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I have meant to ask for the following information from the Symposium Instructors for the past several weeks. I would like to have each of you post something about what you intend to teach at one (1) of your teaching sessions at the Symposium next month.
A title and a brief description would be enough. To start this thread I will tell you what PG Tom Bolden has in mind for one of his sessions:
***Connecting Filipino-Hawiian Eskrima to Modern Arnis.
One of the most overlooked and misunderstood areas of the FMAs is the contribution of the Filipino-Hawaiians to both Kenpo and the Filipino Arts in the USA. PG Bolden will explain and demonstrate the influences of the Filipino-Hawaiians.***
I would love to have the other instructors post similar material and I will make that information part of the Symposium promotionals and playbill.
BTW, you might want to consider ordering you Symposium Teeshirt early - as in Now! I will be putting my initial order in on Friday with a deposit. I am making a small order of 25 shirts and
I will make a replacement order on a one to one basis for every advanced order sold, thereafter. Please send me the size that you want. The shirts will be $15 advanced order and $20 at the Symposium. The small order is influenced by the fact that Sympoium is a date and event specific item.
E-mail me at [email protected]. You can pay for the shirt at the door.
Also remember that Frank Olesen will be selling his espada y daga aluminium traing sets for $160 and while he is bringing 18 sets, there will only be 16 available for the rest of you, I have reserved 2 sets for myself and a friend who can't make the event.
If you want to reserve a set just e-mail me and you will have first dibs. A request to reserve is not an obligation to buy, but it does give you a chance to see the set first then decide.
Mickey Yurco, master custom maker and Knife Guild Member will also be at the Symposium and his custom fixed blade items are excellent quality items with hand crafted hosters fitted to each knife. His Neck Knives are beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. His fixed blade versions of the Gunting are without peers. Mickey's items sell from $125 through $500, depending on size and other features such as the material used in making the handles.
Keith Rossa, will have a series of handcrated wooden knives and swords available for purchase at the Symposium. His items may be purchased singularly or in pairs. He expects to have replicas of the Presas Family Bolo, featured on the cover and in some photo sequences in Professor's book "The Practial Art of Eskrima". He will also have some barongs and itak blades available. Keith, sells his items from $30 to $75 depending on size, wood used and if they are paired.
I also know that Datu Tim Hartman, expects to have a variety of items on sale from his store and he can fill us in on what expects to bring to the Symposium.
Jerome Barber, Ed.D.
A title and a brief description would be enough. To start this thread I will tell you what PG Tom Bolden has in mind for one of his sessions:
***Connecting Filipino-Hawiian Eskrima to Modern Arnis.
One of the most overlooked and misunderstood areas of the FMAs is the contribution of the Filipino-Hawaiians to both Kenpo and the Filipino Arts in the USA. PG Bolden will explain and demonstrate the influences of the Filipino-Hawaiians.***
I would love to have the other instructors post similar material and I will make that information part of the Symposium promotionals and playbill.
BTW, you might want to consider ordering you Symposium Teeshirt early - as in Now! I will be putting my initial order in on Friday with a deposit. I am making a small order of 25 shirts and
I will make a replacement order on a one to one basis for every advanced order sold, thereafter. Please send me the size that you want. The shirts will be $15 advanced order and $20 at the Symposium. The small order is influenced by the fact that Sympoium is a date and event specific item.
E-mail me at [email protected]. You can pay for the shirt at the door.
Also remember that Frank Olesen will be selling his espada y daga aluminium traing sets for $160 and while he is bringing 18 sets, there will only be 16 available for the rest of you, I have reserved 2 sets for myself and a friend who can't make the event.
If you want to reserve a set just e-mail me and you will have first dibs. A request to reserve is not an obligation to buy, but it does give you a chance to see the set first then decide.
Mickey Yurco, master custom maker and Knife Guild Member will also be at the Symposium and his custom fixed blade items are excellent quality items with hand crafted hosters fitted to each knife. His Neck Knives are beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. His fixed blade versions of the Gunting are without peers. Mickey's items sell from $125 through $500, depending on size and other features such as the material used in making the handles.
Keith Rossa, will have a series of handcrated wooden knives and swords available for purchase at the Symposium. His items may be purchased singularly or in pairs. He expects to have replicas of the Presas Family Bolo, featured on the cover and in some photo sequences in Professor's book "The Practial Art of Eskrima". He will also have some barongs and itak blades available. Keith, sells his items from $30 to $75 depending on size, wood used and if they are paired.
I also know that Datu Tim Hartman, expects to have a variety of items on sale from his store and he can fill us in on what expects to bring to the Symposium.
Jerome Barber, Ed.D.
