Northwest Connection Issue 7

NW Connection

Issue #7 October, 2010

“Networking For Northwest Martial Artists”

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ART ICLES S E MI NARS SCH O O LS P RO DUCT S S ERVIC ES A ND MUCH MO RE !!

“NW Kajukenbo Family” Seminar IV, 2010

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Welcome To Northwest Connection “To Bring Pacific Northwest Martial Artists Together As One Family, Regardless Of Style, Method Or Origin” The premier, and only, networking avenue of it's kind. Through "Northwest Connection", Martial Artists of all styles and methods can share, learn, and connect with one another.

The mission of "Northwest Connection" is to build a strong network of Martial Artists all over the Pacific Northwest. There are many great Martial Artists throughout Oregon and Washington, with so much to share. It is about time that we start connecting with one another.

The articles contained within are primarily the work of Northwest Martial Artists, sharing their ideas, experience, theories and methods.

You will also find within, a listing of Martial Arts schools and related businesses that Martial Artists will find useful.

Also, there is space to advertise upcoming Martial Arts related events, such as seminars, workshops, and gatherings.

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Northwest Connection has been started as an open outlet for Martial Artists to share their views, express their ideas and grow as individuals and as a whole collective unit. It is the goal that we can all come together and share with an open mind, seeing the value in each person‘s contribution. It is understood that not everyone will agree or have the same views, but that is the whole premise and point of this publication – to have a place that we can express and share regardless of our style, training methods, personal views, etc. It is believed that we all have something to give and the fact is that we all have plenty to learn. In order to foster this positive learning, it is imperative that we maintain an open mind and give each other the opportunity to voice our views.

It is also to be understood, however, that there are certain guidelines to this open sharing. There will not be any racist remarks allowed, no vulgar language, no slander of any person (group of persons or organization), no attacks of any kind on anyone, or any such expressions.

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It is also to be understood that Northwest Connection does NOT endorse any articles/views contained, but is merely a sounding board for this process of growth.

We ask that everyone comes with an open mind and can see the whole picture of this endeavor. The mission of uniting and networking is a very admirable one, and it is hoped that it can be seen for what it is. Please do not judge the endeavor by small pieces that may be contained, but rather by the mission.

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“NW Kajukenbo Family” Seminar IV, 2010 If you missed this one, you will really want to be there next year!!

Bigger and better every year and this was an AWESOME year!!

Wow, what a day!!

This was a very momentous event, with representation from many styles and methods. So many people came together to share in this gathering of ―family‖. There were more than 90 people to come through the doors throughout the day. In that mix were SIX GrandMasters (GM Gerry Scott, GM Al Dacascos, GM Gabriel Vargas, GM Doug Bailey, GM Jerry Weldon, & GM Bob Heuer). There were also MANY Professors and other high ranks from Kajukenbo, Arnis, Eskabo, Kenpo and more.

The day started off with Professor Tim Gagnier and Sifu Wade Yamauchi leading the warm-ups.

The first instructors were Sifu Sharon Britian teaching Tai Chi and Sifu Wade Yamauchi teaching Kajukenbo/ Muay Thai. Sifu Trent Junker taught ―Attacking The Attacker‖ while Professor Fred King taught material from his System, Mo Duk Pai. Sifu Becky Gagnier pressured everyone to make their techniques work against an attacker in a REDMAN suit, which allowed participants to use full force techniques. This really put everyone‘s techniques to a good test and showed them where their strengths and weaknesses were. Sifu Kevin Jackson followed with some good Ground ―Fighting‖, not submission grappling, but rather how to utilize ground skills in a street confrontation.

Professor Mike Whittle taught a great blend of Kajukenbo and Lua—both Arts originating from Hawaii. He taught the use of a strangulation cord

and how to blend your techniques with tem. This is the second year that GM a weapon.

Weldon has shared his time with us as an instructor.

We then broke for a 40 minute lunch, which was held inside the home of Coach Keith Cox and Sifu Sharon Professor Tim Gagnier and Sifu Becky Britian were the last 2 instructors.

Gagnier. The GrandMasters were sent Coach Keith Cox taught some great through first, with the Professors fol- stick fighting techniques and drills and lowing and then the rest of the partici- Sifu Sharon taught more Tai Chi methpants. Getting that many people ods. through the food line took a little while, giving people time to gather in We had many guests, including Progroups all over, talking story, sharing fessor Tony Hemenes, Professor Dan and reminiscing.

Anderson, Guro John Daniels, Professor John Ellis, Sifu Richard Elizondo, GrandMaster Al Dacascos taught im- Kevin Janisse, Professor Brandscomb, mediately following lunch, with ALL and more. So many people that had participants in one building. Grandnot seen each other in a long time were Master Al taught many dynamics of in able to spend the day reconnecting, -fighting and general use of our Mar- while many others met for the first tial skills for street confrontations, time, making great connections for the including the use of common writing future. That is what this event is all pens as weapons. about, the gathering and sharing of people from all over in one place with Professor Frank Mateo brought three the common goal of growth of the of his Muay Thai fighters down from Martial Arts here in the NW. Seattle to assist in teaching his section.

He taught some great techniques from The day ended with GrandMaster the Art of Muay Thai, including some Gerry Scott promoting me to Sigung conditioning exercises for shins.

6th Degree Black Belt in the Kajukenbo system. What a major surProfessor Steve Larson taught his sec- prise!! The promoting belt went down tion on Kajukenbo Tum Pai, a blend of the line of GrandMasters and Profeshard and soft style. Professor Tim sors for ―Blessing‖. The belt was then Gagnier taught some great principles used to ―Bless‖ me with the promoof fighting, including ―Safer IN the tion. For this, I want to personally Danger‖ and movement of bases sepa- thank all of those involved and esperately to maintain power and balance. cially GM Gerry Scott.

Professor Tim Gagnier has taught every year at this annual event and his I want to send my personal thank you support is greatly appreciated. He and to everyone that taught, participated Sifu Becky Gagnier also let us use and helped in any way at this event. their home and school-Thank you!!

Without all of you, we would not have had such and awesome day.

GrandMaster Jerry Weldon taught more on the Kajukenbo Tum Pai sys- Sigung Trent Junker

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Sifu Trent Junker speaking to the group at the close of the seminar.

Some of the group in one of the training buildings—2 buildings were going at the same time!!

Sifu Kevin Jackson instructing.

Many old friends were reconnected and many new friendships formed.

Seminar close—so many GrandMasters and other high level people in attendance and showing support!

Working the drills as instructed by GrandMaster Jerry Weldon.

Wow—Promoted to Sigung, 6th Degree Black Belt—a major surprise end to the day!!

Loving the day!! Everyone had such a great time as these 2 are happy to show!

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Tuite - Okinawan Art of Joint Manipulation Part 3 - Tuite with Weapons

Part one of Tuite – The Okinawan Art of Joint Manipulation defined tuite and the origins. In Part two, tuite showed how it relates within kata (prearranged forms) along with all the punches, blocks and kicks. In part three you will see how tuite is also used with weapons.

that could be used as a weapon and it doesn‘t have to be a perfect six foot looking bo. Once you have learned how to use the bo you will find that anything and most lengths will work.

Looking around the house you will find a broom, mop, rake, shovel, a tall lamp or even a stick laying around.

These are all great weapons that are similar to a bo. A pen or pencil can be used as a kubotan.

In bo tai bo, an exercise of bo against bo, there are several trapping techniques that use tuite hidden within the moves.

A weapon is just Just as your hands are used to execute an extension of tuite moves, the bo or a stick can be used Tuite is an integral your hands and as well. part of Shorin ryu arms. It is critical Matsumura Seito to have proper karate and is intertraining with twined in many aspects of kata and weapons. People might mistakenly other techniques, both empty hand and think they have an advantage just by with weapons. having a weapon, but without training it can be taken away and used Using Tuite with a bo. against you. In our style we start weapons About the training with author: Jay the bo, a six Gravelle is a foot staff. The seventhproper way to degree black belt in the hold a bo is Okinawa with one hand Shorin-ryu palm up and the Matsumura other hand palm Karate & down and being Kobudo equal distances Federation to separate the and Kyoshi bo into thirds. of the NorthThis is a very West Bustrong way to dokan Dojo based in hold the bo and Everett, Washington. Second degree Black allows for control to strike with either belt, Tony Pirot is the uke (attacker) in the end or block with any part of the bo.

Although the bo is not a weapon you would carry in the street , there are many common things that are in our daily lives that could be used in the same way as a bo. It only takes a few seconds to come up with a list of items

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Fig. 1 – Bo Against Bo – Ready stance.

Fig. 2 – Bo Attacker on Right attacking high – Defender changes body to the outside and strikes the attacker‘s wrist.

Fig. 3 – Defender shuffles up bringing his bo upright causing attacker to lose the grip on their bo.

This tuite technique is also effective by changing body to the other direction.

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Fig. 4 – Bo Attacker on Right attacking high – Defender changes body to the inside this time and strikes the attacker‘s wrist.

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Fig. 5 – Defender shuffles up bringing his bo upright, facing the attacker, and causing them to lose the grip on their bo.

Using Tuite with a kubotan

The Kubotan is a weapon that can be carried with you and also act as a keychain. It is a small weapon and can very easily be concealed and be a very effective extension of your hand.

Carried in your hand you can see just how effective it is when someone grabs you.

Fig. 1 – The attacker grabs the defender‘s right wrist with his right hand.

Fig. 2 – The defender traps the attacker‘s grabbing hand.

Fig. 3 – Changing body the defender rotates the kubotan on top of the attacker‘s wrist.

Fig. 4 – Exerting force on the attacker‘s wrist with the kubotan will cause pain and force them down.

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Using Tuite with a tonfa

A weapon used by law enforcement officers, the PR-24, is a similar type of weapon used by martial artists called a tonfa. This demonstrates one way it can be used to control a suspect.

Fig. 1 – An effective ―Come along‖ technique with the tonfa using tuite.

Fig. 2 – With your left hand on the person‘s right shoulder, insert the tonfa‘s handle side between their body and right arm.

Fig. 3 – Slide your hand down from their shoulder and grab the handle of the tonfa. The tonfa is positioned at their forearm.

Fig. 4 – With your right hand position the back end of the tonfa onto your upper arm.

Fig. 5 – The tonfa has locked the person‘s arm and can be quite painful by using very little force and twisting the handle of the tonfa. Your right hand is still free.

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A Time For Heroes: Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen A Time For Heroes: Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen. By Sensei Gregory C. Lewis. karatemeansemptyhand.com

So, what is to be done? There is much to be done, but let‘s first narrow our focus (while, at the same time, widening our gaze) towards how we in our capacity

as experts in our field can do our part to create viable alternatives to defenselessness, helplessness, and hopelessness.

Kids are aware that we adults can be oblivious to the social politics going on with them all around us.

As self-defense instructors, we often teach our students about ‗situational awareness‘; about being tuned in to what is going on around ones immediate proximity, so as to [ideally] avoid a specific danger or set of dangers. Here is a less stressful, but no less important opportunity to practice this skill…on a daily basis. Indeed, I would consider this a form of ‗intelligence gathering‘.

One thing I did was join The Sensei Project. This effort is being led by Tom Callos, a seasoned vet of our industry. You can look at the website here: www.tomcallos.com/ Scroll down to visit The Sensei Project link.

The other thing I‘m doing is making a greater effort to take note of bullying behaviors at the schools and community centers I teach in.

Done correctly, like any mission to win the ―hearts and minds‖ of a skeptical group, an instructor can potentially see increased loyalty and dedication from current students and a significant influx of new students, by virtue of paying attention and acting on the subtle details of what one observes around them in their area of influence.

I told an elementary school age student of mine that “having martial arts skills is the closest thing to having super powers… in real life.”

I then went on to quote from the first ―Spider-Man‖ movie: “With great power comes great responsibility.” I could tell he really got the larger point by how he first smiled knowingly, but then went into deep contemplation about it as we continued our cool down/end of class stretching.

I believe we are currently living in a time where the misuse and abuse of power is considered a ‗positive‘ quality in the larger society; from politics, to professional sports, and sometimes within our own organizations.

We can see the influence of this particular interpretation of power in the behavior and values of many young people.

One example that has made a tragic return to national headlines is that of bullying; to the point where some would rather commit suicide than endure another school day of terror, alienation, humiliation, and/or physical assault by their classmates.

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Interview With Scorpion Boxing/MMA Equipment Founder SCORPION BOXING EQUIPMENT: QUALITY WITH HEART

And now our main market is U.S.A, Europe, and Russia.

3. What sets your products apart from I had the pleasure of being introduced others available on the market?

We to Scoprion Boxing Equipment rebelieve cently. As their presence grows in qualthroughout the world, their commitity– A ment to quality and passion for the better support is genuine and refreshing.

ProThank you to Hassan Ahmed from Scorpion for being incredibly kind and duction Unit, responsive. advice 1. When did you start to make MMA from profesand Boxing Equipment and Why? In MMA and Boxing Equipment, one sional fighters of the main things we focus on is on leather hide. Our Grandfather was what making leather in South Africa since 1925. My father was born in Johannes- they burg, South Africa in 1935. He started need and this business in 1975. There was a good market in Italy, Spain and Eng- want, experience in leather and boxing equipment. We want to be the best in land, and in little time, we provided the world, not just U.S.A, Europe and leather in Germany too. In the year Russia.

2000 we studied the Boxing Equipment market. This is my favorite game 4. Do you plan to sponsor fighters and and also a rising sport. We started manufacturing in 2007 with the best of gyms to promote the Scorpion name? experience. My dream is to become a Yes. Why not? This is great opportunity for the company to promote both manufacturer to give people good fighter and gym. But we also say that quality and show off my vast experiit depends upon their quality and exence and techniques. perience. If people like your products 2. Where are you located, and what are you will be successful. your top markets right now?

Our main office is in Germany and our production unit is in Pakistan as we committed to gave our customer good quality. We have Production Units in India and China to make good leather.

As I already told you, leather is main thing for Boxing. We tested the waters in India and China water, but the result was not to our specification. A friend of my father suggested we try Pakistan Sialkot .I had heard a lot of things about this. The result is MMA flew.

5. We have been in contact for a short time now, what is your opinion of women in the sports of MMA and Boxing and do you think this is a growing market?

There is no difference between women and men. They are both equal in hard work, planning, faith, etc., so if men can fight in the ring, why shouldn‘t woman do this? According to our experience in U.S.A, boxing is a good and growing market. U.S.A has had great boxers like Muhmmad Ali, Mike

Tyson, Kelly Pavlik, and lots more, so why it is not a growing market?

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GrandMaster Ernesto Presas passed away on November 1st, 2010 ter Presas. To renew the art that was dying in Ernesto Amador Prethe Philippines, sas was born in the he began teachcoastal village of Hiniing the Filipino garan, Negros Occimartial arts at dental, Philippines on the University of May 20, 1945. He the Philippines began his training in and the Lyceum the Filipino martial of the Philiparts at the age of eight pines. In the under his father, Jose same year, he Presas, a well-known was invited to stick fighter of his Japan to demongeneration. strate the art of Arnis at ―Expo Grandmaster Ernesto 70.‖ Challenged Presas is a multito compare Artalented athlete. He nis to the wellwas a collegiate athlete know sword in track and field, football and basketball. His styles of Japan, he quickly earned training in the martial arts is eclectic. He the respect of the Japanese masters holds the rank of Lakan Sampu (10th Dan) in who called his art Filipino Kendo.

Arnis, Lakan Sampu (10th Dan) in ManoAfter returning to Manila, he established his Mano (hand to hand combat) and 8th Dan in first dojo with the help of his compadre, Filipino Weaponry. He is recognized as a Modern Arnis grandmaster, Frederico Lazo. ranking expert in Judo, Jujutsu, Bo Jitsu, Kendo, Tonfa, Sai, Chaku, Balisong, and Karate.

Grandmaster Ernesto A. Presas (1945-2010)

His martial arts teaching duties expanded to include classes at the University of Santo Tomas, Central Colleges of the Philippines, the Far Eastern Military Academy, Philippine National Police Academy and the Philippines Air Force Officer‘s School.

Grandmaster Presas yearned to introduce the Filipino martial arts to the outside world. In 1975, he founded the International Philippine Martial Arts Federation.

From that point on, his Presas Arnis style and techniques became widely adopted in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Australia.

As a young man, his dream was to reintroduce the art that He has published extensively. was so long an inteHis books, The Art of Arnis, gral part of Filipino published in 1981 and Arnis: history and culture.

Presas Style and Balisong, in However, he real1985 demonstrate the basic ized that the classitechniques of single and double cal systems precane, espada y daga and the sented a limited balisong knife. appeal to those living in the modern Grandmaster Presas diligently world. By analyzing researched the Filipino martial the conceptual arts for over 30 years to deframework of the velop a systematic approach to classical systems, he the application of Arnis style revolutionized the Small group that gathered at the grotto in Portland, Oregon for into a complete hand-to-hand native martial arts a final farewell to Great Grand Master Presas. The Grotto was combat style called Manointo a complete Mano. In the June 1991 issue of one of his favorite spots to meditate in the NW. effective fighting Inside Kung-Fu, he was feasystem appealing to tured in the cover article martial arts students in contemporary society. Later that year, Grandmaster Presas founded ―Ernesto Presas: The Father of Mano-Mano.‖ Nevertheless, he was confronted with a Fili- the Modern Arnis Association of the Philip- (Joey Paman) pino society that valued foreign cultural pines International and ARJUKEN (Arnisicons, including martial arts.

Jujutsu-Kendo) Karate Association InternaGM will be sorely missed by his students and tional to formally propagate the native art the martial art community.

A turning point came in 1970 for Grandmas- within the Philippines.

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The Northwest Budokan is a member of the OSMKKF. The OSMKKF hombu is in Okinawa City, Okinawa and is headed by Master Fusei Kise. The NorthWest Budokan was founded by 7th Degree Black Belt, Shihan Jay Gravelle and is based in Everett, WA. Classes are taught at 5 locations in the Everett, Mukilteo and Bothell area just north of Seattle, WA. Okinawa Shorin-ryu Matsumura Seito is a very traditional style of karate and is taught with a "Real World" attitude for today's world rather then tournament style. No long stances or high kicks! We teach a range of traditional aspects; empty hand karate, kata (forms), tuite (selfdefense/joint locks), bag work, one steps, kick drills, change body and kobudo (weapons). www.NWBudokan.com

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