From: ArthurPoet [mailto:arthurpoet@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: Launching Elemental Fencing (The art of the small sword...)
Needless to say, I absolutely LOVED doing this. And will do more. This is such a rich opportunity for us to share and perfect in the martial lore and tradition. And tell your students this, ... do not be discouraged, as even dominick will tell you, I cannot tell you how many hours dominick and I have spent talking about this stuff, wherein, even for me, after training for 20 years, he has come along and pointed out where I was not being martial, ..... and this has been true of each of my teachers, wherein they exposed "holes" in my/our approach ... we all teach each other.
Arthur,
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Lou Gasco wrote:
I thank you immensely, Orso!
Lou Gasco
“Success is not by chance.”
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From: ArthurPoet [mailto:arthurpoet@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:11 PM
To: Lou Gasco
Subject: Re: Launching Elemental Fencing (The art of the small sword...)
Okay, I written a somewhat disorganized collection of comments
from this first vid, sorry, it is all out of order, and a bit rambling,
but i do hope you find it coherent .....
Round Robin I: Elemental Fencing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpuYi0Zjs1c
RATING:
BAD
NOT SO GOOD
OKAY
GOOD
VERY GOOD
EXCELLENT
First, in summary ...
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LAZY LEGS WHILE WALKING ==> BAD
OVER-EXTENDING ON LUNG ==> BAD
(not bringing hind leg along with you on lunge is bad)
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see 1:40 - 1:44
-- Lou skips -- GOOD
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see this whole section,
see 5:30 - 6:04
"white-stripe" walk is VERY GOOD
"white-stripe" lunges are OKAY
"black pants" walk is ALSO "SOMEWHAT" GOOD,
but his overall gait is ONLY "OKAY",
because his gait/movement is somewhat stiff,
not fluid enough,
a lack of fluidness means your attack is slower,
which means you will lose,
--> which means you will die
--> which means you will perish
--> which means you will meet your maker
--> which means you will be NO MORE
now, unless one has a death-wish, this is bad,
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see 6:02-04 for lung - GOOD
IMPORTANT
see 5:57 - watch the way he walks - GOOD
that is a "MARTIAL GAIT"
NOTES:
there should be as few moments as possible wherein you
are out of "connection" with the ground,
there should be as minimal as possible moments where your
feet are out of connection with the floor,
REMEMBER THIS, whenever you are walking,
--> THINK "SHUFFLING" .... and "SLIDING"
but but but ---> CAUTION!!!!!
when sliding, you need to be careful
that you dont want to catch your foot
on a crack or tree root,
remember, in real life you wont have the luxury of
the smooth wood floor of this gymnasium,
As dominick has often said ...
you should train in WOODS, where the ground
is uneven, where there are rabbit holes and
pot holes in the NYC street, trenches and rocks,
broken bottles, drunk homeless people, etc .....
my shaolin sifu preached the same thing, we train in the wilderness,
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watch the way DANTE walks/runs after
Lou at 7:20 - 7:22 this is EXCELLENT!
and should be studied and mimicked by all,
--- STUDY THIS ---
--> the spirit iS CORRECT,
--> this is the MARTIAL GAIT,
--> it is a PREPAREDNESS,
NOTE: those are small little steps,
NOTE: there is no "LAZY LEGS" there,
his lung at 7:17-18 is slightly over extended,
this is not good,
note how his hind leg/foot hits the ground,
there is ZERO control with his hind leg/foot,
in fact,
he just let his foot drop and hit the ground,
this is not good,
REMEMBER ...
you need to learn, train, to do MULTIPLE LUNGES,
2 --> 3 --> 4 lunges in a row,
and you need to be able to stop at any one of them
virtually mid-stride and change direction,
if necessary,
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1:15-1:16 lazy left leg on walk - VERY BAD!!!!
see white, walk is lazy ==> VERY BAD
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1:18-19 lung (white) is BAD
1:21 lung (white) is BAD
1:24 lung (white) is BAD
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note Lou's footwork lunges from 1:37 to 1:44
--- STUDY THIS ---
study this, yes, but it could be improved
(it could be tightened up) but it is still VERY GOOD,
--> the spirit iS CORRECT,
--> this is the MARTIAL GAIT,
--> it is a PREPAREDNESS,
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see 2:14 to 2:40
shorter-white-on left==> White-1
taller-white-on right==> White-2
white-2 at 2:15-16 gait is lazy (NEVER BE OFF GUARD)
white-1 gait is overall good thoughout this section,
note white-1 double-lung at 2:30-32,
this is EXCELLENT!
--- STUDY THIS ---
see 2:50 - 3:31
study white-1 throughout all this, it is GOOD,
lung at 3:02 is GOOD
lung at 3:11 is OKAY,
but notice follow-up attack, EXCELLENT,
he gives chase, EXCELLENT,
--- STUDY THIS ---
study white-1 lung with ability to recover - GOOD
NOTE:
these examples/executions are not perfect,
but the idea/principle is correct,
but this should/could all be improved upon
NOTE:
lunges without bringing back leg with you is BAD,
--> no ability to recover
--> exposed
--> over extended
RULE:
ALWAYS bring back leg with you on lung,
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see girl-red-pants' walking/gait here:
see 3:01
see 3:13
Note: She is in danger, and she is therefore walking "ON-GUARD!"
Notice her at 3:04 to 3:08,
this is GOOD, (a little, could be better, but it is still good,)
and if you watch her gait whenever she is in danger,
you will see it is a good prepared gait,
but note: this is ONLY when she is danger,
there is still some sloppy-ness, yes, but it is still good,
however, and make note of this,
she gets lazy when she
feels she is not threatened,
this is NOT good,
because it breeds lack-of-preparedness,
yes, she knows the difference
and responds and adapts quickly, when there is danger, yes,
but she should NOT have to CHANGE,
MOVE SOONER, by training to already/ALWAYS
be walking in a PREPAREDNESS GAIT,
ZAN-SHIN ---> REMAINING SPIRIT
remember --> NOTE: TRAINING-MAKES-PERMENANT
ie ....
so we want to ALWAYS be walking with a PREPAREDNESS GAIT,
so that:
(a) when danger arises we wont have to
switch into (turn on) that PREPAREDNESS GAIT
(b) we are always perfecting it,
it is an ETERNAL TRAINING,
so that whenever we are WALKING in life,
we are training,
we are walking like a warrior,
you can tell a warrior by how he walks,
you can tell a warrior by his gait,
study dominick's gait,
and you will see a marked difference
between his gait and the gait of
everyone of his students,
BEFORE you study hand technique
--> study the feet
--> study the legs
--> study the walking
--> study the gait
and if you have lazy gait,
one can easily off balance you
or trip you,
they will take your legs out from
underneath you, and then you will
fall, and they will stab you,
and you will die,
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