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AdrenalineJunky
August 16, 2001, 06:06 PM
Practice Escrima?
PreserveFreedom
August 16, 2001, 10:55 PM
What's escrima?
Erick Gelhaus
August 16, 2001, 10:59 PM
IIRC, it's a Filipino form of stick fighting.
LASur5r
August 17, 2001, 10:34 AM
Was in the JKD form of Escrima in the late 60's until a year or so ago. Lot of indentations on the bones from the practice, but got a nice flowing rhythm to my hand movements.
Course my family based that on my Hawaiian up bringing.
yorec
August 17, 2001, 01:27 PM
Yes.



Doesn't mean I'm any sort of expert though, :D
AdrenalineJunky
August 17, 2001, 01:41 PM
It's a beautiful form, man. I was watching a special on, I think TLC, and it was amazing.
Mort
August 17, 2001, 04:47 PM
I do. We call it arnis, but it's just different names for the same thing. I walk around the house all day twirling a stick. Cooking, reading, relieving myself, off hand twirling a stick or knife.
skoonz
August 17, 2001, 06:41 PM
That's not the stick fighting in the beginning of Rambo first blood is it?
AdrenalineJunky
August 17, 2001, 07:34 PM
I don't know, I haven't seen that movie for a while.
LawDog
August 20, 2001, 12:33 AM
PreserveFreedom, escrima is a name for the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Arnis is also used, as is the older kali.

Escrima/arnis/kali is/are very effective, very efficient, very beautiful fighting skills. Stylists traditionally train first in the use of sticks, then transitioning to knives and finally adapting the skills to empty hands.

This page should give you a start on learning about this art:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/5640/

LawDog