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Super awesome seminar weekend
Well..I had a seminar under Grandmaster Jeff Delaney, head of modern arnis, came to our school and gave us one hell of a seminar
Presession: Well a friend of had just recently started at my school and he wanted to go to the seminar, however he wasn't that far along in Arnis, so he came over before the seminar I taught him a few more things that what he had learned in class recently so we got a good warm up. I explained a few things, and he was pretty worried being a white belt would slow him down, I told him just not to worry about it.
Session 1: Well we walk to the dojo from my house (1/6 mile walk) and arrived 15 minutes before the seminar began. He warmed up, and alot of different people from different dojos joined us for this seminar. It was good seeing some old friends and meeting new people and there interpritation of Arnis. It was really cool seeing all of us coming from different styles into one form here. Grandmaster Delaney is one of the coolest martial artists I've ever seen. Not only is competent and knowledgable about his art, he also is a genuinly sincere and nice guy, who just started a few conversations with people before the seminar. He started off with a few good drills and I was my friends partner and we started it getting it down pretty well. Another quaility that he had which was nice that he was able to break it down well enough for beginners to understand and clearly enough for us to get on the first or second try normally with out the need for assistance. My sensei stepped in between me and my friend briefly when we weren't getting a technique. He really showed how down to earth he was by saying he would normally run over, but since tomorrows session was going to be fore 6 hours he wanted to grab a beer and get some sleep. ME and him joked a little about that afterward which was really cool. That night I was feeling restless in bed, so I decide to break down everything I learned that night on a sheet of paper. I thought of bringing it in the next day and soon did I find it would help.
Session 2: After a breakfast at my church right across the street, I arrive about ten minutes before the seminar starts. A few people from the previous night are gone and few new people show up. I pick my friend to be my partner so he doesn't feel alienated. I showed my instructors who weren't there the night before my notes I insominacly wrote and said 'good, try doing that today and we'll use them in class' so with that in mind we start with foot work basics and some tapi-tapi inserts here and there. I didn't really realize how much could be thrown in. Arnis really is the art within the art because it really translates well over to my Kempo training, and kinda enhances it. After drilling some driving techniques to death, expending alot of people, and driving me up the wall with notes, we stopped for lunch.
Break: We all just went over to a local convince store deli place (Wawa for all those who live in the Philadelphia area) picked up some food and replenished ourselfs. It was kinda cool all of us just sitting around in the school eating, talking and laughting with each other in causual conversation. I really bonds a group at seminars like this and was refreshing. Master Delaney and another really skilled guy from another dojo (Penn Kempo for Philly people again) were just going at each other in the training hall. Master Delaney always came out on top and was psuedo sparring him. Then we all came back for the final session
Session 3: After looking over my scribbled down notes, we went into session 3 and if anyone has ever done a 6 hour seminar your really drained by the end. Me and my friend were really taking a hit from this and we got aggrivated, frustrated and amused at the fact towards the end we were losing our composure. We got it back towards the very end and got alot down. Grandmaster Delaney ended with a lecture on striking and how when he was beinng trained by the late great Remy Presas he always told him his striking was terrible and showed us that a constant striking practice 100 to ways on other hand would develop our striking skills. He said the average 100 times a day +100 days= good striking and easy flow. He ended the seminar and we all got in a picture together and I deeply thanked him for all the information that he provided me.
I learned something else this weekend as well...you know despite my last entry on these boards I say 'screw it...lets train' it doesn't matter what I train in or how much I train in one thing. I will develop my kempo skills because I will train hard in that. My arnis skills help them and compliment them well...this seminar renewed my efforts in martial arts, and although exhuasted and pushed me, I feel I walk away a better and wiser martial artist for it. I personally would like to dedicate this entry to Grandmaster Jefferey J. Delaney - "I normally run over in these seminar, but you know I'd like to get a beer and some sleep before tomorrow." A wise, knowledgable martial artist and extremely good guy.
Presession: Well a friend of had just recently started at my school and he wanted to go to the seminar, however he wasn't that far along in Arnis, so he came over before the seminar I taught him a few more things that what he had learned in class recently so we got a good warm up. I explained a few things, and he was pretty worried being a white belt would slow him down, I told him just not to worry about it.
Session 1: Well we walk to the dojo from my house (1/6 mile walk) and arrived 15 minutes before the seminar began. He warmed up, and alot of different people from different dojos joined us for this seminar. It was good seeing some old friends and meeting new people and there interpritation of Arnis. It was really cool seeing all of us coming from different styles into one form here. Grandmaster Delaney is one of the coolest martial artists I've ever seen. Not only is competent and knowledgable about his art, he also is a genuinly sincere and nice guy, who just started a few conversations with people before the seminar. He started off with a few good drills and I was my friends partner and we started it getting it down pretty well. Another quaility that he had which was nice that he was able to break it down well enough for beginners to understand and clearly enough for us to get on the first or second try normally with out the need for assistance. My sensei stepped in between me and my friend briefly when we weren't getting a technique. He really showed how down to earth he was by saying he would normally run over, but since tomorrows session was going to be fore 6 hours he wanted to grab a beer and get some sleep. ME and him joked a little about that afterward which was really cool. That night I was feeling restless in bed, so I decide to break down everything I learned that night on a sheet of paper. I thought of bringing it in the next day and soon did I find it would help.
Session 2: After a breakfast at my church right across the street, I arrive about ten minutes before the seminar starts. A few people from the previous night are gone and few new people show up. I pick my friend to be my partner so he doesn't feel alienated. I showed my instructors who weren't there the night before my notes I insominacly wrote and said 'good, try doing that today and we'll use them in class' so with that in mind we start with foot work basics and some tapi-tapi inserts here and there. I didn't really realize how much could be thrown in. Arnis really is the art within the art because it really translates well over to my Kempo training, and kinda enhances it. After drilling some driving techniques to death, expending alot of people, and driving me up the wall with notes, we stopped for lunch.
Break: We all just went over to a local convince store deli place (Wawa for all those who live in the Philadelphia area) picked up some food and replenished ourselfs. It was kinda cool all of us just sitting around in the school eating, talking and laughting with each other in causual conversation. I really bonds a group at seminars like this and was refreshing. Master Delaney and another really skilled guy from another dojo (Penn Kempo for Philly people again) were just going at each other in the training hall. Master Delaney always came out on top and was psuedo sparring him. Then we all came back for the final session
Session 3: After looking over my scribbled down notes, we went into session 3 and if anyone has ever done a 6 hour seminar your really drained by the end. Me and my friend were really taking a hit from this and we got aggrivated, frustrated and amused at the fact towards the end we were losing our composure. We got it back towards the very end and got alot down. Grandmaster Delaney ended with a lecture on striking and how when he was beinng trained by the late great Remy Presas he always told him his striking was terrible and showed us that a constant striking practice 100 to ways on other hand would develop our striking skills. He said the average 100 times a day +100 days= good striking and easy flow. He ended the seminar and we all got in a picture together and I deeply thanked him for all the information that he provided me.
I learned something else this weekend as well...you know despite my last entry on these boards I say 'screw it...lets train' it doesn't matter what I train in or how much I train in one thing. I will develop my kempo skills because I will train hard in that. My arnis skills help them and compliment them well...this seminar renewed my efforts in martial arts, and although exhuasted and pushed me, I feel I walk away a better and wiser martial artist for it. I personally would like to dedicate this entry to Grandmaster Jefferey J. Delaney - "I normally run over in these seminar, but you know I'd like to get a beer and some sleep before tomorrow." A wise, knowledgable martial artist and extremely good guy.