What is "escrima"

Usage examples of "escrima".

The sprouts were young and tender, a miracle of hydroponic agriculture and genetic tailoring, but Escrima was still inspecting them as critically as he did every item of food that passed through his kitchens.

But Mess Sergeant Escrima was every bit as good a cook as the Fat Chance's master chef, and Phule could settle down to a meal of Escrima's cooking with far less fuss and expenditure of working time-he could sit there reading a report, or carry his plate over to another table to talk with his people without causing a disturbance.

A few quick falls with someone like Escrima, and even a fairly advanced martial arts student would be properly humbled.

She took another of the warm butterhorn rolls Escrima had made for that night's meal, and said, "We've got a job to do, is all.

When Escrima first offered that dish on the Legion menu, Duke had sampled it and said approvingly, "It tastes much like rodent-but of unusual size.

Phule was halfway through a delicious plate of oysters Landoor-a dish Escrima had happily adopted from the local cooks.

According to his record, Sergeant Escrima had attacked people who criticized his cooking on three separate occasions, hospitalizing two of them.

Am I also correct in assuming you would not have taken your name, Escrima, from the Philippine stick-fighting form unless you were skilled at it?

Get a list from Sergeant Escrima as to what he needs in the way of supplies and get him whatever he asks for .

For a moment it looked like a disaster, but then Escrima realized his opponent was no longer competing.

With careful deliberation, he raised his weapon to Escrima and held it in a salute.

What caught his eye was the figure of Escrima, who had just challenged the Red Eagles champion saber man.

Everyone else might have expected Corbin to win, and his rival commander might have fielded Escrima as a long-shot chance, but either the strategy hadn't been snared with Escrima or the message had failed to sink in.

The two men rose to their feet, and the captain clapped Escrima fondly on the shoulder, leaning close to share a few last words before leading him back to the bleachers.

What's more, as far as the spectators were concerned, Escrima won his bout.