Inayan Martial Arts Association
2008 August/September

Hey Everyone!

We hope that this newsletter finds everyone training hard and safe, and enjoying what’s left of the Summer! Sorry this is going out a week late but we had check on a few things before sending. So with that, here’s what been going on in our organization!

16th Annual IKAEF Summer Camp - Review
Radevormwald, Germany
July 20th-27th

This years IKAEF camp truly set a new standard for Outstanding Instruction in the Filipino and South East Asian Arts as well as Great Party full of Fun and Friendship! Also setting an amazing record, this years camp had nearly 200 participants from 26 nations! A special touch from the IKAEF this year was the flags of each and every country represented being hung in the main training area. Upon looking out on this you truly got a sense of the world community There were so many people this year that outside hotels had to be booked to handle all of those who wanted to participate, and thanks to terrific logistics on the part of the IKAEF camp coordinator Julia Pattis everyone was included in this years camp.

Over this incredible week of training, camp participants were exposed to beginning and advanced concepts in the arts off Cinco Tero Eskirma, Doce Pares, Lapunti Arnis, Kali Sikaran, Jeet Kune Do Concepts, Inayan Eskrima, Kombatan, Warrior Eskrima, Dumog, Tupac Succi Silat and Silat Concepts, Panantukan, Sayoc Kali and Kabri Kabrong…with such a diverse training environment students and instructors alike were able to focus on there given arts and also explore a variety of other systems, concepts and teachers. This camp was truly a gathering of some of the leaders with in the Filipino and South East Asian art communities. More so there a true spirit of achievement and excitement in having so many share in this special training.

In alphabetical order I would like to share with you who they are and what they shared with our students this year…

Punong Guro Jeff Espinous-Paris, France

Punong Guro Espinous is the Technical Director for the IKAEF. Jeff in his usual style came out on day one with a great presentation of Panantukan, and some of the openings that can be created through using different defenses. In the classes that followed Jeff taught an amazing variety of subjects that included Kali Sikaran, Silat Concepts and Muay Thai. Additionally Jeff each day taught an aqua Kick Boxing class! This was an amazing training aid for those who were able to participate. As always Jeff taught in his own unique way!!! A lot of laughter and a lot of material! More so Jeff has the ability to communicate concepts that when applied properly give each student the ability to open new doors in their training. Mind you all of this while answering questions, taking care of details and making sure that everyone was having a Great time!!!

Master Andy Gibney- Kettering, England

Master Gibney once again came with a tremendous energy as well as his English sense of Humor to this years IKAEF Camp. Andy is one of the leaders in the martial arts community in England. He is the highest ranked instructor in the UK in Cacoy Canete’s Doce Pares as well as well as having a Master Grade under Grandmaster Richard Bustillo. Master Gibney shared a variety of concepts found in Doce Pares including the advanced Corto techniques. In addition Andy shared theories found within JKD.

Andy also shared with several participants the benefits of NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming, here he helped people to overcome issues in there lives from personal obstacles to phobias. In addition Andy taught two success workshops that were extremely well attended and received.

Pangulong Guro Krishna Godhania- Warwick, England

This year once again included crowd favorite Pangulong Krishna Godhania. Guro Godhania is the leading authority outside the Philippines in the art of Warrior Eskrima and the UK representative of Sayoc Kali. Krishna is an amazing teacher with a huge smile and calm presentation he presented several different subjects including knife, single stick, double stick and staff.

In addition to Krishna’s technical expertise he is a wealth if knowledge when it comes to the history of the Filipino Martial Arts and often shares the context and lineage of many of the techniques taught. This information is simply invaluable and without his teachings would be lost to future generations. One of Krishna’s standout seminars was a historical presentation of Pinoy boxing that he gave with Punong Guro Espinous. This was truly an eye opening experience shared by each instructor on how the development of boxing and come today.

Punong Guro Charles Goosens- Antwerp, Belgium

Punong Guro Charles Goosens simply did a Great Job this year!!! One of the founders of the Cinco Tero Eskrima system of Belgium, Charles shared many of the different views and ideas that can be found in the Cinco Tero System. Charles seminars included Knife, Stick to Stick to Stick sparring and reflex drills. As always Charles came to this years camp with a lot of energy and entertained all.

In addition Charles brought his handmade training knives and swords that are truly works of art. He is one of the best in the world when it comes to these trainers so when you have an opportunity pick one up.

Master Sunny Graff- Frankfurt, Germany

Originally from the United States and now making her home in Frankfurt, Germany Master Sunny Graff is truly a martial arts wealth of knowledge. For those you who may not be aware Master Graff was one of the top Tae Kwon Do fighters the USA has ever produced, in fact often times she could not find female competition at her weight class…so she be up the guys! Presently a 7th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do she is one of the highest ranking women in the World. In addition to her TKD experience Sunny is a 4th Degree Black Belt in Modern Arnis under Professor Remy Presas and a 3rd Dan in Lapunti Arnis and one of this arts leading instructors in the World. Her techniques are fast and precise and she presented several outstanding seminars to all campers. Of particular interest was seminar that Sunny and Master Andy Gibney presented together. This compare and contrast seminar gave everyone a deeper understanding of the evolution and theory behind different FMA systems.

In addition to Sunny’s Combative contributions, Sunny taught several sessions on body alignment in which she is again one of the world’s foremost authorities. Many participants came away feeling great and ready for more training.

Katalungon Guro Adrian Rodriguez- Basel, Switzerland

This year grappling portion was presented by Dumog expert Guro Adrien Rodriguez. Guro started the week with simple grappling and submissions, and then turned up the heat! From here Adrian demonstrated entries or Punching and Kicking that lead to takedowns and superior positioning within the Dumog or Grappling arts. From there Guro Rodriguez taught takedowns and controlling bigger opponents. One Adrian’s most well attended classes was grappling games that gave participants drills that allow them to control and set up.

As always Adrian gave outstanding and fun instruction and lead the night time festivities! On top of this Adrian’s beautiful wife and highly skilled wife Olivia joined the camp, and he was an awesome presence!!! I now know why he is always smiling!

Punong Guro Johan Skalberg- Gothenburg, Sweden

Punong Guro Skalberg is the President of the IKAEF, who along with Punong Guro Espinous are the driving forces behind the IKAEF. In addition Johan is the founder of Sunantukan Stick Fighting Society and the Head Instructor for Kombatan in Scandinavia under Grandmaster Ernesto Presas. Punong Guro Skalberg is also one of the leading motivational and business leaders in Europe that take martial arts values and techniques and apply them to real world business applications and individual goal setting.

Punong Guro leading the Viking invasion did an incredible job sharing several Filipino Martial arts starting with the real world applications of Kali Sikaran and its street fighting effectiveness. Johan also shared the incredible stick locking methods and drills of Kombaton. In addition Johan taught the older arts of Larga Mano found within the Filipino Martial Arts demonstrating their values both with a Live Kampilan and Ax. As a two time former World Filipino Martial Arts Champion the IKAEF is truly blessed by not only having Johan’s Technical expertise, but his caring attitude that leads us the next generation of FMA enthusiast.

Kru Mathew Teasdale- New Castle, England

This was Kru Matt’s first year officially teaching at the IKAEF Summer Camp and he took full advantage of it! Matt comes from the Inosanto Kali background, but has spent a great amount of his personal training time working on Muay Thai in Thailand as well as its predecessor the armed version of the art Kabri Kabrong.

Matt is a wonderful teacher who brought his teaching skills and big smile along to share and push all of the students to their best…with Matt’s entertaining and energetic presentation of the art of Kabri Kabrong he ignited interest in this seldom seen but devastating art! Beware the Monkey because he’s coming to Get You!!! Guess you’ll have to join one of Matt’s seminars to understand, do so soon!

Pangulong Guro Jon Ward- San Jose, California

This year, as always was a great experience for me to share Inayan Eskrima with as many people as possible. The focus of our organization is to promote and share the art of Inayan Eskrima, and we definitely did that this year. With great participation in each class, we shared the arts of Inayan Serrada, Kadena De Mano, Sinawali, Espada y Daga and Larga Mano.

This year’s classes focused on drills and games found in the Inayan Martial Arts Association, including the rarely seen Dequerdas staff. From beginning student to Instructor levels, camp participants were introduced to this cornerstone of Inayan Eskrima training.

On a personal note I would like to Congratulate Inayan Martial Arts Association member Chris Parrott, who made the long trip from California, USA to attend his first IKAEF. Chris did an incredible job by attending every session (which can be challenging) and took every opportunity to learn from these amazing instructors…Great Job Chris!

Each and every member of this years camp truly stepped up to a new level in their training. To see so many people come together in friendship , while sweating with and pushing one another to there limits in training was truly remarkable. This atmosphere represents the best of what martial arts is about and we thank everyone for participating!

Congratulations!

The Inayan Martial Arts Association and Pangulong Guro Ward were honored to recognize the following instructor promotions at this years IKAEF Summer Camp.

Julia Pattis- Katulong (Germany)
Timm Blaschke- Madunong (Germany)
Marcus Ruddies- Madunong (Germany)
Tobias Kurz- Kasama (Germany)

The Inayan Martial Arts Association is proud to have these outstanding instructors represent the Art of Inayan Eskrima.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!

On Grandmaster Ernesto Presas most recent trip to Sweden, there was a very special event! On his trip Grandmaster Presas promoted Punong Guro Johan Skalberg to 8th Degree Black Belt in the art of Kombatan. This now gives Johan the official and much deserved title of Grand Master! We are so honored to have Johan as the coordinator for the Inayan Martial Arts Association. We congratulate Grand Master Skalberg on a title and rank that is rarely earned in the martial arts.

And one more Congratulations!

During the years IKAEF Summer Camp Punong Guros Jeff Espinous and Johan Skalberg promoted the following people to full Guro in the art of Kali Sikaran, congratulations to each of you on the awesome achievement! Those promoted were

Timm Blaschke – Germany
Joe Habis- Lebanon
Thomas Gehke- Germany
Andy Guettner- Germany
Hans Rucker- Germany
Marcus Ruddies- Germany
Per Sutter- Sweden

Also Jan van den Borne was promoted to Katalungon Guro.

We wish all of you a terrific future in the Martial Arts…

Southwest Martial Arts Black Belt Exam

On June 27th, 28th and 29th the Inayan Martial Arts Association Arizona, affiliate Kasama Scott Abbott held a very special Black Belt Exam. Guro Ward was privileged enough to be invited to this 3 day period where testers were put through all the skill sets and material that they were taught since day one.

In what was a truly intensive experience the testers truly stepped up their game and gave a superior effort. Those testing were

Kevin Fackler (Also Kasama instructor in the IMAA)
John Abbott (Also Kasama instructor in the IMAA)
Carlos Valencia
Jason Abbott

In addition to the base material they were required to do, each and every participant did several sparring sessions. These included open hand, open hand against two and three opponents. In addition each tester fought single and double stick full contact…and simply did an incredible job!!!

The Inayan Martial Arts Association Congratulates you all on Rank well Earned!

Fir more information on Inayan Eskrima in Arizona please contact Kasama Scott Abbott at sabbott@mail.com or Kasama Kevin Fackler at kevin.fackler@gmail.com

On a Sad Note…

On July 25th of this year Professor Randy Pausch passed away from Pancreatic Cancer. Professor Pausch was the author of the best selling book, The Last Lecture. The book is based on the last lecture he ever gave at Carnegie Mellon University where he was a Professor of Virtual Reality Theory. The actual lecture given that day was called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” The lecture can be found on you tube.

The reason I found it necessary to note his passing was how empowering his lecture and book are. In fact The Last Lecture in now required reading for all third level students and above in our association. As martial artists it is as important to learn as much about ourselves as it is the techniques we practice.

For those of you who have not read this book, I highly recommend this book as a pathway to make sure we stay on course in life. The courage that Professor Pausch demonstrated in his last months was and is truly a tribute to the courage and beauty of the human spirit.

Welcome to The Inayan Martial Arts Family!

We would like to welcome the following students to our training groups:

Sarah
Dean
Quang
James
Jerome
Charlie

We hope you enjoy your Eskrima Journey with us!

Inayan Trivia

1. Who designed the Cabales Eskrima Association diplomas?

2. What is the Angle difference between Cabales Serrada and Inayan Serrada?

3. Who named the art of Inayan Eskrima?

2008 Calendar

August

August 17th, 2008 (Sunday)
Inayan Sunday Intensive
Milpitas School
10am to 2pm

September

September 27th, 2008 (Saturday)
Inayan Memorial and Family Gathering/Potluck
Boulder Creek, CA
All Day Long Event
Mandatory Event for All Local Inayan Martial Arts Association Members
Contact Jonathan Kessler for directions

October

Inayan European/Scandinavia/ United Kingdom Tour
Please keep an idea in our website calendar as more dates will be added.

November

November 16th (Sunday)
Inayan Sunday Intensive
Milpitas, CA
Contact Guro Ward at guroward@inayanmartialarts.com

December

December 13th and 14th (Saturday and Sunday)
Inayan Intensive Weekend
San Jose, CA
Contact Guro Ward at guroward@inayanmartialarts.com

2009 Calendar

January

January 18th (Sunday)
Inayan Intensive
San Jose, CA
Contact Guro Ward at guroward@inayanmartialarts.com

April

April 30th-May 3rd
4th Annual Inayan Martial Arts Summer Camp
Our Annual Gathering of FMA Instructors
Already Confirmed for 2009…
Instructor Announcements to come in the next Newsletter!
Santa Cruz, CA
Contact Guro Ward at guroward@inayanmartialarts.com

Space is limited, book your place now!!!

July

July 19th-26th
IKAEF Summer Camp
FMA and South East Martial Arts Extravaganza
Various Masters and Styles
Raderwold, Germany
Contact Julia Pattis at julia.pattis@ikaef.com

Please note this event sells out quickly. Book your participation as soon as possible!

Inayan Trivia Answers

1. Mangisusuro Mike Inay designed the rank certificates for the Cabales Serrada Eskrima Association.

2 .The angle difference between Cabales Serrada and Inayan Serrada are Angles 9 and 11. Please ask your instructor for instructor for a detailed explanation.

3. Mateo Inay, Mangisursuro Inay’s father was the person who came up with the term Inayan Eskrima.

So there you go!!! As our organization grows, so does our family of martial arts! Please make sure that you meet and support all of your martial arts sisters and brothers every chance you get.

Look for your next newsletter October 1st that will have important updates on our association’s events and happenings. Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Until Next time…Train Hard, Have Fun and Take Care of Each Other!

The Inayan Martial Arts Association

As always, any spelling errors are the fault of Microsoft…hahaha