Sayyaf. Several officials in the Philippines got upset about this, but nothing really came of it. The US even had casualties, 6 servicemen were killed in an ambush near a base. There were other sporadic deaths elsewhere. They weren't publicized outside of the Philippines. I thought because of the casualties the US would engage in a more open effort, rather than using the cover of Balikatan. The Vice President of the Philippines was very upset over the whole Balikatan thing because according to the Filipino commanders the US was engaging actively against the Abu Sayyaf. However, the cover was military exercises so as not to break a law written several years ago.(The same law responsible for the closing of Clark AirForce Base). According to several sources the US was there under the cover of providing logistical and training support to fight and remove the Abu Sayyaf threat. 1,200 US troops on a single island is a bit much just for training/advising. Several military leaders were quoted during the whole issue saying that the US was trying to destroy the Sayyaf, but could not. Honestly, unless a government wants to destroy every single person on those islands they won't be able to remove the Abu Sayyaf or any other group. Governments have been trying for several long years. But all of this is a bit off topic. So we should continue it elsewhere and let the argument about Kali vs Samurai go on. MA.

Tibby, I don't see how you can argue about the Philippines when you obviously know nothing about the country. Muslims make up a small percentage but they keep their land, theirs. Mainly, Mindanao. They are not concerned with taking the rest of the country. The rest of the country isn't composed of the Kali warriors. Only Mindano, and in over a century of fighting NO ONE has defeated them , the Moros. The rest of the PHilippines is a moot point, because that is not where the Kali warriors come from, nor is it where they reside today. While the rest of the Philippines fell to Spanish, American, Japanese rule Mindanao remained untouched. Again, NO ONE could take them. The Samurari had their swords removed from them as an insult and all the Samurai could do was make shira-saya and lurk around in hiding. Peace? After the fall of the Samurai and Shogunates Japan began on its path to imperialism and eventual participation in World War II as part of a facist regime for Asian domination. They sure could have used real samurai warriors. Instead they had officers and western trained soldiers. Not all of Japan has been immune to western influence and remained pure either. Same with the Philippines. What's your point? There are parts of the Philippine Islands the Spanish influence never reached and/or could never replace. So what? Japan didn't need the Samurai? The Samurai were wiped out because the replacing government feared them and wanted to insult and make mockery of them. What did the Samurai do to prevent this? Submit and disappear. Warp Spider, the US is not a developed country? The US has tried twice and will continue to try to wipe out the Moros in Mindanao and have failed every single time. Unless everyone on the island is killed, women, children, and innocent, the Moros will never be defeated. To speak with the arrogance you do simply magnifies your ignorance about the history of the region. While I do not view the Moros as invincible, I do not pass them off as simply as, "If I had control of a modern army..." Seeing as how many more leaders and men more qualified than you or I have tried and failed. Just another moot point, but the majority of Filipinos in Mindanao do not even speak Filipino or the national language Tagalog. They have kept and preserved their native language since they arrived on Mindanao millenia ago. Spanish influence? The Spanish could never touch Mindanao and they knew this. They simply left it alone. Japan couldn't take Mindanao, they knew they couldn't so left it alone. The US tried when the Philippines was a colony, but failed and eventually abandoned the attempt. The current Philippine government has been trying since the end of WWII and has failed. The fighters there are just of a different caliber. The Best? No. Just good at what they've been doing for centuries. Also, a Kali warrior most likely wouldn't "bonk" a samurai on his head and wait for the samurai to seppuku. That's just an ignorant statement made without the slightest clue as to what a Kali warrior is. MA. P.S. The word Moro, as used in english to describe the people of Mindanao, was originally a spanish word used to desribe the Moros of Europe. When the spanish arrived in the Philippines the Mindanauans looked like Moros so were called Moros and the name stuck. It is the english term for the majority of people on Mindanao. Though they may also be called Filipinos as well. In the end I still say it depends on the weather. But my bet would be on the Kali Warrior of old. If we're talking whole armies of samurai and Kali that might be a different story. But there are too many factors to simply say Samurai! or Kali!

Then again the Vatican isn't constantly attacked, is it? Nor has it fended off physical violent attacks for well over a century. But, then again, that might have nothing to do with it. The Kali still fight and win. And about the US revolutionary war. That isn't the topic of discussion here and is quite irrelevant. I'll explain why. About the Moros, to Cybren, it wasn't just the US who tried to subdue the Moros, the Spanish tried and failed to, as well as several other groups from the Indonesian area, It wasn't about colonization, they already had the rest of the islands, it was about subjugation, at which they failed. If Britain had truly wanted to conquer the rebellious yanks, who knows what could have happened--history has already been written. No use getting bitter over it. However, several peoples have tried to conquer the Moros of the Philippines. Not colonize them--they're already part of a nation. But conquer, subdue, and subjugate. Every single attempt has failed. The Moro-Islamic Liberation Front to this day is unconquered. The Abu Sayyaf are unconquered. The peoples of Basilan, Cotabato, etc. are unconquered. The people of that area know how to fight, they've been doing it for a long time and they're good at it. They're fierce and relentless. The US had to develop a new type of ammunition just to fight them. That's all there is to it. That being said, the Samurai carried a far more effective weapon: the katana. Like I said in my first post, the katana is a far superior weapon to the bolo that the Kali warrior is used to carrying. In open field combat the samurai would easily win. But that condition wasn't clarified in the question. One on one, well my bet would be on the Filipino--if he could get past the katana. If so, the Samurai would be, by token of instrument alone, be underclassed compared to the CQB of the Kali Warrior. No doubt the Samurai was a good warrior, but a different type of warrior. One who would most likely not know how to deal with a wild jungle boy from the Philippines. (Note: the Japanese did not even mess with Mindanao during their occupation during WWII--it was not worth the risk) Now, if armies met armies on an open field, the Kali probably wouldn't win. That's not the type of war they fight. They fight the close, intimate, and surprise fight. That's their strength. So, I think it depends on the weather. But, 1 vs 1, I'd still bet on the Kali--they're still around--the samurai...well, we already know what happened to them. MA. P.s. The Moros of Mindanao can't even be defeated by modern US troops today. They had a six month try at it two years ago and could not take out the Abu Sayyaf. They even worked in conjunction with the Philippine National Army. P.S.S. What people see of Kali in the West is not like the fighting of the Kali in Mindanao. The Kali being taught in the US/other countries is a very westernized version designed to be more readily consumable by the Western consumer. Kali in Mindanao is much more brutal and dangerous than what is being displayed in the US. P.S.S.S. In the Philippines it is much more commonly known as Arnis. Kali is a word very few know. In fact, mention it and you'll draw many blank stares. Say, Arnis, and you'll be understood.

No, Treebranch, the Moros of Mindanao were not conquered, do not have spanish last names, do not speak spanish, are not Christians, and to this day still fight of the Phiippine government quite effectively. The Moros of Mindanao have never been conquered. It is the Moros of the Philippine Islands that give us Kali and the knife arts which are so popular in the West. The ban imposed was never effective in Mindanao, and the Spanish knew this. The Americans could not defeat the Moros of Mindanao with .38 cal bullets. (This is where the development of the .45ACP came into existence. Because it would take 5-6 rounds of .38special to drop a Moro warrior). The Americans eventually just left the Moros alone. The Moros have never been disarmed, either by their government or any other government. To this day they are armed, well armed. The last time I checked the Samurai were deprived of their swords and could not prevent it. The Moros killed Magellan. My bet would be on the Filipino Warrior of old. History speaks. The Moros, the Kali warriors, have fought and never been conquered. The Samurai are all but extinct. I think I know a bit more about the Philippines. I lived there for several years, studied history, I speak Tagalog and Ilocano fluently, I was involved in teaching martial arts and self-defense in the Philippines, I have family in the Philippines.(Though I am not Filipino) As foolish as it is to ask who would win--I mean, you could have a poor samurai fight a skilled Kali Warrior or a poor Kali warrior fight a skilled Samurari--I would still put my money on the Kali Warrior. So, I still say it depends on the weather. MA

If we're talking more rounded my bet would be on the Filipino. A traditional filipino warrior of old was a very rounded, very aggressive, very formidable opponent(The spanish in 333 years of occupation could not subdue them. The American occupation couldn't conquer them. They still aren't conquered.) However, the katana is a far superior weapon to the bolo so that would change things. I would say it compeletely depends on the inclement weather.

I eat danger and crap victory.

Almost.

Haha, so be it. To each his own. You can do what you want with your life, and I with mine. Good luck.

I'm in love with this wonderful woman. She finishes my sentences, reads my mind, and is always there to cuddle up to. She makes me laugh and smile. She is the mother of my two boys. So, yeah, I'm in love. Have been for a few years now.

I'm in love with this wonderful woman. She finishes my sentences, reads my mind, and is always there to cuddle up to. She makes me laugh and smile. She is the mother of my two boys. So, yeah, I'm in love. Have been for a few years now.

Welcome.