June 26th seminar review
Monday, June 28, 2004
It was a great seminar! I had just come off duty that morning (a 24 hour tour), had only 1 1/2 hrs. of sleep, went to the school and taught two back to back youth classes before the seminar. Guro Tony arrived and, like a gift from God, offered to teach the entire seminar! I jumped on it! Guro Tony taught knife work, empty hand, stick work and ground work. I enjoyed talking to Guro Tony about the similarities between some of the movements he covered and much of what we do in Modern Arnis. I also liked listening to Guro Tony and one of MAO's guys, Ron, speaking in tagalog. Guro Tony is as talented as he is kind. Marcial Tirada Kali has much to offer and I look forward to sharing seminars with him and his talented students in the near future. An interesting short discussion with Guro Tony was about how the different provinces in the Philippines as well as other parts of the world have many similar movements, for instance, the mobility or rotary throw in Modern Arnis and puter kapala in Mande Muda or kaiten nage in Aikido among others. Many are aware of this but it was a good talk and some are not yet aware of the overlap of many styles. Cool stuff. By the way, OULobo was there and now I know who he is!! Another talented individual. :uhyeah: Glad you were there, OULobo.
Mao
