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The 3rd Lema Cup Tournament and birthday celebration was held last March 16, 2008.

Note: click on images for a larger picture.

The event was held at the Open Air Quadrangle of the DMST, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The event was organized by the Mandirigmang Kaliradman, Academia Tercia Cerrada Cadenilla y Espada y Daga and the Sangkil Karasak. It was attended by Ate Patty Luna-Caballero, LSAI Masters, instructors, members, the DMST Commandant Col. Gil Aganon, and other guests. The event was headed by Master Bot Jocano. The emcee was MK's Jopot Solana.



The tournament was also held outdoors. The rules were almost the same as the usual padded stick format tournaments except that the checking hand was allowed to make it more LSAI-like... after all, it was an LSAI event! However, you can't use the checking hand to punch or grab. It was a race to 10 points limiting the round to only 3 minutes.

Since it was an LSAI event, the players were representatives of their respective LSAI clubs:



Ronald Santos - Warriors (Son of Master Romy Santos)
Melbino Pantonia - ?
Dave Beltran - Mandirigmang Kaliradman
Jerson Monderondo - Independent
Victor Malicdem, Jr. - Lahing Mandirigma Arnis Serrada
Ruel Apostol - Academia Tercia Cerrada Cadenilla y Espada y Daga
John Bradshaw - Kidlat Arnis Club
Phan Minh Quan - Angkan ng Mandirigma

Elimination Round:
Fight 1: Ronald Santos vs Melbino Pantonia, Ronald Santos Wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idyHPxBuAUA

Fight 2: Dave Beltran vs Jerson Monderondo, Jerson Monderondo wins
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfQSRLJ_lw0
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1VvA1NjUxE

Fight 3: Victor Malicdem, Jr. vs Ruel Apostol, Victor Malicdem, Jr. wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8sD-EwIa5M

Fight 4: John Bradshaw vs Phan Minh Quan, Phan Minh Quan wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWiBbsv43aI

Intermission Demo: Arnel Hila (1st Lema Cup 2006 winner) and his daughter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBpYaApp5vQ

Semi-finals Round:
Fight 5: Ronald Santos vs Jerson Monderondo, Ronald Santos wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0SOi9vpzs

Fight 6: Victor Malicdem, Jr. vs Phan Minh Quan, Phan Minh Quan wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDcxrJjXwjA

Final Round:
Ronald Santos vs Phan Minh Quan, Ronald Santos wins a very technical fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkRfBOPPYk

The end of the tournament concluded that Ronald Santos is the 3rd Lema Cup 2008 champion.

This is the second year that Phan Minh Quan ended up in the Final Round and is a player to reckon with next year if he will still be competing.

This is Ronald Santos being awarded with the trophy and a symbolic stick by Mike Ariz, the previous year's champ:



A close up of the trophy, which was actually a sword with engraved markings:

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The champions, posing with Ate Patty Luna-Caballero (seated), standing from L to R: Mike Ariz (2nd Lema Cup Champion 2007), Arnel Hila (1st Lema Cup Champion 2006) and Ronald Santos (recently concluded 3rd Lema Cup Champion 2008)

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The tournament's referee was Mike Ariz. The tradition being set was that the previous year's champion will be referee for the current year's tournament.

After the exciting fights, Jennifer Oliquiono of Lahing Mandirigma Arnis Serrada (LAMAS) showed her gold medal winning anyo to the crowd. There were demos and sharing of techniques all over the place. Those noted were olisi, olisi y daga, daga empty hands and dumog of Master Nols del Rosario, espada y daga of Master Romy, and others.

Lunch was served, courtesy of Master Shaun and other sponsors.

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The usual cutting of Mang Ben's birthday cake followed:

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More pictures at LSAI's Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9002232223

Thank you for reading!

Thank you Brando for the pictures and videos!

Mabuhay si Grandmaster Benjamin Luna Lema! Mabuhay ang LSAI! Mabuhay ang LESKAS!

lionleo

Thanks Little Badboy...Mabuhay and LSAI/LESKAS

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