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2nd
Filipino Martial Arts Festival in Dortmund
by: Alfred Plath
For the second time Quick-Stick and ABANIKO Video presented and
FMA-Festival-weekend of a special kind. Initiated by Datu Dieter
Knuttel (national trainer of the German Arnis Federation and owner
of ABANICO Video) and Punong Guro Alfred Plath (QUICK-STICK-Filipino
Martial Arts Equipment and publisher of “El Juramentado”),
the 2nd Filipino Martial Arts Festival took place in Europe. The
aim of this meeting was to present all the Filipino Martial Arts
and their different styles in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
Teachers of 18 different Filipino and Indonesian styles presented
their art on both days. Lessons were held in the following styles:
Balintawak Arnis, Modern Arnis, Dog Brother System, Visayan Corto
Cadena Escrima, Inayan Eskrima, CSSD/SC, Inosanto kali, Pencak Silat,
Lapunti Arnis de Abanico, Kali/Sikaran, Felices Kali, Lameco Escrima,
Kali Sikaran, Warrior Eskrima and Balinado Escrima Pangamut.
Participants
from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg,
France, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Croatia, Mexico,
Spain, Turkey, Greece, Poland, Australia, the USA and the Philippines
traveled to Germany to participate in the festival.
In
the gala demonstrations of various FMA were to be seen. Masters
Samuel Dulay and Datu Dieter Knuttel demonstrated together with
the Modern Arnis group from Ulm under the direction of Hans Karrer
the versatility and dynamics of Modern Arnis in a stunning demonstration.
The group of Grandmaster Toni Veek impressed with the versatility
of the NECOPA system, which has its origin in the Balintawak. Tom
Esser from Berlin showed Lontayao Kali with his group.
The
cultural Arnis demonstration of Edessa Ramos and Master Samuel Dulay,
combining traditional dances and combative elements, was another
highlight of the show.
Raoul
Gianuzzi inspired the audience with his Lapunti Arnis de Abanico
and Emmanuel Hart, one of the three successors of Guro Mike Inay
with his partners Steve Clement and Cory Hanosh from the USA showed
an impressive demonstration of the versatility of the Inayan System
of Eskrima. Jeff Espinous and Johan Skalberg demonstrated the flow
and the effectiveness of the Kali/Sikaran.
Last
but not least, grandmaster Bobby Taboada gave a stunning demonstration
of the dynamics and speed of his Balintawak style.
Another
highlight was the presentation and the interview with Senior Master
Roland Dantes.
Towards the end of the Festival the deceased FMA Maters of the past
were honored in a very moving photo-presentation. It was the tribute
to the masters.
At
the end of this successful event, Alfred Plath, who has been promoting
Filipino Martial Arts in many different forms for many years was
honored by getting the 4th Dan Modern Arnis from Roland Dantes and
Samuel Dulay.
After
that Roland Dantes presented an official acknowledgement to Dieter
Knuttel from the president of the FMA-Association “Arnis-Philippines”,
which is the 33rd member of the Filipino National Olympic Committee.
The
lessons on Saturday and Sunday were too versatile to mention all
details. The training took place in three big gyms, seven teachers
giving lessons at a time. There were 77 training-units by the following
guest-teachers:
Grandmaster Bobby Taboada (Balintawak, Arnis, USA)
Guro Samuel Dulay (7.Dan Modern Arnis, Philippines)
Guro Marc Denny (Dog Brother System, USA)
Guro Sunny Umpad (Visayan Corto Cadena Escima, USA)
Masirib Guro Emmanuel Hart (Inayan, Eskrima, USA)
Bram Frank (founder CSSD/SC, USA)
Datu Dieter Knuttel (7th Dan Modern Arnis, Germany)
Guro Udo Muller (Repräsentant Inosanto Kali, Germany)
Guro Bob Breen (Inosanto Kali, Great Briatin)
Guro Bob Dubljanin (Pencak Silat, Escrima, Kali, Germany)
Guro Raoul Gianuzzi (Lapunti Arnis de Abanico, Luxembourg)
Punong-Guro Julio Felices (Felices Kali, Germany)
Guro Wolfgang Muller (Lameco Escrima, Germany)
Grandmaster Toni Veeck (Balintawak Arnis, Germany)
Masirib Guro Jeff Espinous (kali Sikaran, France)
Guro Krishna Godhania (Warrior Eskrima, Great Britain)
Guro Visayo Balinado (Balinado Escrima Pangamut, Germany)
Special Guest Star:
Master Roland Dantes (8.Dan Modern Arnis, Australia/Philippines)
Two videos/DVDs were produced and published by ABANICO, covering
the event. They can be ordered at dk@abanico.de or (49) 231 494-8060
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