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Editing on the 3rd brown belt modern arnis training DVD is nearly done and we are set to film Black belt in March. I have some great stuff planned for this vid and it's going to be the best one to date. :0) thanks for the orders. I will be teaching a series of modern arnis seminars soon in MA...
Yesterday we practised outside of class with a couple of people. First we tried falling into a bridge. that went ok except for the first try. My spotters held on to my belt pretty strong so my back didn't go down but my shoulders did :) I was kinda folded in 2, the wrong way.
After that it...
Our annual tournament is Saturday February 6th! Students compete in forms, sparring and open forms. We also have guest judges come in from other places to help out. It's always a great time. We are doing a demo at 12pm. Stop by if in the area!
... and as such, my new years resolution for this year will not be an easy one: to properly learn a back handspring; also known as koho tenkai in ninjutsu.
Many movies can be found on youtube, even when looking for 'koho tenkai'. The problem is that many of them are defective, since they...
We are filming the next home training video this weekend: 3rd Brown Modern Arnis. This will include the 8th emptyhand form, sinawalis, some knife work, and counters to disarms. It will also include a variation to 6 count drill that The professor taught me which I never saw taught a seminars! I...
I will be teaching a sparring seminar this Saturday. Topic covered will be bridging the gap. How to bridge the gap without missing or getting hit! Thats the challenge! :0) I will cover some blitzing and well as angular footwork and also using counter fighting strategy. The beginning of the class...
1st and 2nd brown are now available for sale and we are filming 3rd brown modern arnis home training video within a few weeks! we re-opened today after the holidays to a full house of students! Welcome back all! Counting the days until Spring! :0)
As some of you know, our group split from the World Hwa Rang Do Association some time ago and are bound by copyright restrictions to not copy everything they do. In an interest to stay loyal to my teachings, I did some research on creeds and codes and after much ado and many requests for a...
1st and 2nd brown modern arnis training DVD's are both completed and will be ready for sale next week! Then on to filming 3rd brown in a few weeks! I hope everyone had a great New year! We saw a polynesian show along with dinner and what a great time with the family! Welcome 2010!!
Since most of my students are young children, I mirror the school district's scholastic calender for Holiday vacations, hence this is my second week off from martial arts classes.
It feels like a month!
I'm jotting down pieces of articles I write for the newsletter and am assembling study...
What an exciting year ahead! 1st and 2nd Brown Modern Arnis DVD's are about to be released, and several seminars are on the way: Prof Lee Wedlake March 20th, GM Dan Anderson April 24th, and I have several seminars lined up that I will be teaching this year in both Arnis and sparring. Also some...
Well, my incredibly anxious student left after pushing her just a wee bit. Her mother wound up approaching the former instructor for private lessons. That's fine by me.
My autistic student is doing really well after some trials and tribulations.
I gained two students in the form of...
On Saturday I will be filming my 2nd degree brown belt Modern Arnis DVD. It will cover anyo pito, several more sinawali variations, several left hand applications of semi-freestyle stick sparring, an emptyhand vs. stick self defense technique from kenpo ( securing the storm ), and some other fun...
We are excited to have Professor Lee Wedlake coming here to teach kenpo seminars on the first day of Spring. March 20, 2010. Professor Wedlake has posted some info in his blog.
http://leewedlake.blogspot.com/
My 1st degree brown belt modern arnis video is nearly ready for sale. This video includes, but is not limited to, more pieces of the semi-freestyle stick sparring, anyo anim ( form 6 ), a variety of sinawali's, and a 10 count drill. There is also a second double stick form that I designed. I...
Well, we had a brunch cruise on the river and what a great time! floating down the river and stuffing yourself seems to help you forget everything and just enjoy. :0) I guess this concludes my birthday weekend. I am tired. I am not sure why. The boat did all of the work.
What a great Birthday weekend! Dinner at Dakota's with my girls last night, a steam train ride today, and a brunch riverboat cruise tomorrow! It slightly takes the sting out of being ONE YEAR OLDER! :0)
This year I've taken on a greater role in assisting my teacher during his beginning Taijiquan class on Tuesday nights. This has happened because his two senior students that had been helping him for years have had to take an extended leave of absence. In the past, he usually had me working...
I am always happy when I can train. First of all, I really like practising MA and learning new stuff. But there is more to the reason I am glad to be able to go to class.
If I can go to MA class, it means that my kids are safe and in the care of someone I trust. It means that I am healthy...