Greetings one and all!!
I have a question: One of my students is leaving the UK to go work for a year in Washington DC.
He has only been with me for a few months and he becomming quite a convert to the FMA (we get them all eventually%-} )
Since there are no Rapid Arnis clubs in the...
I was signing for a package from a ups guy with one of those digital signer thingys. I said to him " I give it 2 generations and kids will be asking 'daddy,whats a pencil'?".
He replied "last week,I had to show my kids what a record was and had to explain that it was an ancient plastic cd".
we...
Please forgive me if I am wrong on this,
But as far as I know,"continuous" is a timed round of say,1-2 minutes,give it all you got for each round and the points are tallied at the end of the fight.
No "stop and reset".
On the juggling side....
if anyone knows of a place I can find footage of Michael Moschen, I would be greatful!
And yes....
I have searched the net like crazy!
And for those of you who don't know him; he was the stand-in hand for David Bowie in the movie Laberynth.
Remember the crystal...
Lord....
I remember having to do a butt load of push ups because of Mr.Weinberger when I couldn't place his name in the "chain of command" from my DI's back in 86'!
What fun little games the drill sarns could come up with at the drop of a hat....
R.I.P Mr Weinberger
I remember my mom telling me when I was a kid,we passed through the home town of andy griffith in north carolina; which is where mayberry was based and not far from pilot mountain(mount pilot in the show).
Apperantly, I threw a pouting fit when I couldn't find the sherrifs office to meet deputy...
I'm gonna add one that goes under my "god hates me file"...
MANY moons ago there was a big ole nasty fight in a pool hall on court street in j'vile N.C, one of those liitle soiree's when you combine marines,rednecks, alcohol and pool balls.
There was a PILE o people just pitching cue balls and...
first movie I ever saw was called "kung fu Gold" with Bruce Li.
I thought to myself...
"how cool is it to be able to beat up 300 people and not
get one stain on your gold satin clothes"!
I was 6.
what ever language or choice of words you want to use, it's still getting whooped with a stick or what ever item you wish to use.
a fight is a fight and a whoopin is a whoopin. same thing!
Agreed!
Of course you must know, when I refer to people of our age group, I am refering to the "vintage wines" of our time:)
Oh how the young are missing so much in life...
:p
If you go in December,you must look up Pat O'Malley from Rapid Arnis he is Cebu every year at that time to further his training.
He is an "old timer" and still loves a good Black Eagle fight;)
You can contact him at www.rapidarnis.com
He has been going every year for the last 20 or so and would...
As I was once told; "call it what you will,but getting whooped with a stick is getting whooped with a stick"! It just depends on how you go about it.
I chose to stcik with Pat O'Malley and his system of Rapid Arnis(www.rapidarnis.com) due to the freedom he pushes to develop your sense of self...
I have a new one to add.....
I don't know if anyone across the pond has heard, but 2 weeks ago, we had an attorney robbed at knife point 100yrds from his home here in london. He gave up everything he had including the papers that contained the plans for his wedding in sept.
He did what he was...
I have 3 left handers in my classes.
Being a righty, I have trained my left quite a bit over the years and it helps to be able to step in and partner with these guys when needed.
They work thier rights a lot of the time by choice. Which has actually inspired some of the others to to train thier...
Danny Guba. Doce Pares UK. A massive wealth of knowledge and one hell of a nice man!
Pat O'Malley. Rapid Arnis UK. An excellent instructor with a fairly impressive background with everyone from Bob Breen to D.Canete and family!
Oh God! I JUST found out about this!
The british have NO taste in good american comedy!
I remember bein a yungin in north carolina and raisin so much hell
because I had to miss Gilligans Island for that damned Watergate hearing.
HMPF!
Godspeed Mr.Denver and thank you for a better...