ES - fighting in the West

Matthew Saroff saroff at poseidon.vs.lmco.com
Fri Apr 16 09:01:20 PDT 1999


On Apr 15,  7:47pm, Lady Simone wrote:
> Subject: Re: ES - fighting in the West
> I wrote
>
> <SNIP>
>
> > The hand position comes from (I've been told) Escrima, a Philippine
> > stick fighting style (very effective, ask Megallan), the Ansteorran stance
> is
> > more of a boxing stance.
>
> It is also a very elegant and leathal martial arts style.  Saw several
> demonstrations of it in my time in the Phillippines during 79 to 82. A few
> of the fighters in the shire there took classes in the style. Fighter
> practice took on a new dimension over there in the early 80's.
Hi,
	That's what my "ask Megallan" comment was about.  People were killed
through plate armor with sticks.  It's pretty impressive.

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