Re: Mongoose, a Filipino Martial Art and other Asian martial art form.

Isla Maia wrote:

I was playing around with the idea of taking the lessons with the
longer stick, Japanese style, the one where you wear a helmet to
protect yourself. (Gosh, I can't think what it's called now and I'm too
lazy to research. I'm down with gastro so doing all my writing at home
until I'm better.)

All that French food, you need bagoong and flavored suka!
Kendo, it is called kendo. Just like Kendo, Arnis is really practice for using swords but it evolved into its own.

But I love the way those two sticks moved around in one movie, it's so
cool! And these days with all the movies coming out where the women
seem to "kick ass" and project control, it might be a message for us
girls to start learning something interesting not only as an exercise
but a self-defence thing. Besides, aren't Pinays medyo "masculine and
strong" from our past as a "matriarchal society"?

We are kinda matriarchal, as long as our wives let us be macho, we are macho-MEN! I always say: "Two sticks are better than one".

I almost had a major problem on the train recently when nine Arab boys
(unfortunately, they were Arabs) came into my compartment when I was
alone and started to muck around. I was so annoyed and wanted to hit
them all, but that would have been stupid. So when they least expected
it, I dashed out quickly and tucked myself between two guys in the next
compartment. It's safer to stay quiet even when your blood's boiling
for a fight.

Hiya, Tanso! Now you make me feel at "home" back in SCF!
--isla maia


You are always home here, and you know that!
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