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Crafty Dog
11-17-2009, 06:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhZBDgcUxQ
jwinch2
11-17-2009, 06:50 PM
Nice stuff. Who is that lady who is schooling everyone with the blade? She is hell on wheels!
Crafty Dog
11-17-2009, 09:22 PM
That is Linda "Bitch" Matsumi. More later.
arnisador
11-17-2009, 09:25 PM
That's a large group of FMAers for me to not recognize any of them (as people I've met in person, I mean)!
bluesbassist
11-18-2009, 03:43 PM
That was a fun and inspiring day. I didn't fight but next year, God willing, I will. Thanks Guro Crafty for your ongoing commitment to letting people experience this.
Brian R. VanCise
11-18-2009, 04:39 PM
Cool Clip!
gagimilo
11-19-2009, 07:20 AM
Mhm...great video, very eye-opening indeed...at least to those who have eyes and a (self)critical mind to look.
I see something in this clip that was not all that apparent to me in the earlier ones, probably due to the fact that it was an open thing. Namely, few people have shown the utmost inability to actually admit they blew it at couple of spots, so they ego kicks in and they try to make it up with further aggression, which in a couple of occasions only makes them sink deeper. Then again, maybe someone would call it resolve, determination or something...
jwinch2
11-19-2009, 09:00 AM
This is a trailer so it is hard to get a feel for how each fight actually went, but there were certainly a couple of time where I think you are right in saying that they might have been better off pulling back a bit to re-group and then re-engage. Good observation.
selfcritical
11-20-2009, 01:54 AM
Are cross gender fights allowed now? I remember my friend Kat had a hard time and bowed out because she wanted to play with the boys.
eskrimakaliarnis.com
11-20-2009, 02:08 AM
I think they'll be a lot of guys nervous to fight that Ms Linda!

For me she displayed the best FMA skills in the video. I really liked how she stopped the grapple attempt with intelligent use of the stick. The knife work was class too!

Thanks for posting the video!
Crafty Dog
11-20-2009, 02:11 AM
We do not allow stickfights between men and women for reasons that should be obvious.
pguinto
11-20-2009, 03:48 AM
We do not allow stickfights between men and women for reasons that should be obvious.
Yeah the male ego is so fragile. LOLZ

*cough* Kyra Gracie *cough*

Kyra Gracie learned at an early age that instead of breaking up with a boyfriend, it was easier just to choke him out. It taught them to never mess with her again...except for the ones who were into that sort of thing.
Raw_Prime
11-20-2009, 09:18 AM
Yeah the male ego is so fragile. LOLZ

*cough* Kyra Gracie *cough*

See,That's why my girls train!
Crafty Dog
11-20-2009, 07:55 PM
Be serious. Do you see women fighting men in the UFC? Playing in the NFL? In the NBA? Or even in tennis?
arnisador
11-20-2009, 08:01 PM
Or fencing, even...there are differences. At the highest levels of the sport it'll certainly matter.
pguinto
11-20-2009, 08:15 PM
I am serious. In the documentary Renzo Gracie Legacy, there is a clip of a competition where Kyra Gracie beats her male opponent (by submission, if im not mistaken). It marked the first time a woman successfully competed and won in that male dominated sport. It was a UFC-type competition.
Crafty Dog
11-21-2009, 09:29 AM
If I am not mistaken, that was a submission tournament.
robertlk808
11-21-2009, 11:34 AM
Out of curiosity what was the knife that Linda was using made out? Also the knife @ 9:31. To my eye it looked pretty realistic and very nice!

I got some fitness \ martial arts goals for next year and the gathering is one of them.
Crafty Dog
11-21-2009, 03:28 PM
Her knife, and that of her opponent, were of rather large and substantial aluminum trainers.

Over the years we have tried many things, including the Schocknives, but we have found the substantial focused impact of which the aluminum trainers are capable (can you say "broken hand"?)tends to do a very good job of encouraging realistic behavior.
robertlk808
11-26-2009, 03:19 AM
Her knife, and that of her opponent, were of rather large and substantial aluminum trainers.

Over the years we have tried many things, including the Schocknives, but we have found the substantial focused impact of which the aluminum trainers are capable (can you say "broken hand"?)tends to do a very good job of encouraging realistic behavior.

Makes sense!
Raw_Prime
12-01-2009, 07:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhZBDgcUxQ

Hello Guro Crafty.
Can I ask if this will be a DVD released to the public? I'd really like to get a copy.

Thanks......
Crafty Dog
12-02-2009, 09:07 AM
Raw Prime:

No, its just a highlights clip.

Glad you like it.
CD
Raw_Prime
12-02-2009, 10:27 AM
Thanks Sir.
I'll buy some DVDs from the website as stocking stuffers......
:)