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Stickfighting demo!
By Master Vince - Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:05:35 GMT
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
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n excellentThe I.C.M.A. Academys team of 10 sport stickfighters went to give a demonstration of the full contact sport stickfighting at the Clipsal Powerhouse Stadium in front of a capacity crowd at half time during a derby basketball match.
The team members fought with and without armour, and they all fought for a very hard for a period of 3x2 minute rounds with a 30 second break in between rounds.
When the I.C.M.A.s team of ten stickfighters walked out onto the main basketball court to start their demonstration, the 5000+ crowd was very unsure as to what the fighters were going to do there, especially with the armour and headgear on, but when the announcer told the crowd that it was going to be an awesome demonstration of Filipino Sport Stickfighting, but then the crowd thought that the team was going to do a demonstration of something similar to Kendo. (They were wrong!)
But then when the crowd saw the speed of the sticks from all of the fighters present, they were quite freaked out, and they crowd roared with great approval and support for all the Filipino Stickfighting Team.
It was unbelievable to get such a massive and energetic response from a crowd that had never seen sport Filipino Stickfighting before, and they all just loved what they saw the I.C.M.A Academy Stickfighters do there during the basketball half time break, and they all gave a standing ovation of big applause when the demonstration was completed.
Mario Pastro acted as the announcer for the ICMA Stickfighting Team, and he explained the rules and regulations for Filipino Sport Stickfighting, and he told the crowd about the efforts of the Australian Stickfighting Team at the World Stickfighting Titles held in Jakarta last month, and how the Aussie Team won most Gold Medals at the games.
Mario Pastro also spoke about Supreme Grand Master Ciriaco 'Cacoy' Canete and the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima martial art system of Cebu in the Philippines.
The demonstration team all consisted of the following full contact stickfighters from the International Combative Martial Arts Academy in South Australia.
Grandmaster Vince Palumbo (World Champion)
John Moore (World Champion)
Andrea Wheatley (World Champion)
Vickie Simos (Silver Medalist at World Championships)
Michael Harris (Silver Medalist at World Championships)
Steven Sarkissian (From the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima School in the USA!)
Melissa Lopresti (World Champion)
Tony Salerno (South Australian Champion)
Vlad Mihal (Silver Medalist at World Championships for over 50's Division)
Barry Jamieson (Silver Medalist at World Championships for over 50's Division)
Both Grandmaster Vince Palumbo and John Moore did a demonstration of the 'KULATA' which is sparring without armour, and using a rattan cane covered with a thin strip of foam, but it is still very painful on the unprotected body, especially over 3x2 minute rounds.
The 5000+ crowd was in absolute awe when they saw the red welts come up on the skin of John Moore and Grandmaster Vince's body during the fight, and all the crowd could really appreciate just how painful this type of sparring really was, so they gave a great applause of appreciation for the two fighters.
Grand Master Vince Palumbo's martial arts school is at Welland of South Australia, and there has been more appointments made for future demonstrations of the Filipino Sport Stickfighting and the CACOY DOCE PARES ESKRIMA demonstrations in and around the city
of Adelaide in South Australia.
A big thank you to GM Vince Palumbo and his team of Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima Stickfighters from the I.C.M.A. Academy and for all the hard work they are doing to promote this fine Filipino martial art and sport thru out Australia!
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By Master Vince - Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:05:35 GMT
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
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The I.C.M.A. Academy Stickfighting Team
Gives Demonstration at Clipsal Powerhouse Stadium, South Australia October 6, 2007 By Simon Harrison
Gives Demonstration at Clipsal Powerhouse Stadium, South Australia October 6, 2007 By Simon Harrison
n excellentThe I.C.M.A. Academys team of 10 sport stickfighters went to give a demonstration of the full contact sport stickfighting at the Clipsal Powerhouse Stadium in front of a capacity crowd at half time during a derby basketball match.
The team members fought with and without armour, and they all fought for a very hard for a period of 3x2 minute rounds with a 30 second break in between rounds.
When the I.C.M.A.s team of ten stickfighters walked out onto the main basketball court to start their demonstration, the 5000+ crowd was very unsure as to what the fighters were going to do there, especially with the armour and headgear on, but when the announcer told the crowd that it was going to be an awesome demonstration of Filipino Sport Stickfighting, but then the crowd thought that the team was going to do a demonstration of something similar to Kendo. (They were wrong!)
But then when the crowd saw the speed of the sticks from all of the fighters present, they were quite freaked out, and they crowd roared with great approval and support for all the Filipino Stickfighting Team.
It was unbelievable to get such a massive and energetic response from a crowd that had never seen sport Filipino Stickfighting before, and they all just loved what they saw the I.C.M.A Academy Stickfighters do there during the basketball half time break, and they all gave a standing ovation of big applause when the demonstration was completed.
Mario Pastro acted as the announcer for the ICMA Stickfighting Team, and he explained the rules and regulations for Filipino Sport Stickfighting, and he told the crowd about the efforts of the Australian Stickfighting Team at the World Stickfighting Titles held in Jakarta last month, and how the Aussie Team won most Gold Medals at the games.
Mario Pastro also spoke about Supreme Grand Master Ciriaco 'Cacoy' Canete and the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima martial art system of Cebu in the Philippines.
The demonstration team all consisted of the following full contact stickfighters from the International Combative Martial Arts Academy in South Australia.
Grandmaster Vince Palumbo (World Champion)
John Moore (World Champion)
Andrea Wheatley (World Champion)
Vickie Simos (Silver Medalist at World Championships)
Michael Harris (Silver Medalist at World Championships)
Steven Sarkissian (From the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima School in the USA!)
Melissa Lopresti (World Champion)
Tony Salerno (South Australian Champion)
Vlad Mihal (Silver Medalist at World Championships for over 50's Division)
Barry Jamieson (Silver Medalist at World Championships for over 50's Division)
Both Grandmaster Vince Palumbo and John Moore did a demonstration of the 'KULATA' which is sparring without armour, and using a rattan cane covered with a thin strip of foam, but it is still very painful on the unprotected body, especially over 3x2 minute rounds.
The 5000+ crowd was in absolute awe when they saw the red welts come up on the skin of John Moore and Grandmaster Vince's body during the fight, and all the crowd could really appreciate just how painful this type of sparring really was, so they gave a great applause of appreciation for the two fighters.
Grand Master Vince Palumbo's martial arts school is at Welland of South Australia, and there has been more appointments made for future demonstrations of the Filipino Sport Stickfighting and the CACOY DOCE PARES ESKRIMA demonstrations in and around the city
of Adelaide in South Australia.
A big thank you to GM Vince Palumbo and his team of Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima Stickfighters from the I.C.M.A. Academy and for all the hard work they are doing to promote this fine Filipino martial art and sport thru out Australia!
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