Hi All,

Great Defensor Method Weekend Retreat. Drove up to St. Joseph, Michigan at Bob Fowler's farmhouse. Thanks and Kudos to Bob Fowler and Maria Fowler.  Plenty of animals, good location, good company!

Material covered:

*Villabrille 8, 12, 22, & 30 count

*Hip six forehand/backhand w/ ballestra

*partner wall stretching

*Espada y daga - estoka/parada

*Sagang espada y daga counters for 1-12

*Sagang Numerada

*STAFF NUMERADA

*STAFF SENSITIVITY DRILL

*Staff/Sibat drills, twirls, coounters, Tapado counters, staff largo mano counters, staff grips explored, Kuntao./sibat maneuvers, staff sparring w/ helmet

*double stick sparring w/ helmets

*knife tapping, knife disarms, double knife disarms, double knife tapping

*Silat Sambots, Pukulan Sambot, Harimau takedowns, branch up/branch down finishes from Maphilindo Silat.

*Single Arm doan chi sao, double arm chi sao, one-iinchh punch, kali one inch punch, tai chi one inch push

*flexible weapons counters to empty hand angles 1-5

*flexible weapons disarms against a knife to angles 1-5

Saturday dinner/Sunday Brunch on the menu: shrimp green curry, lamb panang curry, chicken adobo, pancit canton mix bihon with lamb/cicekn and shrimp, fried rice, beer.

In attendance: Edwin Pecson, Dave McAra, Joy de Jarden, Adelle Canares-Jackson, Bob Lorenz, Bob Fowler, Jason Brigham, Jessie Cadamon, Maria Fowler, Sophie fowler

Tuesday Night's Class Synopsis:

*warmups & partner stretthing

*six count drills to full tringle & lateral traingles/six count vs sungkite six

*single stick partner and solo drills

*sikaran drills & JKD kicking drills

*JKDC PIA (progressive indirect attacks) 3 paksao variations.

*double dagger situational counters

*wrist grab releases

In attendance: adelle canares-jackson, mimi clayton, mimi's neighbor, chris dino, jason brigham, jessie santiago, jessie cadamon, joy de jarden, james shea

 Announcemnent: DM apparel order will be getting out tomorrow.  Pls order your apparel today if need be.  Probably will not get out another order for a few months.  I will stock some items like T-shirt, sweats, and pants, but the pricing will change and it will cost more per category.

ON DVD's:

We have several DVD's ready for folks to purchase.  Inside one DVD is a chuckfull of material.  Each topic is comprehensive.  We make these DVD's to benefit students and do not make alot of money off the sale.  As a matter of fact, it takes several hours to produce one DVD topic.  $20 per DVD is less than the current market value.  We never made these DVD's before.  For years, we just had the VHS material availalble at www.kalieskrima.com.  Since then, lots of requests from students when will the DVD be available.  Essentially, by design, it is tailored for current DM students and students who have taken our seminars.  It is meant to aid and help in learning the material covered in the classes and the seminars.  Sure, it is not the same experience hands on as a class, a seminar or a private lesson.  But the material is the same.  And any visual aid will facilitate in learning some of the moves and concepts covered in the classes and seminars.  It does cost $20 per DVD but it helps support the Club.  

Example of current DVD's available:

*64 attacks

*DM seguidas

*Buno Seminar

*Moro Moro Batalyas

*Knife Tapping

*Level I A

*Balisong

*DM Silat

*DM Dos Manos

*Classic Level I

*DM 2008 Seminar/Retreat

Peace,

Mahaguro Nate Defensor

Defensor Method of Filipino-Indonesian Martial Arts

guronate@sbcglobal.net

847-239-3990