Martial Arts Scrap by George Hernandez

This page has Martial Arts scrap notes, i.e. stuff I'm parking here for further refining and sorting.

Weapons
Striking
Grappling
Miscellany

Weapons

Clovis point spearheads.
The Fiore dance:
- '-Begin in tutta porta di ferro (full iron gate)
  -Look to your left and make a tutta volta into posta di dona altera (woman's guard with arm over head). Back weighted.
  -Transition into posta finestra destra (right side window guard). Almost all of your weight in on your back foot.
  -Volta stabile into posta di dona (opposite side woman's guard). Back Weighted.
  -Volta stabile and cut out into posta lunga (long guard). Forward weighted.
  -Pass forward into porta di ferro mezzana (half iron gate). Forward weighted.
  -Pass back into posta breve (short guard). Neutral weight.
  -Pass back into dente di cenghiaro (sp?) (boar's tooth).
  -Volta stabile into coda lunge e distessa (tail guard). Forward weighted.
  -Volta stabile back the way you came and then pass into posta bicornu (two-horned guard).
  -Transition (with weight shift) into posta frontale (crown guard). Forward weighted.
  -Pass back with slight volta stabile into middle boar's tooth (sorry don't know the italian term off the top of my head). Remember front leg in straight and your body has a slight lean over it.
  -Volta stabile into tuttta porta di ferro (full iron gate).'
- 'tutta porta di ferro
  posta di donna altera/soprana (High, hands on the right)
  posta di finestra destra (window on the right)
  posta di donna sinestra (left woman's guard)
  Posta longa
  posta porta di ferro mezzana
  posta breve
  posta dente di cenghiaro
  posta coda longa
  posat bicornu
  posta frontale
  posta dente di cenghiaro mezzana
  tutta porta di ferro'
'Coda longa = tail guard. Correct, as "coda" = tail. This is the entirety of the name. The Bolognese tradition (Marozzo, Manciolino, Dall'Aggochie) call this "coda lunghe e distessa", which means, "long and outstretched tail", but Fiore does not. (Vadi does not have the guard at all.)
Posta frontale o corona: Fiore tells us this the guard of the circlet (frontale), called by some the crown (corona). Although frontale does mean "to the front" in modern Italian, that's not what it means here, it means a circlet or coronet. So the English translation would be guard of the coronet or circlet.'
- It seems that corona is crown but it comes from the Greek for culmination which was literally crow, as in a crow's beak. So oddly it seems that corona is both crown and forward. http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/crown
Military, Para-Military
- Stuff you learn in boot camp.
- tactical hand signals
- caissons
half-sword. Gripping the center of the blade to enable a more forceful thrust, esp. against an armored opponent.
Some Fiore terms:
- abrazare: unarmed combat, both grappling and striking.
- azza: axe but specifically the pole axe.
- bastoncello: baton.
- coverta: cover. An action covering a line of attack
- daga: dagger. A rondel dagger in Fiore
- gioco largo: wide, loose play
- gioco stretto: tight, narrow play. Grappling (with or without weapons) range.
- guardia: A guard against attacks. Compare and contrast with posta, which is a position that guards and threatens with an attack.
- lanza: Spear if on foot; Lance if on horseback.
- liguarda: bind
  - liguarda mezan: middle bind.
  - liguarda soprano: high bind.
  - liguarda di Sotto or liguarda sottana: under/low bind
- posta: position. A position that guards and threatens with an attack. Compare and contrast with guardia, which merely guards.
- prese: press. Hold, take, catch, smother, etc. depending on context.
- punte/punta/punto: point or thrust depending on context
- pui fortezza: more strength.
- rebattere: beat. Beat back an attack usually by hitting under their weapon to knock it back.
- sottano - singular, sottani - plural.
- spada: sword
  - spada a uno mano: sword used with one hand
  - spada a due mani: sword used with two hands
- tagli: slice, cut.
- volta: turn
  - mezza volta: half turn. A passing step with a pivot
  - tutta volta: full/complete turn.
  - volta stabile: stable turn. No step just pivot in place
tramazzone = moulinet = molinello = tramazzone = full circle cuts
crafty 31", salty 36", top 1 1/8" higher density?
http://members.aol.com/dargolyt/TheForge/WPNMAIN.HTM
iaijutsu=drawing techniques. battojutsu = cutting techqniques as in tameshigiri. kenjutsu = dueling techniques.
tachi, uchigatana, katana. daito, shoto, (daisho), wakizashi, kodachi, tonto.
ryu v koryu. gendai budo.
Japanese history. Jomon. Yayoi. Yamato. Nara. Heian. Kamakura. Muromachi. Azuchi-Momoyama. Edo. Meiji. Taisho. Showa. Heisei.
moulinet A large whirling cut made with a twist of the wrist or elbow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts_weapons
The Greek word dynamis, the "will to fight", expresses the drive that kept hoplites in formation.
pelea = fight in Spanish; peleas plural. mucha = fight in Spanish. juego = play. juego de lucha = play of fight.
1/2" sisal rope/twine for test cutting
Five kamae=gamae=guards=postures in most Japanese sword styles
1. jodan = high guard.
2. chudan = middle guard.
3. gedan = low guard.
4. hasso = like-an-8 guard. Since 八 = 8, where the hands are at the top and the arms reach up. Like a jodan gamae lowered to over the right shoulder. In Fiore terms, like a cross between a woman's guard and a guard of the falcon.
5. waki = flank/armpit guard. Fiore's tail guard.
2007-04-10: Just the other day I saw a mattock at the hardware store (a combo axe/adz) and I was thinking about the different categories of things they put on the ends of poles and sticks:
- Blades:
  - Axe. Blade edge parallel to the shaft, but cuts away from the shaft.
  - Adz. Blade edge perpendicular to shaft, but cuts away from the shaft.
  - Scythe. Blade edge perpendicular to the shaft, but cuts parallel towards the handle.
  - Draw blade. Blade edge perpendicular but away form the shaft, and cuts parallel towards the handle.
  - Spade. Blade edge perpendicular to the shaft, but cuts parallel away from the handle.
  - Blades vary:
    - Cutting.
    - Cleaving. Thicker.
    - Serrated. Saws.
    - Wavy.
- Pokey things:
  - Pick. Pokey thing perpendicular to shaft. Hooks fall here too.
  - Mace. Multiple pokey things perpendicular to shaft.
  - Stars. Maces on chains.
  - Spear. Pokey thing parallel to shaft. Tridents etc. fall here too.
  - Pokey things may also:
    - Have blades on its sides. EG: Leaf shape spear.
    - Have barbs to make it one way.
- Flat things:
  - Hammer. Flat thing perpendicular to shaft.
  - Shover. Flat thing parallel to the shaft.
- Nothing.
Falx, Baton, Flail, Javelin, Morning Star, Meteor Hammer, Makhaira, Aspis, Club, Mace
Ernstfechten = "earnest fencing" = lethal fencing. Schulfechten = "school fencing" = sport fencing (EG: Meyer).

Striking

Footwork.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_partner_dance_terms
dance terms and sexual position terms.
images from gif to png
change colors for the color blind
http://www.google.com/search?q=footwork
http://basketball4all.homestead.com/FOOTWORK.html
http://www.newgy.com/TTCommunity/Archive/lesson54.html
http://tennis.about.com/od/drillspracticegames/a/footworkwarmup.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=footwork+martial
http://kirkhamsmartialarts.tripod.com/martialarts_ezine5102.htm
http://www.classicaldimension.com/technique.htm
http://www.wingchunkuen.com/why/columns/peterson/wsl10_footwork.html
http://whitecranemartialarts.com/white_crane_hop_gar.htm
http://epgpfm.fateback.com/concepts/scienceoffootwork.html
http://www.freewebs.com/kalijeetkunedo/
http://www.brooklynwt.com/The%20wing%20tzun%20footwork.htm
http://escrima.blogspot.com/2005/02/more-on-footwork.html
http://www.bluedragonkungfu.com/Members/Archives/Ba_Gua_Difference.htm

http://www.abt.org/education/dictionary/index.html
http://www.grapplinghook.org/archives/2005/01/
http://www.martialartskoncepts.com/html/notebook/fmaglossary.html
http://modernknives.com/article2.htm
Look into cabca, sinwali, abecedario, punio sumbrada, hubud, etc. Inayan sinwali is the one I do the most.
sticky hands, hubud, push hands, lap sao, sambrada,
"Other kata are Meikyo, Chinte, Nijushiho, Gojushiho, Hyakuhachiho, Sanchin, Tensho, Unsu, Sochin, and Seienchin." -Best Karate, vol 1, p 95. "Hyakuhachiho is Goju-Ryu's Suparinpei, and Sanchin, Tensho, and Seienchin are also Goju-Ryu and Shito-Ryu kata which are not part of the official list that he published for his students to follow. But here he is saying they are available for selection on a test. Apparently the limits of what kata were available in his mind were the ones you went out and bothered to learn." -http://www.24fightingchickens.com/2006/10/27/how-to-learn-a-new-kata/

Grappling

Some wrestling exercises from I forget where
- Basic Wrestlers Bridge-lay on your back and do a gymnastics bridge but instead of supporting your self with your arms, support yourself with your neck. Put the top of your head on the floor and roll back on your head so that your nose touches the mat (or try to, it is hard and takes time to develop the proper flexibility).
- Basic Wrestlers Front bridge-Kneel on the ground. Place you hands face down on the mat in front of you and place your forehead on the mat. Extend your legs behind you so that your body weight is supported by your neck. Roll your neck in circles.
- Wall Exercise-Stand facing a wall. Using a towel to cushion your face, place your forehead against the wall. Step back a bit and let your body weight be supported by your neck. The more parallel to the floor you are the more pressure that is on your neck. You can perform a variation of the same exercise for the back and side neck muscles also.
- Bench Exercise-lay on a weight bench or other flat surface like a table. Have your back supported but your head and neck off of the table. Place a weight (we started off with a 25lb'er) on your forehead, use a towel to cushion your head. Your goal is to keep your chin against your chest, to support the weight with the muscles of your neck. The goal here is to hold the weight for a full minute for three to five sets. When you can support the weight for a full minute you increase the weight. This is a really great exercise that was taught to me by the "Hooker" Tony Cecchine. '
- Hip explosions. On upper back and feet. Burst up so only upper back is touching.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_lock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chokeholds Surprisingly only a few of these have been entered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_hold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancrase
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerslam
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerbomb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuai_jiao
Make section on falling

Miscellany

Def basics: Jam, Guide via Pull, Guide via Flow-Push-Lead, Hold, Strangle, Pierce, Smash, Cut, X
Vale Tudo is Brazilian Portugese for no-holds barred fighting.
Compressing icons. EGs: Triangle; Circle; Spiral; Wave; Box; Trapezoid; Bamboo; Chinese animals; Elements;
Combat multipliers v Combat additives. EG: Blocks, grabs, smothers that hurt more or provide additional tactical effect.
2004-08-26T17:24:18Z. Currently I have zLink and zLinksCommercial. Plus I have a ton of other links from my old karate site. I need to parse the links and create a new zLinksOrgs for schools and organizations?
Teaching, learning
- MAs etiquette, safety rules, universals.
  - Dojo kun
  - Chinese MAs etiquette
    - Si Tai Gung. "great grand master". Head of a style.
    - Your instructor's instructor. "grandfather" level.
    - Sifu. "one who can teach it". Instructor. "father" level.
    - Sijo. "one who can do it". Assistant instructor. "elder sibling" level.
    - Si Shong. Shi. Si-Che. Shi Xiong.
- Ranks in the MAs. karate, WMA, military, police, competition, etc. Related: police ranks
- Social aspects of martial arts. EG: If you have no social skills and you always do to-the-death-matches, then you won't have any good training partners to train on a regular basis. MA community. Secrecy. Professionals historically and modern.
- Bowing and saluting
  - Japanese bowing
  - Chinese bowing
  - It is common in swordplay to start a duel with some sort of salute.
  - Military salutes
Latin for gladiatores
- Andabatae - fought blindfolded
  Catervarii - fought in groups
  Dimacheri - fought with two swords
  Equites - fought on horseback
  Essedarii - fought in chariots
  Fiscales - trained by the fiscus
  Hoplomachi - fought in a full suit of armor
  Laqueatores - fought with a noose as their weapon
  Meridiani - fought in the middle of the day
  Ordinarii - included all of the regular gladiators
  Postulaticii - fought when requested by the people
  Retiarii - fought with a tridens and nets as their weapons
Physics, Geometry of MAs
- The usu. KE=.5mv^2, F=ma, P=F/A, Impulse
- Levers and arms
- Why axes work
- Serrated edges
- Slicing, hacking, cutting, weight of blade
- X's and crosses
- thrusts v cuts. Shortest line (tip) v shortest movement (hand)
- Versus the unarmored: blade weapons become a touch weapon, i.e. force, angle, does not matter as much.
'Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.' This Machiavelli quote generally applies more to mass fighting instead of single fighting. However discuss concept of the natural fighter, drunk/drugged/big fighter. The quote is not so much about putting down courage, but about raising up discipline. However discipline, courage, talent, and strength also need direction and vision.
My intent
- To eventually get many of the common concepts and techniques and finding the different names and interpretations via language, style, etc. I am seeking the essence of the martial while retaining the trappings and possibilities of language and culture.
- 2007-03-26t14:59:43Z. While I want to retain historical information and be careful with it, I do not consider myself a historical scholar. There are issues with apocrypha and getting directly sourced information. There are issues with trying to recreate the past. The "masters" of the past lived in their present, and I intend to do so as well. It is good to get knowledge from the past but there is also knowledge to be gained from the present. We can form our own models (built upon the past), conduct our own test, use modern science, etc.
Dagorhir.
Section 311 of US Code Title 10, entitled, "Militia: composition and classes" in its entirety reads as follows:
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are -
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Ethylene glycol (aka monoethylene glycol (MEG); IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol; HOCH₂CH₂OH; automotive anti-freeze;) is odorless, colorless and sweet liquid that can be nitrated to form ethylene glycol dinitrate (aka EGDN; O₂N-O-CH₂-CH₂-O-NO₂), a yellowish, oily explosive liquid. Similarly glycerine (aka glycerol; 1,2,3-propanetriol; 1,2,3-trihydroxypropane; C₃H₈O₃; glyceritol; glycyl alcohol;) can be nitrated to form nitroglycerin (aka trinitroglycerin; glyceryl trinitrate; C₃H₅N₃O₉), a heavy, colorless, poisonous, oily, explosive liquid.
- "Nitroglycerin is prepared by nitration of glycerol (also known as glycerin). First, very slowly mix 200 ml of 98 to 100% nitric acid with 300 ml of 98-100% sulfuric acid into a 1000 ml beaker that is submersed in a salt-ice bath. Make sure to allow the mixture to cool down to 10 °C, before the next step. Next, 112 ml of glycerol, that has previously been cooled to 15 °C, is VERY slowly (i.e. drop by drop using a buret suspended over the beaker) added to the nitric and sulfuric acid mixture. The solution is slowly stirred, with extreme care to not tap the stirring device against the side of the beaker, as the impact of the stirring rod against the container has been known to create enough pressure to detonate the nitroglycerin. Carefully monitor the temperature while adding the glycerol; the temperature should NEVER rise above 20 °C and should be kept below 15 °C as a safety precaution. If the temperature starts rising, stop adding glycerol and slowly stir until the temperature goes back down. Keep a jug of ice water nearby and if at any time the temperature rises above 20 °C or red fumes are noticed, CAREFULLY dump the solution into the ice water IMMEDIATELY. Once all of the glycerol has been added, let the mixture cool down to 15 °C and let it stand for 15 minutes. Then pour this mixture into a large container containing an equal amount of room temperature water. Add this mixture to a separatory funnel. The nitroglycerin will settle onto the bottom of the funnel. Drain out the nitroglycerin layer and then add to a clean funnel, with plenty of 38 to 45 °C water and wait for it to separate and then drain out the nitroglycerin layer again. Repeat the washing process above with a 4% sodium carbonate solution instead of water. Then wash with water again three more times. Give it one more wash with a concentrated sodium chloride solution and then test with litmus for acidity. It should be neutral or it will explode. Keep washing until it tests neutral with litmus."
Dodging foot work w minimal steps. adjust then pivot v pivot then adjust.
If you fight as one against many, try to very quickly take out their weakest first.
Relating wu wei = 無為 (Traditional Chinese) = 无为 (Simplified Chinese) = "without action" of Tao Te Ching, and seiryoku zenyo = "maximum efficiency, minimum effort" of Jigoro Kano and Judo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_strategies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_tactics

Dump of misc martial notes ca 2006-10

Possibly edit wikipedia for combat sport:
"A combat sport (also known as a combative sport) is a competitive [[contact sport]] where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules 
of engagement, typically with the aim of simulating parts of real [[hand to hand combat]]. Boxing, sport wrestling, mixed martial arts and fencing are 
examples of combat sports.

The techniques used can be categorized into three domains: striking, grappling, and weapon usage. Some rule-sets specialize in one area, while others 
allow overlap."

Examples of combat-derived sports where the players do not attack each other are not categorized as combat sports: Archery and Shooting.

While most modern combat sports are fairly safe, the older combat sports (such as Pankration, Gladiatorial events, Jousting, and Medieval tournaments), 
were much more dangerous. 

Combat
h2h is likely to have a lethal 
Tae Bo, Archery, and Cowboy action shooting
Add Dog Brothers to combat sports table? Paint ball? Sambo? Pugil stick?
Combat sports focus on the short range, while killing is actually more efficient on the long range
kihon --> kata --> randori --> shia    sparring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_sport
ukemi, atemi
free/spontaneous (not step), physical (v chess), best effort (sport), 
pref safe (live blades/guns, lethal techniques) but not necessarily (pankration, gladiator)
dueling: rapier, pistol, knife, medieval husband v wife
combat sport is not necessarily contact sport?
combat SPORT is not for settling personal (duel) or political disputes (war)
combat SPORT is physical (sport) and not a combat game (like chess)
joust
hunting
tag
cutting & target practice is not cuz no opponent
drill  & plays even w a partner are not combat sport cuz 
paintball
spectators, enjoyment
kakutogi = fighting sports in Japanese
kaw yan a Filipino adaptation of Muay Thai
tegumi
Fighting words: origins, meaning over time: fight, combat, war, joust, jisen, jiyu, kumite, spar, randori
awase = blending
hineri = twist
Daito ryu has smaller circles than Aikido
(seminal v repertoire) ~ (principle v technique/situational)
warriors engage in combat. Professional warriors are either public/state soldiers or private/commercial mercenaries.
Once when I was a foolish brown belt I went into the dance studio at UIC to practice some kata but there were two strangers in gis sitting there covered 
in sweat. They said they were done and that I could practice. After a while they asked if I wanted to spar. I told myself what the hell and answered 
sure. I shouldn't have said sure and I shouldn't have had a brat for lunch. I only sparred with one: He was wicked fast and charged right in on hajime. 
I went back, back, back, and then took a beautiful spinning side thrust kick in the gut. I really shouldn't have had that brat for lunch. Luckily they 
were actually pretty nice guys and as they left they told me: "Train long or train wrong". -GH
The Life Story of Karate Master Gogen Yamaguchi by Graham Noble [http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/articlej.htm]
"Ichigeki Hissatsu" (a single killing punch/kick)
O waza = long distance techniques v ko waza = short distance techniques
Gichin Funakoshi even said that the Seite (when one arm defends and the other counter-attacks) is important, but more so is Hente (defense and 
counter-attack with the same arm) - Hente is directly related to the Ko-Waza practice. For this reason, it is especially important to understand the 
O-Waza concept and its history.
ten no kata (kumite, omote, ura)

Notes about distinctions in the practice of dedicated artists and casual practitioners.
Guards & wards. German hut = protection. Italian custodia = guard. Guard = positions from which you fight.
Dump: Add notes on mammilian diving reflex to notes on nervous system
Teaching: giving commands, counting
Move ki back to MAs?
Huo Yuanjia; Wong Fei Hung; Ng Mui
NGS: Fight science
iter = the way in Latin
forehand > backhand in power unless spinning backhand
self defense, personal security, Ts, colors, mugging, magic distraction, facial hair.
taisabaki/evasion, parry/block, capture/trap, counter, submit
The fear hot spot in the brain is the amygdala, an almond-shaped part deep in the brain. D-cycloserine, a drug used to fight tuberculosis, strengthens a chemical reaction in the amygdala that is used to overcome fear. If that reaction is deactivated, lab mice cannot counter their fears. -20071031 AP
Contrast the bendability of an arm with a fist v with fingers extended.
Tips for 小手回し = kote gaeshi = forearm return. If you grab too close to the hand then it can't bend as much. Turn uke's palm to the floor and 45 degrees out. Keep your hands around waist level. Apply your body weight to the joint. Maintain the grip after the takedown.

2007-10-13 20:30:04Z