Upcoming Toronto Area Seminars - Spring / Summer 2008

[ShawnJKD]

Just a quick post about a few upcoming seminars that forum readers might be interested in.

Tuhon Ray Dionaldo of FCS Kali is in Toronto next weekend (April 26th/27th) out at Kombat Arts hosted by Sean Tyler. Cost for the seminar is $100 (might be more at the door) and Tuhon Dionaldo is a great seminar instructor.

Sifu John Maidment of the Inosanto Academy is coming to town on Saturday May 10th and being hosted by Trinity for an evening session looking at Silat and Kali/JKD. Cost is only $50 for the 4hr session (6pm to 10pm).

Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny is being hosted for a weekend in July by Renee Cocolo out at Crossfit. Cost for the seminar is $175 if pre-registered - and Renee is also hosting Phil "Sled Dog" Gelinas in MAY (3rd / 4th). You can combine the two seminars and save $50 if you pre-register.

If you'd like more info on the above or would like to attend you can get more details at our website including contact info for Sean Tyler and Renee Cocolo.

Hope to see some of you there,

Shawn

[kooky]

Phil "SledDog" Gelinas is actually in Toronto next weekend (May 3&4)

[ShawnJKD]

Whoops, my bad. Thanks for catching that - This weekend for Gelinas in Toronto - May 3rd / 4th. My apologies.

[ShawnJKD]

Trinity is hosting Sifu John Maidment of the Inosanto Academy for a one day seminar on Saturday May 10th, 2008 in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada. This is a 4hr evening seminar, running from 6pm to 10pm, and cost for the session is $50 if pre-registered ($65 at the door). Material to be covered will focus on Silat, but will include JKD concepts and Kali depending on time and interest of those attending.

Sifu Maidment was originally from Toronto and moved to LA in the 90's to train full-time with Guro Inosanto. He is a full instructor under Guro Inosanto, very skilled, and very beginner friendly.

If you are interested in attending or would like more info just drop me a line shawn@trinityjunfan.com.

[SuperToe]

Phil " Sled Dog" Gelinas will be Here in Timmins, Ontario
Aug 23 and 24.

For more info email me @ mpoulin@ntl.sympatico.ca

Or search Facebook, Total Martial Arts Center, In the Event section.
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Some of his ranks:

Tuhon In Pekiti Tirsia Kali ( Second Highest Ranked person )

Full Inst under Dan Inosanto - JKD, FMA

Orginal Dog Brother.

[SuperToe]

Phil " Sled Dog" Gelinas will be Here in Timmins, Ontario
Aug 23 and 24.

For more info email me @ mpoulin@ntl.sympatico.ca

Or search Facebook, Total Martial Arts Center, In the Event section.
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Some of his ranks:

Tuhon In Pekiti Tirsia Kali ( Second Highest Ranked person )

Full Inst under Dan Inosanto - JKD, FMA

Orginal Dog Brother.

[ShawnJKD]

Just wanted to post a follow up review to the Sifu Maidment seminar.

Last night Trinity hosted Sifu John Maidment of the Inosanto Academy who gave us a four hour seminar on Maphilindo Silat and Kali. Sifu Maidment is an entertaining and engaging seminar instructor with a great deal of information to share on martial technique and theory.

The seminar started with footwork, a review of the basic triangle patterns of Filipino and Indonesian arts. From there we looked at entry to occupy your opponent's space - ways to displace and unbalance your opponent. This started with simple technique and went on to cover counters, and counter to counters in an unbalancing flow. Sifu Maidment was attentive and perceptive to the various skill levels of participants - modifications and corrections were given as needed, as were more advanced options for those familliar with the material presented.

From Silat we moved to double stick, working a few variations on flow drills - bringing back the burned rattan smell many of us love. We did a few double stick strips and some free form flows with give and take.

The last part of the session moved to knife work and focus was on knife vs knife. We worked some simple disarms, strips, and counters - also working in kicks or other attacks and counters with the blade.

Sifu Maidment has the ability to see where a student is off just slightly in angle of application and make the small correction that takes the technique to a functional level. We look forward to Sifu Maidment's return (perhaps later this year).

[ShawnJKD]

Trinity Martial Arts & Kombat Arts are proud to present a weekend seminar
with Professor Salem Assli of the Inosanto Academy.

Session 1
Saturday July 5th, 2008
3:30 pm to 8:30 pm - Registration at 3:00 pm sharp!
TKMT (Trinity Martial Arts) - 610 Queen Street West, 3rd floor, in downtown
Toronto

Session 2
Sunday July 6th, 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Kombat Arts - 1110 Kamato Road, Unit #7 - #11, in Mississauga

Fee for both sessions combined is $100 with pre-payment due by June 27th,
2008 - or $125 at the door. Fee for either single session is $60 with
pre-payment by June 27th, 2008 - or $70 per day at the door. There will be
a break at the half-way point on both days and the professor will also be
available at the end of each session for those wishing to test for rank in
Savate, Jun Fan Gung Fu, or Thai Boxing.

Professor Assli will be covering material from Savate, Jun Fan Gung Fu,
Kali, and Silat. Salem Assli is a 2nd Degree Silver Glove in Savate, a full
instructor in Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do and Kali under Guro Dan Inosanto, a full
instructor in Thai Boxing under Arjan Chai Sirisute, and is also the Savate
instructor for the world famous Inosanto Academy in Los Angeles, California.
The professor has authored books on both Jeet Kune Do and Savate, and has
also produced multiple videos on both systems in English, French, and
Japanese. His skills as an instructor are in great demand and he teaches
seminars around the world. We are very lucky to have him in Toronto, and
students are encouraged to take advantage of his time with us here.

Please bring appropriate training gear - Sticks, training knives, focus
pads, boxing gloves, and indoor mat friendly shoes (Wrestling, MMA, Savate -
or bare feet).

To register and arrange pre-payment please contact:

Shawn Gliddon (Trinity Martial Arts - Bruce Lee's Jun Fan JKD and Filipino Kali in downtown Toronto) -
shawn@trinityjunfan.com (416) 842.0296

or

Joey De Los Reyes - (Kombat Arts - Kombat Arts Online) - info@kombatarts.com
(905) 804.8158

Don't miss the opportunity to train with a world class martial artist.

Shawn
Bruce Lee's Jun Fan JKD and Filipino Kali in downtown Toronto