The Gathering

[AWSolis]

Any one go?

Woof!

[Balisong]

AWSolis,

I went and I played in a match as well. It was my first DB fight and it felt awesome to finally get in there to experience a DB style fight. I was a little bit nervous before the fight started, but once time started, I felt pretty comfortable.

I keep replaying the fight in my head and even though I feel that I came out on top, I remember a lot of mistakes I made that would have cost my pretty face had it not been for the fencing mask. Hopefully I don't make any of the mistakes at the next gathering. It's okay to make new mistakes, but never the same mistakes.

I think you know who my teacher is, he's a Dog Brother who sells sticks.


[Edited by Balisong on 09-29-2000 at 05:50 AM]

[AWSolis]

Woof!

Next time you see Nick, tell him I said Hello.
How many people were there? I heard that this Gathering
was smaller due to Marc saying that Steve Reiter had called
the cops.


Woof!
Alvis

[Balisong]

Hi.

It was the second gathering I attended, and it was smaller than the May gathering, and it was also raining. There were a couple of cops there, but they didn't seem to care to much. Will you be at the next gathering?

I'll say hi to Nick for you.

[AWSolis]

Woof!

No, I am pretty much done with the Gatherings in LA.
I will hook up with Eric and Arlan and play some every now and then. And I hope to be going out to LA to train soon with Ron Balicki.

I am thinking of doing my own Gathering here in Texas though.

Woof!
Alvis

[Balisong]

Hi Alvis,

That's cool. I suppose playing with Arlan and Eric is just as good as going to a gathering. Don't they have over a thousand fights put together?

I heard Balicki and Rickson had a knife match and Rickson won with arm bar. Did you hear about it?

And Who is Steve Rietner?

Take it easy.

[Chad W. Getz]

Balisong, How wet was the ground and did it affect your fights much? I've had the pleasure of fighting on wet grass only twice, luckily we get the water around the island and not too much coming from the top.

[Balisong]

Chad,

The ground was fairly wet. You didn't see people slipping around like they were on bannana peels or anything, but it was wet enough for my game to change.

One thing I like to do is carsh into my opponent with a jam to his attacking arm. Usually when my opponent has his hand ready for a back hand strike, I get the hell in there and use my live hand to jam their arm and follow up with an immediate strike to the head. I saw the opportunity for a crash n jam, but because of the slipperyness of the grass, I couldn't make it there on time and was immediately countered. Had the grass been dry, or if I had been wearing soccer cleats, I would have probably been successful.

Sounds like you prefer playing on a slippery surface.

[Chad W. Getz]

Look for new thread, "Slippery when wet".

[James Walker]

Balisong,
Chad fights the caveman way "barefeet". Ha-Ha-Ha! No pun intended, but Chad likes to feel the earth beneath him. In our practice fights that is, because we do all our fights on grass. In a real situation, I'm not sure what he'll wear on his feet, but who's to say where a fight is going to start. Maybe Chad can elaberate why he fights barefoot and if theres any difference with a wet or dry surface.

Missed the gathering, but looking forward to someday being there.

[Chop Wisby]

feet

in old european "judicial combats," it was common for guys to fight barefoot against the sword . . .

seems risky.

(considering what the footgear was like back then, it might have been for better traction)