By: Manolo | On: 05 Mar, 2008
Eccomi qui di ritorno, stanco ma felice, dalle eliminatorie Nazionali per partecipare ai Mondiali della prossima estate a Cebu nelle filippine.
L’evento organizzato dal coach della nazionale Claudio Campanini, è stata una due giorni di combattimenti secondo il regolamento Akea e quello Wekaf. Dei pro e dei contro ne ho gia parlato in un altro post ( questo qui ) quindi le mie parole verranno spese per il livello qualitativo, davvero altissimo (rispetto anche a solo a maggio 2007 per i campionati di Terracina !!) al numero consistente di combattenti ( 80 e passa iscritti) alla presenza di ragazze e juniores!
Vedo un grande futuro in questo sport in Italia ! ! ! !
Ma andiamo con Ordine. l’inizo della Gara era alle 11, quindi partenza da milano verso le
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By: Manolo | On: 27 Feb, 2008
While waiting for the Full Contact Stick Fighting competition in Poviglio (RE) on 1-2 Marzo 2008, here it s a post totally dedicated to Body and Martial Arts!
A couple of week ago i did a Combat Sambo Seminar with Adriano Peccini…. Good shit i must say but my legs are still TOO stiff, and i didn’t enjoy all that leg lock that much :-|
Most Famous man in Combat sambo is MMA superStar Fedor Emelianenko
Jkd on the other hand is doing fine, I am starting to be able to middle kick at last :-)
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By: Manolo | On: 12 Feb, 2008
Ok. you know I am a geek.
OK you know i m a Jkd, kali , Silat pratictioner.
So, what is the best way to enjoy them both? doing the forum of the gym you go to: www.bonoacademy.it/forum
As soon as I will become a key jocker i ll be happy
By: Manolo | On: 20 Oct, 2007
Kinda old movie ( May 2005) of me drilling with Ector Cabrera (a __great__ boxing coach)…
I am punching some pad at the Ursus gym, in viale Umbria, Milano. (http://www.boxeursus.com/ )
I am not that good, to say the truth, but i was not that so bad either…
By: Manolo | On: 20 Jun, 2007
Since yesterday I m a fucking killing machine,again :-))
After my exam last march i m now an “orange” in jkd-Kali!!! this means that next year i ll be on Mid level class and i ll be able to attend to Silat lesson! you ll see me with a wicked indonesian skirt soon :-) i m kinda excited coz silat is an unkown martial art which has these nice legends around.
update on 26 august 2007 - group picture
By: Manolo | On: 18 Jun, 2007
I attended a 4 days seminar + championship holiday in Terracina.
It was very good to spend 4 days (14-17 june) with sifu bonomelli, sifu acquistapace, loretta, francesco and all the gang. Mater Sipin was the guest instructor and teached us a couple of very useful”street tactics” - not something i d use (kinda lethal=), but very good to know.
This mix of martial art and school trip is very enjoyable.
During the days there were two championships:
The Wekaf european and the Akea Open. I enrolled in Akea open, one and two sticks.
The difference between the two set of rule is kinda big.
Under Wekaf rules you have to hit the opponent as much as you can with most techniques you can. Spectacular, fierce and kinda bad for the part of your legs which are not covered by the armour. :-)
the Akea’s is in my opinion less spectacular but more “real”. you must hit the opponent 4 time per round ONLY at the head or under the knee. the hit excange last very few seconds as you can see in this video: Akea open tournament (franesco vs the under80 kilo category winner)
Update:download videos: www.macchetta.com/manolo/myfriends/francesco_Kali_terracina
By: Manolo | On: 03 Apr, 2007
Some may already know, others can’t. But in September i joined “JKD concepts” classes at bonoacademy.On 29 March I passed the first exam and i got a yellow level from “no Rank” .
JKD is the martial arts created by sijo bruce lee, and Jkd concepts is Dan Inosanto’view of it.Sifu Inosanto added Kali / Escrima to Jkd. It s a great Filipino martial art, where you are tough the use of sticks to fight.
On higher level there are concepts of Silat, which are the main reason i joined jkd classes ( but dont tell my sifu :-)
Useful links (on wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JKD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskrima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silat
