just saying howdy

[shortstick]

Hello guys, just saying howdy. I am new to the forum. I have been training in Escrima for about 8 years, and I am always happy to find a place to discuss it.

[Melanie]

Welcome to the forum shortstick :)

You'll find an impressive amount of knowledge on the forum and we look forward to hearing your input also.

[KickChick]

Welcome shortstick ... glad you made it! ;)

[John G]

Welcome aboard shortstick.

[YODA]

Welcome - so they call you shortstick huh? Do we really wanna know why? LOL!

[Cain]

Yaaay!

Bigstick and shortstick have finally met :D

Welcome shortstick :D

|Cain|

[pgm316]

Enter medium stick! LOL

[shortstick]

thanks for the welcome......I think

[YODA]

You think correctly :D

I judge by your sig that you can take a joke!

So - onto more serious stuff....

What style of Escrima do you study and with whom? Pity you didn't sign up a week earlier - I was in LA last week and maybe we could have hooked up.

[shortstick]

I Trained under a man named Tony Texeria in Sarrada Escrima. He trained directly with Angel Caballes, and his son.
Tony died way too young several years ago. Since then I have just been maintaining what I learned. My main focus for the last several years has been Kara-Ho Kempo, before that I trained for appx. 14 years in TKD reaching the rank of San dan. As for my screen name- I figured that not many people would know sarrada is a short range art....I figured it would get a grin or two, and we all need to smile more these days!

[YODA]

Cool - I know of serrada and have some training in it myself. Although as Filipino arts go I would say it is a medium range art - compared to closer range styles such as GM Cacoy Canate's version of Doce Pares.

[shortstick]

cool, i did not know that. I have done Senwali and dequardes eskrima(hope i got the spelling) and when I got into sarrada, well it seemed close compared to the other two. I have not had much exposer to styles that are inside as much as sarrada. So I cannot really comment. When I have met with other players, they have always been longer range styles. Although it seems in one way or another most of the styles have ways to get in close. I will take a look at the doce pares site you have listed.

[michael]

so is anyone like do just one style of arnis or lots?

[stickgirl]

hiya
I always thought that serrada was a short range as it was machete based???

stick girl.

[shortstick]

Hmm....have not heard much about if the machete is spacific to Sarrada. I have seen it used in other systems. It seems to me in most systems of eskrima the blade is interchangable with the , stick, and the same to empty hand. This is why I find eskrima in genearal to be a great style.