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10-12-2009, 05:22 AM | #9461 |
EQ-Viper
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For a time, just about every high school kid in the Philippines had to study the basics of Modern Arnis (a standardized version of eskrima/kali that focuses on single and double stick-fighting developed by Remy Presas based on traditional arts) as part of the physical education curriculum. I don't know if it's still compulsory, though, as there's been a lot of changes to the educational system since I moved to Canada (last I heard, national service for college/university males no longer involves two-year mandatory military training). I went to a terribly violent high school in the Philippines in an area that was just at the edge of a region known for internecine hostilities, so you could very well imagine how much worse things became once students started practicing Modern Arnis... we had to provide our own batons and bring them to school, and stick/baton fights and knife fights would often break out between gangs just outside of campus, we'd have random police friskings every now and then (balisongs were a popular concealed weapon), and I even recall a three-day stretch when classes had to be cancelled because a tribal war from an adjoining province threatened to spill over into our school (students belonging to rival clans had started attacking each other on campus with knives and machetes). Crazy stuff. Last edited by zuludelta; 10-12-2009 at 05:45 AM.. |
10-12-2009, 10:34 AM | #9462 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Back in the US of A! (NoVA)
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I like the idea of the joes having their own air support. The problem lies in the support required for the Air Support. All those planes need a bunch of maintenance guys, fuel specialists etc. Also where do they store them? If they're stationed at a US AFB and the Joes are in Trucial Abysimia and need the air support, it's a long way to go. That's why having them on a mobile platform like the Flagg is a nice idea but then a real aircraft carrier needs like 5,000 personnel.
I was actually thinking of this last night (couldn't sleep and planning my joeverse always helps me hit the zzzz's). Decided that the joe air crews would be split into bases around the world. Ace - US (Centcom) Slipstream - Germany (EUCOM) Dogfight - Japan (PACCOM) Maverick - a friendly nation adjacent to Trucial Abysimia (AFRICOM) Flagg - Atlantic Ocean (SOUTHCOM) Haven't figured the helicopter guys yet.. This way the Joe air element can support joe operations anywhere and can be anywhere within 8 hrs or so.. I really want a City Strike Duke..have to wait till they get cheaper on ebay.. The Air stuff is just so hard to work out sometimes. |
10-12-2009, 10:38 AM | #9463 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Yeah I rename all my redundant / recolored / remodeled Joes.
Although, I am contemplating dabbling in the custom field. Most of my customs are LBC's (Lazy B@stard Customs) of simple head swaps. Some come out real nice! Vintage Outback head on a Vintage Tunnel Rat and a Tunnel Rat on a Low Light v2 look kick @ss!. I'd post some pics but all my joes are in storage at the moment :( I'm planning on a Lady Jaye body with a Marauders paint job and call her Fairchild. A USAF SERE specialist. I have a Rambo head from some crappy 1980s figure which I've popped on a Maraudes Footloose body. He looks pretty cool. He's Rocky in my verse. But I'm like you most of my customs are mostly head swaps and the occasional hair repaint. I have yet to attempt to crack open a new joe and swap parts. |
10-12-2009, 10:39 AM | #9464 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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I went to a terribly violent high school in the Philippines in an area that was just at the edge of a region known for internecine hostilities, so you could very well imagine how much worse things became once students started practicing Modern Arnis... we had to provide our own batons and bring them to school, and stick/baton fights and knife fights would often break out between gangs just outside of campus, we'd have random police friskings every now and then (balisongs were a popular concealed weapon), and I even recall a three-day stretch when classes had to be cancelled because a tribal war from an adjoining province threatened to spill over into our school (students belonging to rival clans had started attacking each other on campus with knives and machetes). Crazy stuff.
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10-12-2009, 12:46 PM | #9465 |
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Back in April and May there was a brief series on the Spike Channel called the Deadliest Warrior. For some time I have been wanting to do a post on it,but was never sure how to make it G.I.Joe related. The other day I noticed that the Spike Channel is rerunning the Dealiest Warrior series. With G.I.Joe The Rise of Cobra coming out in a few weeks,maybe I can make it connect.
The deadliest warrior that G.I.Joe has is Snake Eyes and the deadliest warrior that Cobra has is Storm Shadow. In a fight to the death the out come could go either way if they catch their opponent in a lucky move. On the Deadliest Warrior,a Special Forces guy,a computer programmer and a trauma doctor got together with various experts on some of histories deadliest warriors. They collected all the data on the various weapons that they would use and created a computer simulation on how they would do in a battle to the death. A lot of these warriors would never have faced each other due to the time difference. The warriors they used are as follows: Apache verses a Gladiator Ninja verse a Spartan Shaolin Monk verse a Maori Warrior Samurai verses a Viking Knight verses a Pirate William Wallace verses Shaaka Zulu Mafia verses the Japanese version Green Beret verse Spetsnaz or maybe G.I.Joe verse Oktober Guard The organization that the British fought in Irland verse the organization we are fighting in Afganastan. So how would the members of G.I.Joe do against the members of Cobra in one on one combat? Besides Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, I'd think someone with Stalker's background as a gang lord and training as a Green Beret would be at the top of the list for the Joes. Then maybe Low Light because as a sniper he'd have to survive by fighting his way out of situations as silently as possible if a patrol stumbled upon him. So I think Low Light takes as much hand to hand training as possible, knowing his life may depend on it. For Cobra, Zartan and Firefly have matial arts training and Major Bludd, Tomax, and Zamot probably picked up some type of hand to hand combat skills in the French Foreign Legion. However, at least some of Cobra's rank and file must have been special forces soldiers from around the world who turned bad, so I think some of Cobra's best one on one fighters might be in the Eels, Para Vipers, or Ice Vipers. |
10-12-2009, 01:03 PM | #9466 |
#voteblackjack
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I'M BACK!!!
The air support still gives me fits. I just don't know how to incorporate it. The Joes need air transportation: Blackhawks and C-130s. But do they really need their own dedicated fighter wing? That's the part I have a hard time coming to grips with. I think I've given up on making the base, at least for now. Can't come up with an idea that I'm happy about. I'm still in limbo with my Joe organizational charts.
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10-12-2009, 01:23 PM | #9467 |
I Ride with Claymore!!!
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Glad you're back, Troynos. Hope everything is going well.
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10-12-2009, 01:30 PM | #9468 |
#voteblackjack
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Won't be as active as have been, but I'll be around more then I have been lately.
My stores are really depressing me. Target and Wal-Mart ordered way too much of the first waves. They still have a TON of the first couple collections on the shelves. I really can't see them ordering more until those go away and they won't go away. You can only sell so many Shipwrecks and Dukes. Joes are a finite market. You order to much and it will just sit there and rot. UGH UGH UGH UGH I really do not want to buy off the e-tailers, the costs are too damn much.
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10-12-2009, 01:41 PM | #9469 |
Iron Grenadier
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Location: Bay Area
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I've heard of kajukenbo, but have no first-hand exposure to it. From what I understand, it's a syncretive martial art that's based on early to mid-20th century migrant Asian fighting techniques found in Hawaii. The unique thing about it is that Hawaii is a melting pot of Asian cultures (mostly migrant plantation workers), so kajukenbo incorporates eskrima/kali from the Philippines, Kodokan judo and Shotokan karate from Japan, and chuan fa from Southern China. Can't really speak intelligently about it, though, and all I can offer on the subject is pure conjecture... I imagine it would be very similar to any number of the emergent practical arts of the 20th century: fewer and simpler techniques, concentration on situational awareness, an emphasis on "dirty boxing" and low kicks.
For a time, just about every high school kid in the Philippines had to study the basics of Modern Arnis (a standardized version of eskrima/kali that focuses on single and double stick-fighting developed by Remy Presas based on traditional arts) as part of the physical education curriculum. I don't know if it's still compulsory, though, as there's been a lot of changes to the educational system since I moved to Canada (last I heard, national service for college/university males no longer involves two-year mandatory military training). I went to a terribly violent high school in the Philippines in an area that was just at the edge of a region known for internecine hostilities, so you could very well imagine how much worse things became once students started practicing Modern Arnis... we had to provide our own batons and bring them to school, and stick/baton fights and knife fights would often break out between gangs just outside of campus, we'd have random police friskings every now and then (balisongs were a popular concealed weapon), and I even recall a three-day stretch when classes had to be cancelled because a tribal war from an adjoining province threatened to spill over into our school (students belonging to rival clans had started attacking each other on campus with knives and machetes). Crazy stuff. I definately would not have wanted to be in the middle of those fights. I think this has been covered before but which joes have Eskrima or Silat training? Or if there is nothing specified who would be ,ost likely? Someone like Outback I would think would need to be skilled in the use of bladed weapons. |
10-12-2009, 01:44 PM | #9470 |
Iron Grenadier
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Won't be as active as have been, but I'll be around more then I have been lately.
My stores are really depressing me. Target and Wal-Mart ordered way too much of the first waves. They still have a TON of the first couple collections on the shelves. I really can't see them ordering more until those go away and they won't go away. You can only sell so many Shipwrecks and Dukes. Joes are a finite market. You order to much and it will just sit there and rot. UGH UGH UGH UGH I really do not want to buy off the e-tailers, the costs are too damn much. Shipwreck I want to get a couple of and add him to my joes that I customized to make up a SeAL team. |
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