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Traditional Martial Arts, Combat Sports and Self Defense Magazine. Free read & download. Online issue. 200 September 2 fortnight - Year XXIV
Transcript of Martial Arts Magazine Budo International 296 September 2 fortnight 2015
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REF.: • KYUSHO 23REF.: • KYUSHO 23
The work with this film is a primer in the differencebetween Kyusho and Dim Mak, as they are not based
on the same targets. It is a continuation of the6-Ji Hands and Iron Shirt study and films
available through Budo International.The 6 Ji Hands that are prevalent
throughout an art called Pangai-Noon or Uechi Ryu. It is one of
the very few styles that containand focus on these specifichand positions to get to theDeeper Tissue of the body.This film shows the use ofhands not as bludgeons,but rather daggers with thetransitional torqueing typepower utilized in the 6 JiHands* to properly useKyusho… this is a missingfacet in most Kyusho
practitioners skill sets. 8KO's (including compression
and blood KO's).In this DVD set, works the
seemingly simple Sanchin Katathrough 8 stages of fighting skill (a
complete Martial System in one Katawith Iron Shirt methods as well).
DVD Vol.1: Basics, Arm Targets, Head Targets,Body Targets,
DVD Vol.2: Leg Targets, Kyusho Grappling, Tuite,Kyusho Knife Defense
Budo international.comORDERS:
frequently hear today's masters complain abouttheir pupils. These complaints often refer to thelack of fidelity, constancy and seriousness as wellas absence of character. Most are resigned tobecome instructors rather than masters, and to
have students or clients rather than disciples. In reality,most people reach Martial Arts with their minds fascinatedand looking for something more, but they end up signing aservice contract. The figure of the Master is fading away,because there are no disciples but people who hire yourservices just to learn some techniques. Their frustration isanalogous to their lack of commitment, their shallowness,or the misfortune of having encountered a bad teacher.
There is a huge shock, an unbridgeable gulf betweenthe original idea of a Master "old style", and that of the"Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 to10" teacher type. Butparticular needs change in a new context, whereindividuals and societies are constantly transformed ...and yet, the disciplinary Arts remain. This is mainly due tothe universality of the topic that, being part of man'sessential nature, has managed to accompany himthroughout history.
War is the territory and the power of transformation ofman, because it forces ruthlessly to adopt a position infront of it. But it stands to reason that many contradictionscome into view here and there, because however muchsome wish to renew the context, we are speaking ofeternal archetypes that don't heed reasons. War and itsworking territory will always be a driving force andeverything they touch - Arts of Mars ... the god of war ...Budo (from Japanese "bu", warrior, and “do”, way, art),etc. - will be immersed in the bubble of its own naturewith its rules, trends, inclinations, customs...
Undoubtedly, the world is undergoing a process ofaccelerated and rapid transformation, where many of thebest things of old fall by the wayside. Times have changedand many things that years ago were assumed as safe arenow just dust in the wind. In this change, once crossed theborder, humanity is undergoing transformations of such adeep nature that most of us watch astonished how thingsare going adrift; while a bleak future appears on thehorizon, some cling to external transient values ??thatactually have long ago expired.
Anachronisms go far beyond the forms and sink intothe contents. It is unrealistic to expect that the new
generations have the same attitudes as those thatpreceded them. But contrary to what you might believe,this is nothing new. Already in ancient times, Socratesregretted: "Youngsters today are tyrants. They contradicttheir parents, devour their food and disrespect theirmasters". Things are repeated over and over, because weare repeating ourselves over and over. It's fair to recognizethe wordplays of destiny which are involved in wittyphrase of Les Luthiers: "Any time in the past... wasprevious."
The world doesn't stand still, it travels millions ofkilometers throughout the space, reaching parameters ofunusual energy, receiving influences and traversingsectors with completely different loads, energy bands thatfavor, as landscapes to the traveller, other thoughts, otherattitudes, other ways of being. Each generation comes outwith new ideas, new visions… if much is lost along thepath, much is gained by the change… and evolutionkeeps inexorably on. On this trip around the center,however, some cycles touch again phases oftransformation that create parallels with the former ones,and then a new awakening of old stuff occurs. The spiralthat moves us constrains everyone on the planet to passthrough a similar stage in respect of its relative position tomajor references, like the cycles around the central axis ofthe galaxy, but our relative position is different with regardto the one we previously had. Heraclitus was right ... inthis case, we don't bathe twice... in the same Universalphase in which we were.
This truth is also fulfilled in the martial and the old, andit must coexist with the absolutely new. But ... is thereanything truly new under the sun? Especially, talkingabout things with ancient roots like the war? In MartialArts, like in any other thing, the status of "Classic" is noteasily acquired. Only the test of time can award such title,because resisting requires strength and depth, or, what isthe same, efficiency and universality.
These are times of storm, of violent earthquakes andhurricane-force winds, where the only thing that can holdus is firm and strong roots that, deeply buried in the earth,possess enough vigor as to generate a strong characterand an extraordinary determination, forged in centuries ofauthenticity and commitment. In this context, ancientspiritual cultures are now re-emerging to the call of thisneed and opening the eyes of a whole army hungry of
“A human being is a part of the whole, called by usUniverse, a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings assomething separated from the rest - a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind ofprison, restricting us to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our
circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures andthe whole nature in its beauty.”
Albert Einstein
“The life of a man without religion is meaningless; andthat not only makes him miserable, but a being no longercapable of living. To admit that there is SOMETHING inwhich we cannot penetrate; to think that the deepestreasons, the most radiant beauty which our minds canreach, are only ITS most basic forms of expression…this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the truereligious attitude. In this sense, I rank myself amongprofoundly religious men.”Albert Einstein
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tangible knowledge about the invisible world. The smarter and seasonedcurrent thinkers are surveying this re-encounter, and their endeavors are not invain, because they, like arrowheads of the human tribe consciousness, areahead of us exploring new paths and seeking solutions to old questions andtracing new maps. Science has opened many doors and expelled forgersand swindlers, dogmatists and fanatics, but the old questions about thespiritual still remain. From the shamanism of American Indians, Indianspirituality, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, to Castaneda's Toltec traditions, or thestrong spirituality of Shizen, to name a few, the old knowledge is hoveringunder rocks of history because it has never been as necessary as it is now and,paradoxically, as affordable to be understood.
Einstein predicted: "The religion of the future will be cosmic. A religion based onexperience that shuns dogmatism." This new reincarnation of the ancientknowledge, as every birth, will not be easy; the distance between the two momentsis so large that, to become a true bridge, it will need to have the strength of steelcombined with the flexibility of the thread of a spider. But at the same time, there’s agreat power in all this, because it’s unavoidable.
Everything comes back, nothing stays the same, but everything returns. Theeternal renewal of things must not be done from arrogance or fromignorance, hence the tremendous responsibility of those who lead thisnew phase of transformation. Each step is based on the previous oneand at the same time it exceeds it; in this point, we cannot fail torecognize with infinite gratitude to those who walked along theroads before us for the maps they left to us, but the hikeand new maps will be our responsibility. May Godhelp us!
One day we were the youngsters of whichour elders complained and to whom theyscolded… let's have the greatness andespecially the detachment of looking howthe young people that we preceded getconfused with their own feet. Our job isto show the way, walking through it istheir responsibility ... and let the towgo with the bucket!
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Alfredo Tucci is Managing Director toBUDO INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.e-mail: [email protected]
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Hapkido
We met him some years ago with the extraordinaryopportunity to record a DVD with his already
disappeared Master, the late Grandmaster Kwang SikMyung, 10th Dan. Years have passed, Master Reyes hasmatured and deepened his art, and today he occupies arelevant position in the World Hapkido Federation, incharge of Western Europe. He is also the president ofthe Federación Española de Hapkido (Spanish Hapkido
Federation), the World Federation branch in his country,Spain, in which he has been conducting a long
pedagogical labor. Today we bring him to our front pagepresenting his first DVD, where he teaches the MartialArt that is his passion and to which he's devoted his life
giving himself body and soul. The DVD is a completetreatise on the techniques that make great thisKorean style, with the many nuances that thelineage of Grand Master Kwang Sik Myung
printed on them.
Alfredo Tucci
Hapkido
Interview with Master REYES, José Manuel Reyes Pérez:
Budo International: Could you explain to us what isHapkido?José Manuel Reyes Pérez: Hapkido is a true Martial Art
of Korean origin, is the Art of the dynamic Self Defense parexcellence, with its own principles, rules and bases. It's Artand Science at the same time. Therefore it is NOT a sport,although certain organizations want to make it so. If weanalyze the etymological meaning of words Art and Martial,
we would say that Art is the expression, work or activity withwhich the human being symbolically shows an aspect of thereality or a feeling, in beautiful forms, availing himself ofmatter, image or sound. Martial, meanwhile, referring to thearmy and inherent to war and discipline, comes from theLatin word "martialis" (of or belonging to Mars). Mars wasthe main Roman god after Jupiter (his father); he appears inRome as the God of War. Therefore, if Hapkido is a MartialArt, we are saying that it's a way of expressing and feeling,with regard to the military, that is, a lifestyle at the end. Infact our school, Yon Moo Kwan, means precisely that:School of the Mastery and the Military. The meaning ofHapkido; Hap: union, Ki: internal energy and Do: the way orthe path; we could simplify it as a way to harmonize theenergy.
B.I.: Why should you recommend practicing Hapkido?J.M.R.P.: First because it's a dynamic and complete self-
defense system, which includes a variety of techniques withand without weapons. It combines defenses and attacks,including kicks, punches, knee and elbow strikes, along withthrows, chokes and, especially, dislocation techniques, aswell as a variety of weapon handling systems, such as thesword and the stick, to cite the most significant. It is worthstressing that in Hapkido, speed and fluidity are combinedalong with the physical preparation, technique, breathing,meditation and the cultivation of internal energy. Throughconstant practice, all this together helps greatly improve our
health, both physically and mentally, giving thepractitioner vitality, energy, self-confidence, character
and personality.For all these reasons, I recommend practicing
Martial Hapkido and I'd l ike to take thisopportunity to encourage all those who areinterested to come to one of our Doyang(Gyms) affi l iated to the FEH-WHF andperform a test class.
B.I.: How many years have you beenpracticing Martial Arts?J.M.R.P.: I started practicing Tae Kwon-Do
when I was twelve years old, from the hand ofGrand Master Lee Sun Ho. I also started soonwith Hapkido. At that time, in the 70's, Hapkidowasn't known in Spain. It was on the late 70'sand the beginning of the 80's, that just a few,
and I mean just a few, knew about Hapkido, andsome of us practiced it. Back in that t ime,practicing Taekwondo was hard enough, butpracticing Hapkido was even harder. It was only in1992 that Hapkido was made known in Spain,thanks to the President and Founder of the WorldHapkido Federation Grand Master Kwang Sik Myung10th Dan, my Master, God rest his soul, with whom I
learned everything I know. He gave the first Hapkido seminar in Spain, in the city of Valencia. From there, many masters hadtheir first contact with Hapkido, although only a few were initiated. As for me, and now at 52 years of age, I continue topractice with the same enthusiasm, studying, spreading and promoting this beautiful Martial Art that is HAPKIDO. And justthis year I celebrate my fortieth anniversary in the art, 40 continued years dedicated to the practice with great effort andsacrifice.
B.I.: A lifetime virtually dedicated to Martial Arts and Hapkido...J.M.R.P.: Yes ... Looking back, it seems incredible to me how swiftly
these 40 years have elapsed, who could have said that, after gettingmy 1st Dan in TKD and my 1st Dan in Hapkido,time would go by so fast! On balance, I candistinguish two noteworthy aspects. On theone hand, a personal level, I feel greatpride that Grand Master Myung KwangSik had trusted me so that I couldcontinue his legacy, which,assuredly, is the largestand that he has left usin an extensivebibl iographicaldocumentation
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“If Hapkido is aMartial Art, we are sayingthat it's a wayof expressingand feeling,with regard tothe military,that is,
a lifestyle atthe end.”
as well as visually in his DVD's. On the other hand, professionally, and despite having lived various experiences over theyears, I continue with the same enthusiasm and excitement to keep learning, studying and transmitting what he taught me.
B.I.: What role do you play as a member of the WHF Board of Directors?J.M.R.P.: The Board gathers some of the top international and national representatives of the World Hapkido Federation,
together with the Managing Director, Master Myung Roe Jae; our role is like that of any other Board, but mostly it's herewhere the guidelines to be followed around the world are established so that the quality of teaching of our partner schools isof the highest level and remains true to our official grade program . Here we place great emphasis.
B.I.: How does it feel holding the position of Regional Director forWestern Europe?J.M.R.P.: Well, I feel satisfied although, being a perfectionist, I always
want to go further. It’s a good way to carry on transmitting the WHFHapkido in Europe, and provide continuity to the legacy of Grand
Master Myung. I have my projects clear and my objectives withrespect to promoting WHF Hapkido in Western Europe; to
this effect, and among other activities, we conduct
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courses and seminars of initiation, updating and recycling; thus we continue with theWHF Hapkido at European level, besides the different scheduled events.
B.I.: Which are those projects and objectives?J.M.R.P.: We have several projects in mind. We are constantly planning new events,
courses and seminars to continue to publicize the WHF official program. Fortunately,every day we have a greater number of members and people interested in thisbeautiful Martial Art, which is Hapkido. When many of them see the WHF official gradeprogram, they realize that ours is the most complete system and are aware that wecontinue conveying, in the most traditional and reliable way, the official agenda of itsfounder (Kwang Sik Myung), regardless of the countries which already belong to theWHF and that show great enthusiasm in the dissemination of the art.
B.I.: What is the difference between the Hapkido of the years in which you werea student and the one that is now practiced?J.M.R.P.: Hapkido has its own principles, rules and foundations, which are timeless
and unchanging. These are respect, courtesy, humility, justice, honesty, courage,loyalty, compassion and honor. From here, the ways of defending oneself have beenevolving throughout time depending on the social circumstances of the moment, thatis, the forms of aggression are changing all the time, so Hapkido is continuallyevolving while maintaining its principles and foundations. Personally, and because ofmy works in private and military security, I've always liked to investigate how to adapt
the, let's say, "traditional" techniques, to the new forms ofaggression. Therefore the difference is not in itsbackground, but in the forms of aggression.
B.I.: As a Master, have you ever been forced to takeaction on seeing that some of these rules or principleshave been violated?J.M.R.P.: Yes, to my great regret; but of course, when you
see that a student or disciple doesn't follow those rules,despite repeated warnings, there comes a time when it isnecessary to make a decision which, in some cases, can bethe most drastic step: expulsion from the school.
B.I.: We live in the information age. In what way canthe new forms of communication influence thetransmission of Martial Arts, and more specificallyHapkido?
J.M.R.P.: On the Internet there's a lot of useful andinteresting information about Hapkido and other Martial Arts.However, we mustn't forget that although these new toolsmay help to expand knowledge, the vital way to learn is bypracticing. My advice to this practice is based on a correctchoice of the Master who is going to teach us, by observingthe origin of his lineage, the way he has achieved his blackbelt and, most important, what is the global or internationalorganization to which his federation or association belongs. Inthis way, the transmission will be authentic.
This is very important, because there are countries withassociations / federations that do not belong to anyinternational Hapkido organization, and here raise twoimportant questions. First: who is granting them the Dangrades, if there's no one above them?... And, second: arethey perhaps granting themselves their own grades?
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B.I.: What are the aptitudes required to takeup a management position like the one youare performing?J.M.R.P.: I don't think there is a
particular aptitude; what is necessary is toFeel and Live Hapkido like something ofyour own and, of course, be true to your ownprinciples and those taught by our Master, andthen spread them in the same way. Logically, youalso need to have spirit of sacrifice, because to getthere demands long hours of dedication andeffort, which sometimes could turn into a dragon reconcil ing personal l i fe and work.Fortunately is not my case, as both my wife andmy children practice the You Moo Kwan Hapkidowith me, we are all very attached to Hapkido andso, the sacrifice is less.
B.I.: Now about the co-operation betweenthe World Hapkido Federation (WHF) andthe Spanish Hapkido Federation (FEH),how well does it function?
“…it's a dynamic andcomplete self-defensesystem, which includes avariety of techniques withand without weapons.
It combines defenses and attacks,including kicks, punches, knee and elbow strikes,
along with throws, chokes and,especially, dislocation techniques,
as well as a variety of weapon handling,
such as sword and stick.”
J.M.R.P.: In unison! That is, in UNION, in HAP, as could not beotherwise. Master Myung Roe Jae, Manager Director of the WHF, isresponsible for leading the rest of international directors andnational presidents of the various WHF member countries; he issupported in turn by the members of the Board of Directors,
including me, in charge of Western Europe, and inSpain with the Spanish Hapkido Federation. One
of our main goals is to keep on forming withinour official program, all the countries that areinterested. In Spain in particular, we continueto grow in number of schools (doyang) andfederal licenses, that is, in the number of
martial artists. I wish to pay tribute here to theenthusiasm, desire and effort displayed by our
schools, masters and affiliated members in theSpanish Exhibition Championships of 2015, an event
that is increasingly growing in the number ofparticipants, always demonstrating that Martialspirit that characterizes us; congratulations to allthose that participated and to the champions ofthe different categories, all the very best toeveryone and see you next year in the comingSpanish Championship.
B.I.: Changing the subject, is there anyspecial anecdote or curiosity that yourecall of all these years?J.M.R.P.: There are many but I will tell you
one of the experiences that thrilled me most.
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“Hapkido has itsown principles,
rules and foundations,which are timeless and
unchanging. These are respect,courtesy, humility,justice, honesty,courage, loyalty,compassion and honor.”
“On the Internet there's alot of useful and
interesting informationabout Hapkido and otherMartial Arts. However, we mustn't forget that
although these new tools may help toexpand knowledge,
the vital way to learn is bypracticing.”
I remember vividly the first time I stepped in GM Myung's Doyang, in 1987.After the long plane trip and still with the fatigue of the flight, I was lookingforward to practice with him. My Master Lee, who gave me my first letterrecommendation, had told me about him as the highest exponent ofHapkido in the world, and for me that was the greatest feeling I hadexperienced so far. But the situation changed when, after the usualintroductions, GM Myung told me to put on the Dobok, the Hapkido traininguniform, and enter the class. I was like crazy; I thought my heart was goingto explode, willing to perform dislocation techniques, throws and locks ingeneral, while practicing in front of GM Myung, the maximum Hapkido worldexponent, nothing more and nothing less... Then, after a grueling warmingup session in which "I almost threw up my first porridge" (even though I wasused to train hard), GM Myung told me to stand in front of the mirror andstart performing Donjon exercises (breathing). For a moment I felt the world
Hapkido
“In fact our school, Yon Moo Kwan,
means precisely that: School of theMastery and the Military.”
crumbling down over me, but I knew the Koreanway of teaching and I thought: Well... it will befor a few days. He is testing me!!! And so it was,but not for a couple of days as I had thought,but for the whole week, and I was returning toSpain in three days. I thought: Oh, no, it can'tbe, after all the effort, the trip, etc., he is goingto teach me only Danjon!!! I was down in thedumps, because I had expected that 10 days inKorea would have been very fruitful... Anyway, Igathered all my courage and the next day there Iwas again, ready to learn, that day GM Myungdid the same, but this time, after having mepracticing Danjon for two hours, he called me bymy middle name for the first time: "Manuel,come here", and he put me in front of one of hisstudents, we fulfilled the rigorous protocol,bowing to the Master, bowing to the trainingpartner, etc., and he finally started to teach methe first technique of our official program; thatwas the pinnacle for me because at thatmoment I realized that I had won his trust. Overthe years, that trust got to the point of creating agood friendship and a family relationship, sincewe both met our respective families.
B.I.: Finally, what message would you liketo send to all those who are reading us?J.M.R.P.: Well, in the first place, I'd like to
encourage everyone to practice FEH-WHFHapkido; to those who love Martial Arts, letthem try Hapkido; to the ones who are alreadypracticing another Hapkido style, I invite them totry our system, our Yoo Moo Kwan school of theMastery, of the Military. And secondly I telleveryone to be patient, since Hapkido is acomplete art with kicking techniques, punches,knee and elbow strikes, pressure points, throws,chokes, ground fighting, joint dislocations,weapons, etc. In other words, it's an art that canbe lethal and, consequently, learning must bealways thorough and meticulous; here theMaster plays a very important role because hemust get to know well his students anddisciples. In this way, we will know to whom weare teaching, how and when.
B.I.: Thank you very much for the interviewMaster Reyes.J.M.R.P.: Thank you!
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GRADES of Master REYES,José Manuel Reyes Pérez:
- Hapkido 7th DAN by the World HapkidoFederation (WHF)- Member of the Board of Directors of
the WHF- WHF International Director for Western
Europe- President of the Spanish Hapkido
Federation (FEH)
Contact Email:[email protected]
“The meaning of Hapkido;Hap: union, Ki:
internal energy and Do:the way or the path; we could simplify it as away to harmonize the energy.”
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Tameshiwari - The Art of Breaking
Today the art of breaking objects made outof various materials is still in practice indifferent kinds of Martial Arts, like Karate,Taekwondo, Kung Fu etc. but exactly what isimportant and what is possible? We observedtwo Austrian Senseis, Daniel Carich Senseiand Christian Grübl Sensei, from a Dojonearby Vienna who practice for decadesdifferent kinds of Japanese Martial Arts andspoke with them about their way of breakingcalled “Tameshiwari”.
Karate
he so called “Tameshiwari”is the art of breaking objectslike stones, iceblocks, wood,baseballbats by only usingparts of the body such aselbows, feet, hands or
sometimes even the head. A Tameshiwariallows the martial artist to expend totaleffort and energy on an inanimate objectand successful results are indicative ofone who had mastered his art. TheTameshiwari requires exceptional balance,technique, concentration of spirit andcalmness. It is a challenge to the abilitiesof the performer and will test the limits ofhis strength. He must use all the power hepossesses in order to succeed at eachsuch attempt.These days you can witness breaking
performances in many movies and showsbecause the audience is captured andenjoys the action. Today many martialarts systems use the Tameshiwari toqualify students for advancement tocertain ranks but the origin was quitedifferent; the advancement of strengthand speed in your mental focus was thegoal.Before you start hitt ing different
materials you need basic experience inkicking, punching and choppingtechniques. The technique must beexecuted dynamically, relaxed and thelast third of the blow with full power. Alsothe correct targeting for a kick (Seiken)must be practiced for a long time toguarantee maximum impact and limit therisk of injury. Once these skil ls areobtained you need to concentrate onworking the Makiwara. Traditionally theMakiwara pad is made from a flexible butsturdy piece of wood which is wrappedon the upper end with traditional materialslike rice straw to provide a cushion forblows. The board is then mounted to thefloor to stay in place during practice ofvarious techniques. Also a very hard
“The secret is toachieve the
outmost greatestacceleration with
which thetechnique is
executed which willresult generating
the necessarypower and vice
versa.”
T
Karate
punching bag can be used to conditionthe bones and joints.This kind of training is accompanied
with quite some pain which was theway it was done in feudal Japan. Todayit's hard to find in martial arts sincemost of martial arts became a sportand the tradition is on the decline.After you have practiced for anextended time you can start breaking“easy materials” like fir boards orroofing bricks to gradually advanceyour skill but remember to choose theright material is an important part.The basic physics must be
understood as well. The secret is to
achieve the outmost greatestacceleration with which the techniqueis executed which will result generatingthe necessary power and vice versa.Furthermore you differentiate betweenan active and a passive Tameshiwari.Active means that the martial artistbreaks the material by hitting it but onthe passive one the object gets brokenby using the body of the practitioner.As mentioned before the focus mustbe on the preparation and the sametraining and conditioning should beused for both types. Also it isrecommended to use spacers betweenmultible boards, bricks etc.
The mental focus is a quite importantone as well. You cannnot leave anydoubt in your mind that you willsuccseed before every attempt. Eventhe slightest variance in technique orfocus will most likely result in failure andinjury. This is also the mindset for anyfight so you won't end up in defeat.Many factors like hard trainig and
consitant practice will decide betweenfailue or sucess in a Tameshiwari. Some might say that a brick won't
hit back but aren't they missing thepoint and a very valuable lesson forsucceeding in the challenges of dailylife by “Mastering the Tameshiwari”?
Karate
Technique
“The mental focus is aquite important one aswell. You cannnot leaveany doubt in your mindthat you will succseedbefore every attempt.”
Great Masters
How many senses do human beings have?Definition of "Sense"
There is no firm agreement among neurologistsregarding how many senses there are exactly, dueto the different definitions of what a sense is. Ingeneral, one can say that a "sense" is a faculty thatperceives external stimuli. School-age children areroutinely taught that there are five senses, sight,hearing, touch, smell and taste. In general terms,these are the senses. (Common sense and sense ofhumor are no less important!).
How to attackthe sensory systems tocreate a better "Reality Based Training"
Sensor System Control
Great Masters
With respect to "sen-ses", there's much morethan we might think!
Thermoception is the sense ofheat and the absence of heat (cold)through the skin and includinginternal skin passages. There issome disagreement about how manysenses it really represents. Skinthermoceptors are very differentfrom homeostatic thermoceptors,
which provide information about theinternal body temperature.Nociception (pain physiological) is
the non-conscious perception ofnearby injury or tissue damage. Itcan be classified from one to threesenses, depending on theclassification method. The threetypes of pain receptors are:cutaneous (skin), somatic (joints andbones) and visceral (internal organs).For a long time it was believed thatpain was overloading in the pressurereceptors, but in the first half of thetwentieth century, research indicatedthat pain was a differentphenomenon that is intertwined with
all the other senses, including touch.Currently, pain is scientif icallydefined as an entirely subjectiveexperience.Equilibrioception, the vestibular
sense, is the perception of balanceor acceleration and is related tocavities containing fluid in the innerear. There is some disagreement asto whether this includes also thesense of "direction" or orientation.However, as it previously happenedwith depth perception, "direction"
generally refers to post-sensorycognitive knowledge.Proprioception, the kinesthetic
sense, is the perception of bodyawareness and a sense of whichpeople are not usually aware, but onwhich everybody relies heavily. Moreeasily demonstrated than explained,proprioception is the "unconscious"knowledge of where are located thevarious areas of the body at anygiven time. (This can be
demonstrated by anyone closing hiseyes and shaking his hand indifferent directions. Assuming theperson has proper proprioceptivefunction, at no time will she or helose the perception of where actuallythe hand is, although not beingnoticed by any other sense). It canbe used as reaction time.
Senses and intelligence
Research regarding how creativityis manifest in different individuals,described many kinds of intelligence:visual, musical, logical /mathematical, language, kinesthetic,naturalistic, synesthetic, intra-personal and interpersonalintelligences. Most correspond toparticular senses - in fact, they areall called advanced senses of the
language... thought and egoincluded. Other senses, such astaste and smell, may also have theirown special intelligence. Therefore,the relationship between intelligenceand sensory perception seems to bevery narrow.It has been proposed the
existence of more than 30 senses,including the sense of time and asense of fear.
The Ames RoomAn Ames room (photos 1 and 2) is a distorted room
that is used to cause an optical illusion. It was inventedin 1946 by the American ophthalmologist Adelbert AmesJr., based on a concept of Helmholtz Hermann.An Ames room is built so that from the front it appears
to be an ordinary cubic-shaped room, with a bottomwall and two side walls perpendicular to each other andin turn perpendicular to the horizontal floor and ceiling.However, there is a trick of perspective and the trueshape of the room is trapezoidal: the walls are slantedand the ceiling and floor are also inclined; the rightcorner is much closer to a front observer, than the leftcorner (or vice versa).Because of the optical illusion, a person standing in a
corner, looks like a giant in the eyes of the observer,while a person who is in the other corner looks like adwarf. The illusion is convincing enough to make aperson walking from side to side, from the left cornerto the right corner, seem to grow or shrink.
Panic attack
A panic attack is an incredibly intense and oftendebilitating period, of the sense of extreme fear orpsychological distress, with a typical sudden onset.Feeling fear in the body can be so intense at times thatit can even reach the limits of pain. If you have eversuffered a panic attack, it is very difficult to describe bywords. A panic attack is different from a normal "fear",because panic attack often paralyzes, leaving theperson in a state of complete paranoia and concern.Having the first panic attack is usually one of the worstexperiences in a person's life. Generally, the person whosuffers a panic attack for the first time, actually gets tobelieve he or she is dying.Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder involving the
fear of cloistered or enclosed spaces. Claustrophobicpeople may suffer panic attacks, or fear of sufferingpanic attacks in situations such as being in elevators,
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trains, boxes or aircrafts... and in what we understand asCQB problems - or problems in short distance fights.People prone to having panic attacks are likely to feel
claustrophobia very frequently. If a panic attack occurswhile in a limited space, then they experience theclaustrophobic fear, fear of not being able to escape thesituation. Those who suffer from claustrophobia may feeldifficulties breathing in closed auditoriums, cinemas andlifts.Claustrophobia comes from the Latin word
"claustrum", "closed place", and the Greek "phobos",which means "fear".Having said so, how can we use this knowledge to
teach and prepare ourselves better for an actualcombat?Using tilted rooms or Ames rooms - illusory room to
activate the sensors when teaching CQB - creates stresson the student to accelerate the effects of fear on them.Labyrinth rooms are effective and are modified illusions.By using cold and heat inside the room, we can createstress on the students, causing several different types offear that help him to analyze fear and panic attack.
A small labyrinthThe principle of the Kappa Academy, "attack sensors
first", is the reason that in its recently released DVD, ademonstration of the first three basic movements to
attack such sensors is made. By adopting our approach of attacking sensors to nullify them inthe objective's body, we have better opportunities to win in the conflict.Here is an example of a sensory attack system used in the Kapap Academy.Avi is being strangled. He first hits the attacker's ears to affect his hearing and his balance
system (4 and 4.1). Then, following the principle of "economy of movement" he drags hishands to cause him burning eyes (5). Then he takes the attack to the end hitting with hiswrist. To perform the attack in a "telegraphic" sense, the attacker has attacked from above,so Avi can use his knee to hit him in the groin (6).We use these principles for self-defense. We initially train with simple ideas, such as
BJJ instructor John Machado teaches his students to put their Gi on their face aftera demanding workout of cardio, just to feel how the "fear" sensors get in motion(try it someday!) . This is the simplest and most economical way to train ineach dojo, using the students' Gi, which could be another good reason totrain with a Gi...Another example is to use a room with an inclination, which can make
us feel "drunk" because the sense of gravity provides specificinformation to the brain, while the other senses, as with vision andbalance, are sending different information. The higher the crossoverof information among senses, the more confusion for the brain.This kind of illusion will make the students want to exit the roomof stress and leave the training of fear. The Kapap Academyuses these and other situations and methods to train itsstudents and instructors, using basic combat movements tobe effective in real combat situations.
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Survival
Let us inquire today about the word"survival" and its relationship withour martial universe. Survival is thepreservation of life, especially in adifficult situation or after an event ora very signif icant moment. Inanalyzing facts that give life to oursubject, we must begin with the birthof "Karate".In the Middle Age, in the island of
Okinawa, there was a large tradeamong various kingdoms of that time.According to historical records, bythe year 1409, Okinawa’s then King,Sho Shin, imposed various bans onweapon carrying, in order to unify thesmall fiefdoms in which the islandwas divided, thus avoiding futureconflicts between locals and visitors.In 1609 the invader samuraiwarriors of the Satsuma clanconfiscated the remaining weapons...
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ecause of this historical fact, both theOkinawan noble class and the commonpeople had no choice but to turn to ourmost primitive sense: survival. Our martialancestors developed further their fightingmethods with agricultural implements and,
in the same way, the empty hand combat systems, thusinitiating the birth of Karate and Kobudo.
We could fill a hundred pages with stories like this,where the human being, faced with a difficult situation,emerges triumphant creating highly effective defensivesystems. The ability to survive in today's society issimilar to that of our ancestors, in terms of our humanposition, facing a situation of danger. To achieve this wemust have the mentality of a warrior. Sun Tzu in hisbook "The Art of War" gives us this phrase, "Thesupreme art of war is subduing the enemy withoutfighting."
Being alert and attentive to everything that happensaround us is the foundation to effectively defendourselves. The vast majority of people walk down thestreet completely alienated by their surroundings, by thedaily events that happen right around the corner. Theyare the type people who believe that nothing will everhappen to them. Unfortunately, in most casesdangerous situations reach them. Obviously, a personwhose aim is to survive doesn't walk that way. Equally,it is unwise for the average citizen. Therefore if we are tosurvive in our environment, we must walk otherwise.
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It is essential to live being aware of everything that happensaround us. It is merely to recognize that the society in which welive is not friendly. At all times we must stay one step ahead ofsituations. We walk an extra mile, we check our surroundings,we keep our eyes wide open to any circumstance that mightrequire being careful and attentive. We are ready for anysituation that may harm us and we prepare for it. When we feelthat something around us is not right, we must take action.Either we leave the place, or we move to correct the situation.We have to be decisive and make our move very quickly.
When our sense of survival dictates maximum danger iswhen we must do what is necessary and take the actionimmediately for our own security and that of our friends andloved ones.
Get ready to fight, you must throw the first blow, don't wait;your life depends on it. In our martial environment we are rarelytaught to be offensive, to attack first. If you let the bad guystake control of the situation, you'll be in trouble. Statistics tellus that if you allow the attacker to take control and kidnap you,you'll just have a three percent chance of surviving. Ourchances are better if we get into action in the first moment, notafter. Therefore, we must attack without hesitation.
Attentive, incisive, and combative: these are the keys to aneffective defense.
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Major Avi Nardia is one of the leading head officialinstructors for the Israelite army and police in anti
terrorism and CQB, he along with BenKrajmalnik have made a new basic
dvd in the field of firearms andsafety, training techniques in
IPSC. Instinctive Shooting inCombat. Combat Instinctive
Point Shooting - IPSC is ashooting method basedon instinctive reactionsand kinematics to shootshort distances fast andin dynamic situations. Aself defense disciplinein order to survive in lifet h r e a t e n i n gsituatuations , where
you need a very fast andaccurate shooting
abilities, when you musttake the gun out as soon as
possible and shoot at a shortdistance without using the sight.
In this first volume you will studyhow to handle the weapon ( revolver
and semi -automatic ) dry firing practice andsecurity, "Point Shooting" or instinctive shooting , at aclose range and a series of movements and exercisesfor weapon retention , low stress and multiple attackers ;exercises on how to recharge with one hand, ... andfinally practice shooting gallery with guns such as AK- 74, M -4 , M -249 machine gun and even M -16grenade launchers .
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Kenpo
"What good would itserve having success,fortune and glory if
we didn't havesomeone with whomwe could share thosemoments of joy?"
The Raúl Gutiérrez Column Teachings of the Fu-Shih Kenpo in the World
LONELINESSAs human beings, at some point in our existence
("actually there are several throughout life"), we all feel inour own being the weight of what is called "loneliness".Loneliness is the feeling of being alone even if you aresurrounded by tens of persons. Like, right now... I'malone in my corner, and my friend Alfredo has just sentme in a message saying: "I need the text for yourcolumn". And that, for many of you, could theoreticallybe, "Don't be silly! Come on Raúl, that's not an effort!"But for me it means: "And now what? What do I say,what can I talk about?" Creating is not the same asfeeling "compelled to create." Many "innocent" plead"GUILTY" simply because of the "pressure". It'sseeing yourself with your own features, differentfrom other humans, independent, isolated,immersed in your own world. It's thesensation of separation within the tumultuousworld. That's the way we come into this world,the way we live within it and the way we leaveit. It's seeing masses of people hanging aroundthe streets like an army of strangers movingmechanically. Back in the 80s, I used to sit on a
terrace of the great Madrid (around the Gran Vía'sCallao area, or down in the "Cervecería CruzBlanca" beer bar at the corner of Goya Street withAlcalá, or in "Santa Barbara" in Alonso MartínezStreet...) to observe and photograph the variousscenes of people walking by and roaming around.Go out into the streets and see so many peoplefor the first time, watch how they move awaywithout a word... floods of human masses mixedwith each other as green leaves swaying in thebreeze... the crowds moving in an orderly chaosand us, one more leaf of the green tree, remainconfused in its foliage and at the same time
isolated in our consciousness of intimacy: socialmimicry. Each with his or her triumphs and defeats,
sorrows and joys, concerns or celebrations,contentment or discontentment, courage ordiscouragement!
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For many people, just the thought of lonelinessdepresses them and causes them fear, anxiety,and restlessness. The greatest fear of dying isprecisely loneliness: "I will not be with my lovedones any more". This is so true for the deceasedas for those who remain alive. The fear of deathis to think that we are going to stay in a dark andlonely space, where we don't see or hearanything; it is the fear of loneliness. "It is easy toaccept living, difficult is to accept dying."What good would it serve having success,
fortune and glory if we didn't have someone withwhom we could share those moments of joy?Sometimes we complain when we calculate thecost of our obligations; we even get to feelanger at seeing that the must beimmediately spent to meet the needs ofour home, our parents, our children, andwhen we try to cover our personalexpenses, we find that there's nomoney left. We don't realize thateverything must flow, and thereforewe can't understand thateverything is in constant motionand all depends on the synergythat each one of us is able tocreate in his or her ownenvironment.It would seem that someone
was calculating how much is theexact cost of the family and that isprecisely the amount of money that weachieve to earn, and he had forgotten toinsert us in the list. But in reality, whatwould it be the point of making money ifthere wasn't anybody we could sharewith? What a great happiness is tohave someone to who we can give andsee how he or she enjoys our present!And sometimes, we received thepleasant surprise of being feted andrewarded unexpectedly, as it justhappened to me last weekend. Twoweeks ago I met a "new being" forme who, in the few days we shared,showered me with care andpresents. What explanation
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“Everything must flow, everything is in constant motionand all depends on the synergy that each one of us is able
to create in his or her own environment.”
can that have? I think it's just that: WE ARE NOT ALONE...although it can appear to be we are. If we do evil,NEGATIVE entities will come to recruit us as new membersof the Club. But if we do well, it will be the opposite."Action and Reaction"...Definitely, the only way to be happy is to make others
happy. Nothing pleases more in life than seeing our lovedones happy. We should thank God for having them nearand being able to give them that happiness and the meansto be happy!How many nearest and dearest do you have? Have you
ever counted them? Do it, maybe they can be countedon less than the fingers of one hand. Why notincreasing the amount of dear people that are capableto give you happiness? The more you have, the moreopportunities you have to be happy. Begin to selectthem among your co-workers, among your neighbors,or perhaps randomly among that crowd of strangerswho wander the streets. I realized one day that thedignity of a man is, for example, to be admired, lovedand respected by their children, wife, father, mother,friends, etc.Don't choose only children; that's the easiest thing
to do... Oh yeah, they are easily loved! Adults needyour love too. Do not choose just friends, those youconsider "enemies" are the best. How nice if youcould start seeing your "enemies" as friends and feelfor them a true and sincere affection, being moretolerant of their flaws and trying to understand, onceand for al l , what we have to learn from thatrelationship. Assimilate it at once, and finishsmoothing out those asperities that cause irritation
in that relationship and, above all, allow yourselves to lovethem all. If you succeed, you will have won many happymoments.When you run into these people, instead of feeling
disgusted, you will feel more love in your life, whichultimately is the most beautiful thing that can ever happenin life. Never forget that love exists only in two moments:when it is given and when it is received. Why choose hateif love is so pleasant? Why hide selfishly your wealth ifsharing it brings you so much happiness? If you feel joyand pleasure when you receive them, why not make theopposite effect?
Another reason for which loneliness is felt isbecause of our little faith. We believe that we are
alone in life, at the mercy of the difficulties, shortcomingsand afflictions. We don't realize that behind every one ofus there is at all times a Wonderful Being who cares everystep we take, putting its hands so that our foot doesn’tstumble. We believe that we live alone and it's not true. Ifwe can't see that Wonderful Being is because that Beingis always behind and we are quite busy looking at thefantasy of life, that shows itself glamorous to our eyes.Enthralled with so much entertainment, we never havetime for ourselves; we never look inward and even lessbackward. If we could pause for a moment to stop seeingthe colorful spectacle of life, fil led with so manyfalsehoods, and look behind, we would see for the firsttime that Wonderful Being who has always taken care ofour steps, and would wake up to the only and true reality.WE ARE NOT ALONE... there is no permanent loneliness;it’s only a transient state. And the faster you get rid of it orturn it away from you, the better!
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“WE ARE NOT ALONE...there is no permanent
loneliness; it’s only a transient
state.”
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Bryan CheekAlfredo Tucci© www.budointernational.com
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"He has been accused of 'tough', but gentlemen, these are Martial Arts!Do not dance! Nobody ever said that
war was a comfortable affair! Or... like a famous matador
once said: 'Hunger sure gores
more than bulls!"
Many of the regular readers of this magazine already know Bryan Cheek as a greatexpert in Jiu-Jitsu. His blunt technique, his haughty and friendly ways, show thewarrior "race" that made England a world power in the past that launched its shipsaround the world.With his sarcastic air of a tough sailor, Bryan Cheek is a sentimental, who loves
his work and cares deeply for his teachings leave a deep imprint on his students. Hejust can't stand frills, half measures, flattery and useless ornaments. He teaches
direct and effective techniques, which exploit the weaknesses of his opponentswithout getting lost in unnecessary niceties, but adjusting to a flawless technicalaction.This time he will share with you his experience in Kobudo. He has been accused of
being too "tough"; but gentlemen, these are Martial Arts! Do not dance! Nobodyever said that war was a comfortable affair! Or... as a famous bullfighter once said:"Hunger sure gores more than bulls!"
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The Weapons Training DVD
The WEBBS (World Elite Black Belt Society) presentsthis new DVD about training with weapons produced byBudo International. A job usually reserved for the beststudents that aims to assist the martial artist in his deve-lopment and progression in the most advanced techni-ques.
In the absence of available equipment for learningdefense with weapons, we hope this DVD can help other
martial artists in the practice of their different styles andsystems.
We have resorted to martial artists from a variety ofstyles, and the techniques we present have been pro-perly tested and have proved effective against armedassailants.
Our team of teachers has compiled a total of 99 tech-niques, structured in groups of three, to offer differentoptions, regardless of the style that you practice and thephysical shape you're in.
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“Our team of teachers has compiled a total of 99 techniques, structured in groups of three, to offer
different options, regardless of the style that you practiceand the physical shape you're in.”
A work that proposes various situations to try to incorporate all the factors involved inan attack, so for example, in the case of a person who faces empty handed an armedassailant with a knife, we propose at least three ways to solve it.
Obviously, on the basis that the risk of an attack with weapons is much higher than aconfrontation with empty hands, it's evident that it requires an extra training and an incre-ased amount in the number of repetitions of each technique before the student can beprepared to deal with a real situation.
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We will see attacks in motion, in a sta-tic position, from the back ... and we willpropose all the techniques that are desig-ned to reduce an aggressor.
We will also study a group of Hanbotechniques against knife, a section spe-cially directed to certain security compa-nies that apply these techniques andusually make use of batons to defendthemselves against an aggression.
Jo is another widely used weapon tofend off a knife. It's a handy and practicalweapon of a length similar to that of adomestic broom and learning to use itcan be very helpful to anyone if attacked.
The Tonfa, more restricted to securityprofessionals, is one of the most effectiveweapons for self-defense against stick orknife attacks. Each of its componentparts allows multiple uses. It is a verypractical weapon, although its effective-ness is multiplied if a pair of Tonfas isused.
We have left for the end the group ofknife against knife techniques, for thedegree of difficulty involved. In fact, theyrequire more complex movements reser-ved to higher grades, with a deep instruc-tion in the system and an advanced levelof coordination and balance.
Knife techniques against armedaggressors are specially designed to be
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“On the basis thatthe risk of an attackwith weapons ismuch higher
than a confrontationwith empty hands,it's evident that itrequires an extra
training.”
executed by members of the Security Forces, becau-se of the risk involved and the precision that thesemovements require. Obviously, these movements arenot designed for "faint hearted", so we caution prac-titioners to be supervised in their training with knife orstabbing weapons until they learn to control and exe-cute them with moderation.
Besides, this DVD includes other techniques suchas empty hand defenses against stick attacks.
All Masters involved in this work have a great expe-rience and many years of training before they achie-ved the highest level. We deeply appreciate their dedi-cation, effort and hard work that have made it possi-ble for WEBBS to record this DVD and make it availa-ble to all martial artists. I also want to state that webelieve in a serious martial training, which requires alot of training for many years.
Soke Bryan Cheek founded the WEBBS in 2000and currently has about 48 affiliated countries world-wide. The WEBBS is not a political organization andit’s open to all styles and systems that want to shareknowledge, from every country and with every possi-ble way of understanding life. His positive and friendlyattitude has made it possible to bring together a greatcast of Masters in this work on DVD, providing all stu-dents who wish to acquire it a unique opportunity tolearn so many different techniques, to which would beimpossible access otherwise.
The WEBBS recognizes and respects the diversityof concepts and training methods among students ofMartial Arts, as well as their different personal prefe-rences when it comes to choosing a style or another.
With this DVD we propose techniques fully compa-tible with any system and its way to train.
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“Jo is another widely usedweapon to fend off a knife.”
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“Knife techniques against armedaggressors are specially designed to be
executed by members of the Security Forces, because of the riskinvolved and the precision that these
movements require.”
The WEBBS has always maintained that the knowledge of a few is to be shared withthe majority, we do not believe in the right to withhold knowledge for oneself.
The WEBBS claims that there are no bad techniques, but bad practitioners.We are confident that you will enjoy every minute of this work and we recommend it
as a very valuable work in your video library of Martial Arts.We present 99 self-defense techniques including: Empty hands against knife. Empty
hands against baton. Baton against knife. Baton against baton. Tonfa against baton.Tonfa against knife. Jo against baton. Jo against knife. Knife against knife.
They are numerous and varied techniques that will awaken your attention, again andagain.
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The main emphasis of this DVD is edged weapon. Knowing andunderstanding all the dangers associated with any edge weapon.The main theme in this DVD is establishing the priority.
The main emphasis of training with an edged weapon isknowing and understanding all the dangers
associated with this type of weapon. All the“What if’s”, and “Yeah buts”, are all great
for trial and error, and assumingpredictability. The serious danger ofedge weapons is real, and shouldbe treated as such. This meanswhere you should establishyour training priority to be asurvival tool, in the eventthis situation happens toyou. Let’s face it, you arethe one having to survive,not your trainer, helps youtrain your goals, not yourobjective. The trainingpriorities I use in Latosa-Escrima are as follows:reality, technique anddrills. Reality: This is theunderstanding of exactlywhat could happen and thedangers when using or goingagainst an edged weapon.
Techniques: These movementsare trying to give you a
generalization of possibilities, andprobabilities of what may happen.
Drills: Most drills are used to develop andenhance body movement skills used in the
technique application.
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“Best Karate Kumite”. George Bierman Generallyspeaking, if you ask someone, “why are you inMartial Arts”, they will tell you it's because they wantto learn how to fight. You usually never hear themsay that they wanted to learn kata, weapons orwazas. I guess all of us have a little of that “I want to
be a tough guy” or you could be motivatedby a real need to protect yourself.
Whatever the reason, in this DVD Idiscuss Basic and Advanced
kumite techniques andconcepts that all of us should
know, whether you are anadvanced student or justbeginning, and somethings that have workedfor me over and over.Some can be used onthe street but I'm mainlyfocusing on tournamenttechniques. I can tell youover and over to keepyour hands up to protect
your face. Some of youmay do it and some may
not. Once you get hit in theface several times by not
doing it, you will. I began myMartial Arts training in 1973 and
this is a collection of proventechniques and strategies that have
worked well for me in competition to present day.I have combined strategies, footwork, techniquesand combinations that lead me to well over 2000tournament wins and a World Champion fighter inSt. Petersburg, Russia. They work!
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL, ITALIANO, FRANÇAIS
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FAREWELL GRAND MASTER
A series of articles and interviews done on Kalis Ilustrísimo, BakbakanInternational and Lameco S.O.G.
After having practiced Filipino Martial Arts for26 years, I was given the opportunity to travel toManila to train and interview some of the mostrenowned and prestigious Filipino Martial Artsmasters of our time. This trip was made possiblethanks to my Lameco Eskrima and Kalis Ilustrisimoteacher, Guro Dino Flores, whom I have the honorof representing in Spain.Sadly, I also had the honor of conducting one of
the greatest Filipino Martial Arts legends’ lastinterview. This illustrious and prominent personwas known as Grand Master Antonio Diego.Antonio “Tatang” Ilustrisimo was the founder of aFilipino Martial Art specialized in the use of edgedweapons and remained undefeated in deathmatches.A final interview entails great responsibility. At
no such moment did I think it would be his last,the Grand Master had already done a dozeninterviews. Shortly after my return to Madrid,they informed me that “Mang Tony”, as he liked tobe known, was hospitalized and was not going tobe released.
espite his health problems, he never stopped teaching andtraining with his beloved group in Manila’s Luneta Park.Mang Tony had the strength and the charisma that was onlyachieved with years of training. His presence alonepermeated knowledge to those close by. His elegant and
patient demeanor made you feel relaxed despite practicing, the Art ofKalis Ilustrisimo, the most dangerous Filipino Martial Arts with edgedweapons. It is a pure, scientific and refined art that survived the era offirearms and continues until present day maintaining its Spanish and Asianessence, thanks to passionate and dedicated people like him. Everymoment next to this great legend meant you needed all your senses to bealert and to be highly perceptive because his teachings had sub levels ofunderstanding. Similarly to many other geniuses, Grand Master Tony Diego was anunusual Master. He lived all his life in his beloved neighborhood of Tondo,possibly the most dangerous neighborhood in Manila. It is situated a short
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distance away for the picturesque piers of the port where inhis lifetime and perhaps even now, all types of workersconverged: honorable sailors, soldiers, pirates and go-getters from all over the world and from all walks of life.Although we speak of the great and honorable Five Pillars ofIlustrisimo. Grand Master Diego was the chosen successorof Great Grand Master Antonio Ilustrisimo, founder andcreator of this style of combat art with the Sword andDagger, specializing exclusively in edged weapons. He wasthe most feared man in the Philippines during his time; noone was able to defeat him in a fight to death; and nomaster of his time dared to challenge him. Not even in hisold age. Shortly, we will dedicate a historic and biographicalarticle based on the testimonies given by those people whotrained and were close to him like Grandmaster Yuli Romowho is now the most senior living student of TatangIlustirisimo and whom I had the privilege of interviewing andtraining with during my stay in Manila.Having just arrived to Manila we travelled to Tondoneighborhood in Guro Peachie’s 4X4 in search of GM Tony.Guro Peachie is one of the Kalis I lustrisimo SeniorInstructors; she was his eternal and loyal student and agreat friend. She welcomed me into her home during myvisit to Manila. She admitted that it had been some weeksthat the GM had not been able to attend the regular Sundaytraining sessions due to health problems. Guro Peachie alsosaid that GM was going to make an effort to accompany us
that day in light of my visit. She told me, that as of late, hewas very ill but that he wanted me to learn the bases well,the essence and the details of this art. Therefore, he alsoinvited other well-known instructors of the art, such asMang Romeo Macapagal, in order to provide explanationsand to carry out demonstrations. Mang Macapagal is a well-known expert and historian of the science and art of theSword and Dagger from all eras and cultures, not only ofFilipino Martial Arts. They warned me that I should not leave the vehiclebecause Tondo was still a “complicated” neighborhood inspite of the passing of time. They also shared with me thatGrand Master Tony was well loved by the people of thisneighborhood because “everything that he won, he wouldshare.” I am certain that after many years of teaching one of themost valued types of Filipino Martial Arts in the world, GMTony could have benefitted financially, as many other MartialArts instructors have and rightfully so. However, instead ofthinking of his own interest, he shared his income frompracticing this art with about a dozen of his adoptedchildren that he took in from the street and with hisneighbors. Not only was he generous with his knowledgeand his wisdom with his students, but also he was a mancommitted to his neighborhood and his neighbors. It wasclear to me why he has so loved. He arrived smiling and wasassisted by Guro Arnold Narzo, current Kalis Ilustrisimo
Chief Instructor in Manila, and other Kalis Ilustrisimo SeniorInstructors. There he was in one of those interesting andnarrow alleyways of the city’s neighborhoods, he was verycontent in spite of his ill health that day. I left the car tointroduce myself and after having admitted that thatmoment was a dream come true; and for what FilipinoMartial Artist wouldn’t it be? He smiled and said to me in themost courteous and kind way, which characterizes Filipinos,“we are also delighted that you are here.” If there are afriendly and hospitable people it is the people from thePhilippines. During our trip towards the park where the group metevery Sunday, rain or shine, because you never know inManila, and because Mang Tony loved training “under therain”, he mentioned that during his youth he was GreatGrandmaster Ilustrisimo’s neighbor before his death andthat he had the opportunity to train with him daily. GrandMaster Tony Diego has always been fascinated by MartialArts and when he met the Old Man his perspective onfighting changed forever. He told me that he would meet
with the Great Grandmaster Ilustrisimo every evening totrain after having worked at the pier. Despite his old age,Tatang Ilustrisimo transformed into a youth and a powerfulwarrior when he had a sword in his hand. Many are unaware that Mang Tony had worked all his lifein the dangerous piers of the Port of Manila, where manysailors, martial artists would coincide along with fugitivesand aggressive men emanating from the 7000 islands thatcomprise the archipelago of the Philippines, and peoplefrom all over the world. Every person was a son of a distinctsystem of f ighting and if they weren’t, they haveexperimented in fighting with knives, razors, and machetesfrom their own tavern culture. In the taverns they sold cheapbad alcohol to the sailors who would come to the Tondoneighborhood. Mang Tony was used to dealing with alltypes of people, as he was responsible for establishingorder in the piers and boats that would dock or set sail. Hedidn’t have any other option other than learning to defendhimself, in spite of his elegant way of talking and movingaround. His interest in Martial Arts went much further thansimple personal defense. The lasting impression that MangTony left in me was that he was a wise gentleman, extremelyintelligent, very observant, and practical man. He had to beto survive at his job and as such he was able to distinguishwhat was a useful and skilled movement from other lesseffective techniques. During one of the training sessions and interview days, hetold me how him and a neighbor, also a pier worker, hadlearned and practiced Balintawak and Modern Arnistogether. “I was going from one style to another in 1973 and1974, but I was looking for something more, I was constantlylooking, jumping from one style to another. I tried all thestyles that I could with my friend. We even went to distant
“Evening to train afterhaving worked at the pier.
Despite his old age, Tatang Ilustrisimo
transformed into a youthand a powerful warriorwhen he had a sword
in his hand.”
provinces to visit masters but I would always get the sameimpression, everything was the same to me. One night inLuneta park, when I was training with an elderly man, whowas also a contemporary of the Old Man (referring to TatangIlustrisimo), he told me not to worry, that “when the studentis prepared, the Master appears.” Then he introduced me toa very special person. It was at the end of 1975 when I metTatang Ilustrisimo. I went from training with a stick to trainingwith a real sword.” The funny thing is that Grandmaster TonyDiego and Great Grand Master Ilustrisimo had beenneighbors all along, and Grandmaster Tony Diego hadtravelled to many distant places in search of a Teacher.
TIM: Mang Tony, how long did you train with TatangIlustrisimo?
GM DIEGO: More than twenty years.
TIM: So how was the progression then? How did youlearn?
GM DIEGO: In fact, the progression was fast. When westarted to train, we started practicing with the sword.
TIM: Only with a sword?GM DIEGO: Yes, I stopped training with the stick anddirectly started training with the sword. That was when we
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started to learn the exact stances, defenses, and thecounter attacks. In those days we used real swordsand they were extremely sharp. It was fun practicingwith Tatang when he had a real sword in hand,instead of a stick. Sometimes he would have sticks,but when he had the sword in his hand, you could seehow he handled it. The control he had was incredible,because he would touch you with the blade justenough not to hurt you. When he attacked you withthe sword, your whole body trembled. However, heleft the sharp blade on the edge of the skin. That iswhy our progression was so fast, because we trainedwith real swords. He was the person that taught ushow to use a real sword.”
TIM: Did Tatang Ilustrisimo mention to you howhe trained before you knew him, when he was stillyoung?
GM DIEGO: It was basically the same system thathe taught me at the beginning. First, he taught thestances, the attacks, the defenses and the counterattacks. Our art is not based on the typical techniques
of first one person moves, then the other, etc. No, no.Sometimes our art is based on a continuous andsimultaneous attack, not defend first and then attack.He told us that depending on the distance, you coulddefend yourself by attacking fast and simultaneously.That you could rapidly counterattack. For example,with “recta” (direct attack). Other times you have togo on the offensive and swiftly attack.
TIM: Can you speak a bit about the first trainingsessions you had with him in Luneta?
MANG TONY: The truth is at the beginning, when westarted there were lots of people in the park looking atus, copying us, and then they would disappear. He wasnot aware that later those same people that werewatching him and copying parts of his system, openedtheir own Eskrima schools!. You realized much laterthat people that came to copy him in the park and thatwould disappear after a short while would open theirgym somewhere. Therefore, we focused on a simplepractice, but later at home…Tatang’s art was verydifferent, everything changed, it was very different. At
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the beginning he would give the others a stick, but with Romyand me, Tatang made us train with a real sword from thebeginning. Yes, real swords and very sharp. That is why thetraining he showed at the beginning in Luneta was verydistinct from the private training that we did at his house. InLuneta, he did not teach everything, he knew other masterscame to Luneta to copy him. That is why he taught what hewanted. But when we went to his house, there you couldpractice the true art with a real bolo.
TIM: Can you please speak a bit about those privatetraining sessions at Tatang’s house?
MANG TONY: (LAUGHTER). Well they were verydangerous because the training sessions were with realbolos. He was very fast with the bolo, but his control withthis weapon was incredible. With the stick it was different,he would hit you with the stick, or you would hit him, butwith the bolo it was distinct. When we would train withsticks we could hit each other and we didn’t have protectionfor our hands.
TIM: Did Tatang Ilustrisimo have to modify hismovements somehow when he began training withyounger men like you?
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“He had killed many people. He did not have a good life in the
end. He died without his own home.He was poor in his old age.”
MANG: Tatang told me that close to the river therewas place called Cambá, there the Eskrimadors of hisera would gather. Many were from Bisaya, previouslythat place was a port, the men of Bisaya were verystrong and they worked at the port, and most of themwere Eskrimadors. Hence when they would arrive toManila they would ask where the “other” eskrimadorswere. According to Tatang, the oldest Eskrimador ofthat time was Dizon, the strongest one was namedAntonio Mercado. And Tatang was the fastest. At thattime he danced the Charleston and was excellent atdancing the Charleston. In that era, it was thosethree, Dizon, Tatang…And Dizon was the champion ofManila at the time. Antonio Mercado was thestrongest of them all. But the fastest was Tatang. Thethree of them trained together. Even Villabrille studiedwith Tatang, he was Tatang’s relative. I think he washis nephew. They met there to train, in Cambá.
TIM: So they exchanged techniques andknowledge?
GM DIEGO: Yes, they exchanged their knowledge.One day it seems that there was a misunderstandingbetween Dizon and Tatang. And it seems that Tatangchallenged Dizon to a real fight. Tatang said to Dizónthat if he fought against him, that he would mark across on his chest; from there comes the movementin the form of a cross, because he would do thismovement to you and he would do...and in the endDizon did not want to fight with him because Tatangwas great, robust, and tall. As time went on, theybecame friends again and they continued practicingtogether.
DINO FLORES: Could you please tell us a storyabout Tatang during the Second World War whenhe served in the guerrilla resistance?
GM DIEGO: The truth that his job in the guerrillawas that of an executor. When they imprisoned aJapanese person…on one occasion they took twoJapanese people and he forced them to dig their owngraves. Later Tatang used a shovel to…kill them, dueto the lack of bullets.
DINO FLORES: Could you please tell ussomething about his Anting Anting, his charms?
GM DIEGO: I used to practice it, but later I forgotabout it.
DINO FLORES: Did he use a prayer?MANG: Yes, but it came at a price. You always hadto pay a price for a prayer. Usually in the form of
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some problem. Tatang had a time where he earned lots ofmoney, he was a gold smuggler, he worked in goldsmuggling and in the 50s and 60s he earned a lot of money.He was at the head of a ship that worked in gold smugglingin the Indian Ocean and the East Sea.
DINO: So he had lots of money but because of AntingAnting and Prayer, he became poor?
MANG: Yes, he died very poor. He didn’t have anything.
DINO: So due to Anting Anting he had to pay a price…MANG: Yes because of that and he had killed manypeople. He did not have a good life in the end. He diedwithout his own home. He was poor in his old age.
DINO: Do you know how many people he killed…?In that moment the Grand Master changes his expressionand by his gesture he must have killed many people…
DINO: He killed many people, right?MANG TONY: (REMAINS SILENT)TIM: Do you practice Anting Anting?
MANG: Before, yes, but it was difficult tomaintain. The money would come, but just as itcomes, it goes…
TIM: Is there a price to pay?MANG: Even up unti l now. I have beensuffering for two years. Last year my houseburned down. Everything that I had vanished.My wife became ill, everything… Perhaps I needto forget about that. That is why I don’t practiceAnting Anting prayer anymore.
DINO: What was the Prayer for?MANG: For protection during fights. Youtattoo yourself or write it on your chest, and onyour arms.
DINO: What are some of the things you dowith prayer?
MANG: On Good Friday we would write thePrayer on a piece of paper and a police officerwould closely shoot at the paper and he woulddodge the bullet… This dodge was reflected inabsolutely everything, even in your business,you dodged everything…even money. Youpracticed it for protection. There are prayers foreverything. To attract money, to attract girls, forprotection. But the same way you attracted it, itwould leave.
DINO FLORES: So it was very useful during war?MANG: Yes, it was great to have it during war.
TIM: And now in times of peace? Do you practicesome type of spirituality?
MANG: Yes, I sometimes meditate.
TIM: What type of meditation do you practice?MANG: I follow Heart meditation.
DINO: Is it a Buddhist practice?MANG: It’s great.
TIM: Or Christian?MANG: It is Buddhist as well as Christian. The name ofthe booked is titled OLEN. It is the key principle of Energy. Ienjoy Heart meditation. You extend yourself as far as beingpart of the Cosmos. Fire in the Heart. Think about yourblessings and you extend from your heart to infinity.That same afternoon after the training and after havingshared past stories with Grand Master Antonio Diego and
Guro Narzo, we ate dinner at the hotel. During the dinner, I asked him about a video that I had seen of him and GuroPeachie dancing to rock and roll on the balcony of his house. He mentioned that rhythm is extremely important in thepractice of Kalis Ilustrisimo because the timing is a crucial attribute for fighting. Guro Arnold took the opportunity to tellus that in addition to dancing well, the Grand Master sang. At that moment I asked him who was his favorite singer. TheGrand Master said Frank Sinatra and he started to sing “The way you look tonight” with a magnificent voice withoutany accent at all. It gave us all goose bumps. The other customers in the restaurant smiled and enjoyed the song withus. He stopped singing, we clapped, and he finished by saying that he loved Frank Sinatra and that he knew all hissongs by heart. That was the last night I saw him. We bid farewell infront of the hotel. I thanked him for being very generous withme, without a doubt he had been with all the people hecame in contact with during his life. On the wayback, already in Spain, when they wrote to me toinform me that he had passed away, I understoodwhy he practiced Heart Meditation, because heliked to extend himself from the heart and meltand fill the entire Cosmos. He was all heart,generosity, patience, character and passion.Without a doubt the Universe becomes infiniteto welcome people with hearts like his. I do notdoubt that he is now with his best friends,Tatang Ilustrisimo, Grand MasterChristopher Ricketts and Punong GuroEdgar Sulite, even for a short time, trainingand exchanging knowledge and having funtogether one more time. To my practicingcolleagues of Kalis Ilustrisimo, BakbakanInternational and Lameco International, from thenewest to the most advanced, I can only ask youone thing, that we honor the memory of thatDream Team that now without a doubt are the AllStars of another place.
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Graziano Galvani, a tireless investigator of the past, is back with his group of"Grand Gentlemen” of the "Tavola", offering us his martial knowledge and that ofits past, which is actually ours. The Italian tradition of combat is full ofunexplored corners that tell us about the greatness of a time, when theirsoldiers use the Arts of combat in the battlefields worldwide. The effective andsurprising strategies, (wrapped in the flavor of the purest European classictradition), are a lesson of our martial history, and at the same time the trueself-defense, in a time when knives were waved in any good fight, in any corner,at any time, a time when it was necessary to know...or to die. A luxury for theglorious past of our tradition.
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Italian tradition in defense against knife
Nova Scrimia
“The hand armed witha dagger of the enemy”
Master Achille Marozzo -
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DEFENSE AGAINST A KNIFE SURVIVING THE BLADE
The chronicles speak more and more about criminalepisodes carried out with blade weapons. We know howdangerous a knife aggression can be for whoever trainedor not. It is a verified fact the wide variety of invented waysin these years to carry small hidden knives. Knives thatopen up with a hand, sharpened cutters as shaving razors,prickers that come out of key… they all show how fertilecould be the creativity of our species. In fact, criminals -and this is not a recent discovery- know that they do andthe knife is more and more their reliable friend in the manycriminals actions
In the "Nova Scrimia Fraternity", we have among themany experts and specialists, with several private andpublic security agents. As Traditional Martial Artspractitioners and operating practitioners of self defensemethodologies, we have always focused ourselves in theuse and the efficiency of what we study. Hence, from thebeginning, a long time ago, we have asked ourselves this
crucial question: "How much of the old inheritedknowledge on Martial Scrimia, is really applicable anduseful nowadays? The answers we have receivedfrom practice they all go in the same direction: themankind has not changed at all, those things thatworked centuries ago, in really bloody historicalperiods, they also work perfectly nowadays.Speaking of cutting blade weapons, for instance, it iseasy to understand how those weapons coming outeven in different forms and dimensions have alwaysbeen created to have a lethal power to cut and tochop. Centuries ago daggers and daggers werepulled out to fight or to attack. Today they appear inthe hands of the "bad people": cutters, folders andsharpened blades. Blade weapons are tools soessential and so perfect that there will always becriminals ready to use them. Therefore, there will bepeople that will have to dramatically try to survivetheir effects. In those moments, when the life is atstake, the art of protecting is a formidable ally, readyto offer essential psychic and physical answers.
Our first videotape of knife defense is born fromthere and of from the desire of sharing with martialartists of every style, method, or latitude, some of therules of Scrimia Art: an old and current school, whichis specific, because it expresses really applicablecontents. A school forged in the historical forgery of aland devastated by the power of the sheets.
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“The Martial art we practice, in fact doesn't teach us"healthy" or "politically correct" methods to counterattack
an aggressor who is armed with a knife.
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PREMISE: TO GO FAR BEYOND THE ILLUSIONS
The fundamental premise is: To a "fool" anordinary sheet also offers more than one advantage.The neck of a bottle or an average kitchen knife willbe enough to cause real disasters, it isn’t necessaryto open up and use a last generation “folder. On oneside: a phone directory with razor blades located onthe borders, belts with sharpened buckles, pointedkeys as stilettos, pens with prickers, tiny knifeshanging on the neck. What else?
On the other side: gym training, exercises,technical skills, static and moving applications withfeigned wooden knives, rubber, aluminum, trueunsharpened knives, inventions of all types to try tosimulate reality.
We know that the hand grabbing a knife is drivenby at least three types of different heads, by threepersonalities:
First: a person who has lost control and he actswithout inhibition. Classic situation: kitchen knifeseized by hands without any type of technicaltraining, but driven by a wild fury. In "the controlroom” there is a raving repti le that hits withinstinctive and confused movements . It attacksgoing toward the target and stepping back severaltimes. It does it, cutting and sinking the tip. Where,how, how much? It doesn’t matter, it is enough, tohit, hit hit.
Second: a criminal that uses a blade to increasehis coercive and threatening power. In "the control"room there is a moderate "exhibitionist": he shows
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“The fundamentalpremise is: To a "fool" an
ordinary sheet alsooffers more than one
advantage.”
it, he brags about, he presents it due to a choreographic need.If he has to use it, he optimizes actions and he hits to hurt andto terrify. If needed he hits to kill. He uses the weapon for whatit can give him of nervous determination: he cuts arms, face,throat, abdomen with a cutter, attacks the torso with a stiletto.
Third: the premeditating murderer who acts with only oneobjective, taking someone’s life. The blade enters from behindor from a side. If it is used frontally, it only appears at the lastmoment. The blade is his credo, it is not seen, and he thrusts itimmediately.
Very little information is so certain: they are all dangeroushands and the limits among these profiles are permeable. Withthe first couple of profiles, there are more defense probabilities,whereas the third the probabilities drop clamorously. Perhaps
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“Gym training, exercises, technical skills, static andmoving applications with feigned wooden knives, rubber,
aluminum, true unsharpened knives, inventions of all types to try to simulate reality.”
one may survive the first couple, whereas the third amiracle is needed.
As we say, a knife doesn't need expert hands toproduce lethal damages, but if it is used by experthands, is better, even better to be far from thatsituation.
Have you ever seen the wounded forearms of astabbed victim? Suffering from a wound, even if it isnot on vital parts, to see your own blood gushing out,it is a shock for anybody. It is not a coincidence thatcutters and the short blades are the criminal’sfavorite “working tools". They know these things dueto experiences.
KNOCK, KNOCK… ¿IS ANYBODY THERE?
Against the knife, despite what is seen around, it isnot actually possible to do all that is wanted. Aboveall, we have to be completely aware that peoplemove in very different way with respect to what weare accustomed to see in the gym. An aggressor actswith determination. If he attacks, the last thing hedoes is to easily let us access his armed arm and bythat allowing our maneuvers. An armed arm is verystrong. It is the arm of a super hero, it movesnervously, hardly, inconsistently, quickly, it changestrajectory and behind it, there is a moving body. Thecriminal may attack from far away, running toward us,he can jump on us, to push us, to hit us with slaps orfists and to pull the weapon out, once we are alreadyfighting. The aggressor can pick up a knife from thebar counter; to get off the car holding a screwdriver,to grab a bottle by the neck and break it; to break achair or to throw it toward us. We could fall, toimpact against a wall, to be jerked by the jacket. Thelights dazzle us, the surprise paralyzes us. It does notmatter if we are bigger, stronger and more agile, he isthe one who has the weapon, if we want to survivewe have to accept the “quarrel”.
He has the power: a few centimeters of cold steel
and the most trained muscles inthe world transform intobutter. Under the muscles isdeveloped the intricatehighway of the veins,arteries, tendons, nerves,vital organs. It is just amatter of a few centimeters: atear or a hole and the gamefinishes. "Game over!"…
To react; To repeat; To resist. Underthese conditions it is truly difficult. Whatcan we make? To keep our sensesexclusively focused in surviving: to beable to divert attacks with the bestavailable strategies; To perceive time inorder to hit strongly with the most appropriatetechnique at the right time; to cause the biggestharm possible, to adapt the happening with mindand body, to use each possible "ally" to make adifference. For a civilian, as soon as a useful holeopens up, to escape in the quickest possible way.And to finally come back home to lick one’s wounds
In fact, it is our mental attitude what is truly "inquestion" and that makes everything difficult.Unfortunately, what is usually done in the gym is totrain the skills, perhaps in a static way. But, will thatsave us?
The hand armed with a dagger of the enemy”Master Achille Marozzo -
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The Martial art we practice, in fact doesn't teach us"healthy" or "polit ically correct" methods tocounterattack an aggressor who is armed with aknife. Forged in tough social realities, Scrimia istough. In this videotape we feature some strategiesof life preservation against frontally applied knifeattacks, both at a distance as well as in hand tohand. It is about a practical knowledge of seven
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“As we say, a knife doesn'tneed expert hands to
produce lethal damages,but if it is used by expert
hands, is better,even better to be
far from thatsituation.”
centuries that we inherit from the ItalianMasters School of weapons. We havedecided that the moment has arrived ofshowing this knowledge. All techniquespresented in the videotape, although theyare coded patrimony, they have gone by aferocious experimentation in practice. Dueto their utility, some of the strategies arepart of the security agencies operatingprograms and operative personnel at theairports and they have made a differencein many situations. Therefore, what you willfind in this videotape is perfectly clear:practical applications and many options:strategic tactics of vital self protection forcivilians, with percussions, exit actions,breaks and endings. You will also find
intervention strategies for operatingactions, relative to lock control, blockage,disarming and neutralizing people withknife.
It is a unique videotape of its genre,recorded by thirteen Teachers andInstructors of Nova Scrimia. The groupalternates didactic and explanatorymoments with actions of extremedynamism filmed in indoors and outdoors.If you really are ready, if you seriously wantto test the tradition of weapons, the Art ofScrimia is at your reach. Later your attitudetowards defense against knife attack won'tever be the same one.
As Master Fiore dei Liberi suggests "Ifwe are on guard, we will be able to survive.
“As Master Fiore dei Liberi suggests ‘If we are on guard,
we will be able to survive’.”
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Always with the Ochikara, "The Great Strength" (called e-bunto in the Shizen vernacular tongue) or secret wisdomof the ancient Miryoku Japanese shamans, as a backdrop, the author takes us into a world of genuine reflectionsthat are capable to move at once both the reader's heart and head, thus placing him continuously in front of theabyss of the invisible, as the true final frontier of personal and collective consciousness.
The spiritual taken not as religion, but as the study of the invisible, was the way of the ancient Miryoku sages toapproach the mystery in the framework of a culture as rich as unknown, to which the author has wholeheartedlydevoted.
Alfredo Tucci, Manager Director to Budo International Publishing Co. and author in the past 30 years of a largenumber of titles about the Warrior's Way, offers us a set of extraordinary and profound reflections, which can beread individually in no particular order. Each one of them opens up a window to us through which we can take alook at the most varied subjects from an unexpected angle, now dotted with humor now with forcefulness andgrandiosity, placing us in front of eternal matters with the view of the one who has just arrived and doesn't agreewith the common places in which everyone coincides.
We can affirm with conviction that no reader will be indifferent to this book; such is the strength and intensity ofits contents. Saying this is saying a lot in a world crowded with collective mangers, interested and behavioralideologies, manipulators and, in short, spurious interests and mediocrity. It is therefore a text for big souls andintelligent people who are ready to look at life and mystery with the freedom of the most restless and scrutinizingminds, without dogmas, without transient morals, without subterfuges...
"Vital spot in Taekwon-Do is defined as any sensitive or breakablearea on the body vulnerable to an attack. It is essential that thestudent of Taekwon-Do has a knowledge of the different spots so
that he can use the proper attacking or blocking tool.Indiscriminate attack is to be condemned as it is
inefficient and wasteful of energy". - GeneralChoi Hong Hi, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TAEKWON-
DO, Volume II, page 88. Taekwon-Do is oneof the largest and most professional
martial arts in the world today, (foundedon April 11, 1955, by General Choi HongHi, and continues to flourish even afterthe passing of its founder in June of2002. Over time the sporting factorstook precedence and much waseither ignored or discarded in thearea of the original self-protectionmethods. In the original writingsof General Choi much of the focus,structure and even the use of thevital points "Kupso", as well as theweapon development to accessthem, was outlined but never fully
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by Master Trina Pellegrini
In a recent issue of BUDO INTERNATIONAL magazine, there was an article writtenby my husband, Grandmaster John Pellegrini, titled “Addressing the Gender Gap”.While I felt that it was well written and I agreed with most of what it said, I believe
that a discussion of this important martial arts topic can benefit from a woman'spoint of view. Indeed it demands it. But let me make this perfectly clear, by that I donot mean that “only” a woman understands or has the right to discuss the subjectof women-in-the-martial-arts or women-self-defense. It is simply a logical andintelligent approach to an often emotional issue, loaded with misunderstandings,pre-conceived notions, mistrust and absurd political correctness.
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RE-VISITING THE GENDER GAP
owever, before I beginsharing my views on thesubject, I believe that thereaders deserve to know alittle more about me and myqualifications in this area
and remove any lingering doubt that Imay feel entitled to speak on this issuesimply because I am married to aninternational martial arts celebrity. I havebeen involved in the martial arts for 25years, training in TaeKwonDo, Tai Chi and,of course, Combat Hapkido.Over the years, I have traveled
extensively with my husband to many ofhis seminars and I have also attendedmany seminars conducted by leadingself-defense experts and famous martialarts Masters. And, coincidentally, I havealso experienced two real-life situationswhere I was attacked and had to use mymartial arts skil ls to defend myself(successfully!). In other words, I have paidmy dues and earned my right to discussthis topic with some authority. Two years ago, I felt that it was time to
structure and introduce a new program todeal with specific challenges faced bywomen. So, I developed and launched anew “women-only” self-defense conceptcalled “TRU”. The name is an acronymthat stands for Trained-Ready-Unafraid. Ienvisioned this project to be more thanjust a great syllabus of practical, effective,realistic and easy-to-learn techniques forwomen. After all, there are many well-qualified, experienced Instructors (menAND women) around the World teaching“women” self-defense courses. I wantedto go beyond that and create a safe,smart network of resources that womencould access to find answers to specific
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problems, locate products & services of interest, andconnect with other women sharing the same concernsabout personal protection and safety. I decided that TRUhad to be informative, useful, valuable and even fun,therefore the program had to include several differentcomponents:
1. An exciting BLOG, www.unafraidwomen.comwhere women would find information and resources about products and services
related to women's safety, personal protection andwellness. Also relevant article, books and seminars ontopics such as domestic violence, crime statistics, medicaland legal issues and travel security. The blog is also aforum for members to share experiences, connect withothers with common interest, pose questions and requestadvice on specific situations.
2. WOMEN SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING. Obviously, thisis at the core of who we are and what we do. The “TRU”System is promoted around the World and women of allages, abil it ies and social position, are invited and
encouraged to attend seminars, courses,retreats and other events featuring physical,hands-on self-defense training.
3. WOMEN INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION.This will be an major part of our mission. Wewant to create a vast, international cadre ofqualified, experienced, competent femaleInstructors to teach the TRU System aroundthe World. In addition to the personal reward of knowingthat what they teach will reduce violence against women
and potentially save lives, it will also present interestingprofessional and business opportunities.
By integrating these 3 components, I believe that TRU willbe a positive force committed and dedicated to theempowerment of women, preventing their victimization andteaching them how to fight back, realistically andeffectively.
However, this discussion would not be complete if Idid not address the most common objection raised bymany martial artists and self-defense “experts”against women-only programs such as TRU. Theobjection actually consists of two separate, validand legitimate points: 1) Women do not “need” tolearn from a female Instructor. As long as the teacheris qualified and competent, gender should not matter.2) Women's training is more realistic in a mixedenvironment, with male training partners. After all,statistically, they will be much more likely to beattacked or assaulted by a man. As I stated, bothpoints are valid and generally true. But that's wherethe unique understanding and very personalperspective of a woman can present other, more subtle(or even “hidden” or unspoken) aspects of this issue.Certainly, not every woman “needs” or wants a femaleInstructor. But, I have also discovered, over manyyears of experience, that MANY women feelintimidated by a male instructor They may also feelthat his (usually) bigger size and strong, muscularbody is an advantage that makes it easy for him toexecute techniques and defeat the bed guys. Byobserving a smaller female easily performing thetechniques, a woman will be able to more readilyidentify with the instructor and BELIEVE that she toocan learn to fight back. In some cases, women will beturned-off by the instructor's overly “macho” attitudeor feel uncomfortable with his aggressive or“militaristic' demeanor. So, for all these reasons, MOREfemale Instructors will attract MORE women to theMartial Arts and keep them involved in self-defensetraining. And let's not forget, that another positive resultof attracting more women is that some of them willbecome future Instructors and… attract more women!Concerning the obvious and undeniable benefits of
women training with male partners, it is all well and goodfor most of the women who have NOT experienced theserious emotional and psychological trauma of past (orever current) abuse, physical violence and otherextremely negative situations involving men. Most
women who have been victimized, sometimebrutally, by men remain in a very fragile anddelicate emotional state for a long time (oftenforever) and, while they may appear to be OKand be able to function normally in everydaysociety, they carry psychological scars andtraumas that can best be understood andproperly handled by another woman. Pain andfear can suddenly resurface and horribleflashbacks can easily be triggered by physicalcontact with a male training partner. This is aparticularly real and dangerous possibilityduring training involving ground grappling,choking, bear-hugs and other very closecontact techniques. That is why I believe that we should offer
“women-only” classes, seminars andcourses to those women who need, musthave or simply prefer a non-threatening,safe, understanding all-womentraining environment.
I am sure that many martial artsinstructors will disagree with theviews I have expressed in thisarticle, but, being a woman andhaving researched this subject formany years, I can assure you thatthe facts are on my side: there aremillions of women in the World whowill NEVER set foot in a martial artsacademy or a self-defense seminarbecause the Instructor is a man.And I ask: what is wrong withcertifying a whole new generationof women Instructors andreaching out to every womanwho wants to learn how toprotect herself in theenvironment of her choice?
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Sifu Randy Williams’ extensive collection of books
on Wing Chun in 6 volumes, the series contains the
history of Wing Chun, the theory and description
of all Wing Chun forms in detail, Volume 6 is
focused on instructing the system and provides
additional information about Wing Chun Combat
Theory from A to Z! This great work, originally
written in 1988 and newly revised and updated is a
must for the library of any serious student of the
art.
You can order the entire series as a set of 6 books,
or by individual volume, and the new DVDs can
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SingleWeapon DVD € 39,90
Biu Jitsu DVD € 25,90
DVD Set (all 5) € 149,90
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Five brand new Wing Chun DVDs
1 DVD: “Bot” Jom Doh Basics
Complete “Bot” Jom Doh Form, 108 Motions,
Historical Information about the Wing Chun
Broadswords, Detailed Knife Blocking and
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Footwork, Details of the footwork orientation
of the form, One-man “Bot” Jom Doh Drills
2 DVD set: “Bot” Jom Doh, Applications,
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Applications of the motions from the “Bot”
Jom Doh form, Knife vs. Knife, Knife vs.
Pole, Drills, Concepts and Principles,
Specially created Knife drills for the Wooden
Dummy, Detailed Knife Blocking and
Striking, Knife techniques as compared to
their empty-hand counterparts, Cutting
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1 DVD: CRCA Wing Chun “Biu Jitsu”
Groundfighting
Contents: The concept of “Reverse
Engineering,” Chokes; Rear, Front Standing,
“Guillotine,” Head-and-Arm, Side-Mount
Shoulder Choke, and many other
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2 DVD set: “Look Deem Boon” Gwun
Volume 1 ( 55 min. )
Content: Pole Details, Pole Drills, Pole
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Applications: Pole vs. Pole
“Look Deem Boon” Gwun
Volume 2 (60 min.)
Heavybag Drills, Dummy Drills, Two Man
Drills, Form overview, Pole vs. Knife
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escalating force restraintcontinuums. There are several
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