Frank Best Sensei? He's an old family friend, he came over from the UK on the same boat as my Dad. Small world. I think he had something to do...
I think broken means the attack was stopped, and couldn't go through, and a fluid attack passes. I explain it to beginners, particularly who've...
We use a slightly different approach again. The first sparring we do is hand sparring. You try and hit your partners stick hand, and he yours....
I liked some of the stuff I've seen him in from Cold Steel. Specifically the Lameco material in the sjambok dvd. (You should all have a play with...
Thanks M16M203, for the comprehensive info, the Fuji Ryu website was quite informative. I see a few people in the upper photo I recognise,...
Hi Irontiger. Late last year I stumbled across the Sakura Kan dojo in Auckland, run by Brad Fougere (I hope I didn't butcher his name). I...
The Dog Brothers stuff is very good, I have a bunch of them myself. A strong lean to practicality, and Marc Denny has a great sense of humour......
This is one of our training ropes [IMG] And this is how you use it... [IMG]
At home, my rope hangs from the carport roof. At the gym they hang from heavy bag mounts.
We tend not to use tyres for striking practice, but to use heavy rope (say ship mooring rope doubled or tripled over). Tends not to damage the...
Pekiti tirsia kali has a series of 12 double stick drills called the "dirty dozen". These drills include the abaniko/fan movements Lucy was...
Ouch! I'm only an associate member myself, but I've heard what happens... How many round of sparring did he have to do? And in what format?
My understand is that Remy Presas started with Balintawak, but added different things from different folks, eg siniwalli from "Doc" Lengson etc....
No worries. I'll be training with Clint tonight, so I'll get his guys to look at your site and see what they like. In terms of construction are...
That's just *one* of the things I'm gonna have to pick your brains about. Any chance of Lucy bringing some of the padded sticks She sells...
I was wondering if we'd hear from someone from there. How long ago did the group start? When I left Christchurch (early 90's) Greg...
Last time we did a demo, it was pretty short and sweet. It was during the lantern festival to celebrate Chinese New Year. We were on between an...
Bob Breen does some excellent ones himself, and I heartily recommend them. He also did some for Abaniko productions (but I haven't seen them.)...
Did you know there is a japanese art dealing with expandable batons? They're referred to as tokushu keibo ("special" police batons) or tobi...
You've essentially got an easily concealable, expandable steel pipe... why would you want to thrust? It'll pretty much destroy whatever it hits!...
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