The 52 Hand Blocks aka...

... 52 Blocks aka Jailhouse Rock aka a lot more names it's known byCheck out my friend Daniel Marks' site: http://www.fwape.comFwape is dedicated to the cultural and historical preservation of 52.For some background information on 52 Blocks, please check out my site, Stickgrappler's Martial Arts Archives, specifically the 52/JHR page.It is interesting to note, I was one of the first on the net to archive a lot of info (or misinfo) on 52. 1 of 3 popular topics off my site that I received emails on was on 52.Check out Daniel's other 52 videos up...

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Framing 52 (Book on 52 Blocks)

by Daniel Marks & Kamau HunterPaperback $30.01 Download $10.00 Printed: 110 pages, 8.5" x 8.5", perfect binding, full-color interior ink Download: 1 documents, 78807 KB (78807 kb) Description: A photographic anthology on the last surviving martial art native to the United States, 52 Blocks....

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Break the Glass (52 Hand Blocks dvd)

My friend Daniel Marks and Fwape.com has a dvd out on 52 Hand Blocks. I cannot wait to check this out...it has the old heads in addition to "Big K" aka Kawaun, who was in author's Douglas Century's STREET KINGDOM book.The trailer is up on Youtube. ORDERING INFO:Check at fwape.com for details.Review forthcoming...

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It's Just a Piece of Cloth, a Dirty Old Rag! by James A Keating

I had saved this article to my harddrive... I forgot where I saved it from. When and if i I find the site, I will post the link. But in the meantime, here's the article by James Keating. It's Just a Piece of Cloth, a Dirty Old Rag! by James Albert Keating Just a Piece of Cloth Staying alive in 2005 is the general idea, right? One must be creative in this endeavor. The common place items of mayhem are all too readily recognized by a host of eyes,...

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Bandana info/articles

Some info/articles on the Bandana:From Don Rearic's awesome site:The Versatile Bandana Part OneThe Versatile Bandana Part TwoThe Versatile Bandana Part ThreeThe Versatile Bandana Part Four-----------------------------------------The Ultimate Bandana by RollingHitch-----------------------------------------Carrying a Bandana by Phil Elm...

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Whip It Good....

Sorry for the cheesy and cliched post title :-) ... but here are some links to some info on the whip and flexible weapons:Whips, Chains and Scarves, your Flexible Friends. by Phil West From Don Rearic's site: The Flexible WeaponThe Mighty Sjambok From Sayoc site: Sayoc Filipino Combat Whip Course The Sayoc Whip - A Tradition of Mastery in the Use of the Whip and the use of Flexible Weapons By Tom Kier and Jeff Chung I have some links to info/articles on the Bandana which I will post as a separate entry....

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Tom Meadows and the Whip

With the posts on the Whip, I should mention Tom Meadows. I, unbeknownst to me at the time, first saw Tom Meadows in action in the Dog Brothers' Real Contact Stickfighting Vol #6 - The Stick vs Other Weapons (http://www.dogbrothers.com). In it, he used a 10' whip and a 6' whip. I was fascinated by his whipwork.Fast forward a year or two, a friend told me about this free emailing list on the Filipino Martial Arts called Eskrima Digest (for info on...

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Speaking of Anthony Delongis...

Speaking of Anthony Delongis.... his reputation should precede him. His weapons knowledge for both combat and film/theater is reknown. If you don't recognize his name, odds are you will recognize his face. And his whip as well as sword skills. Check out his site: http://www.delongis.com/ Here's the wiki entry on him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_De_Longis): Anthony Charles De Longis, born March 23, 1950, in Glendale, California, United...

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Indy's Still a Whippersnapper

My thanks to the heads-up my training partner, J.R., gave me. This was in Cindy Adams column from yesterday's New York Post: May 21, 2008 -- SO yesterday I said to myself, "Myself," I said, "How's Harrison Ford know to handle this long whip thing?" And then Myself told me, "Stupid, talk to moviedom's top whipmaster." Whipmaster? Yes, whipmaster. We are not talking as in S&M kinkyville here. We are talking as in heavy-duty action scenes like...

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NEWS: Bruce Lee High-Kicks It To Broadway

My coworker alerted me to this article in yesterday's New York Post:APMay 21, 2008 -- Does legendary martial-arts man Bruce Lee have a future on Broadway? It appears so, with the announcement yesterday by Elephant Eye Theatrical of "Bruce Lee: Journey to the West," a new musical slated for New York sometime during the 2010-11 season. There's been no casting yet for the role of Lee, who died in 1973 at the age of 32, but the show will be directed...

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It's been awhile since I've blogged :-(

Been busy with real life ... working with my kids and their homeworks, reading to my son, the youngest, gives me a rewarding, satisfied, warm-fuzzy feeling ...

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