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Na Ka’ mole Eskrima(Roots of Eskrima) |
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Ka’ mole Eskrima(Roots of Eskrima)
This Filipino Martial Arts training camp was held on
October 07-9, 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Pagoda Hotel.
The Pagoda Hotel with its beautiful koi pond, floating restaurant
and central location made the perfect setting for a martial arts
seminar.
 
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Dr. Remy Presas Jr. - Modern Arnis(left photo in black t-shirt)
Professor “Kimo” Ferreira - Kempo Jutsu Kai (right photo in black Gi)
The seminar
started on time with a short opening ceremony and then went right
into the first segment of the seminar with Dr. Remy Presas Jr. In
his morning session Dr. Presas covered the offensive and
defensive movements of Modern Arnis. In his afternoon seminar he
focused on control methods with and without the eskrima stick.
After Dr. Presas completed his seminar, Professor
“Kimo” Ferreira demonstrated the bladed and unarmed
methods used in his system. There were sore fingers after the
Saturday seminar, but everyone had a great time and learned a lot
of practical information.
GM Fred Bandalan- Bandalan Doce Pares(left)
Master Ron England- Ola’a-Nalo Eskrima(right)
On Sunday morning GM Fred Bandalan gave a great seminar on the
offensive and defensive movements of Bandalan Doce Pares. In the
afternoon he shifted his focus to give a review of the WEKAF
tournament rules. The seminar participants were able to try on
the latest WEKAF equipment. In the late afternoon to close out
the event, Master Ron England presented a seminar on the stick
and blade movements and disarms of Olaa-Nalo Eskrima Jungle
Style.
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| Group photo at the farm |
The picnic was held in beautiful Waimanalo town on the windward side of Oahu.
Thank you to Clyde and Ele Aikau for providing a place for the picnic, their
kau-kau (food) and aloha was fantastic. The picnic gave the seminar participants
a chance to sit down and talk to the various masters. New friends were made
and old friendships were rekindled, a perfect way to end up the 3 day event.
If you missed this first training camp, you missed a great martial arts experience.
A DVD of the seminar and picnic is available in the store section.
At the seminar and picnic new friends were made and old friendships were rekindled. This event coincided with the year long 100th Anniversary Celebration of Filipinos in Hawaii and was conceived with the idea that Hawaii was and still is an important cross road of Filipino Martial Arts in America. If you missed the training camp, you missed a great martial arts experience. We hope to see you next time.
Aloha and Mahalo (thank you)
www.olaa-naloeskrima.com www.bandalan.com www.modernarnis.com www.kempojutsu.net
article contributed by Master Ron England