Originally posted by EastNashvillJKD
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DVSJ,
I'm not sure if we are cousins or not, this is Rich Acosta. My brother is Alfredo "Rico" Acosta and our family is from Long Island.
I know we have cousins in Las Vegas. If we are related we should get together sometime.
Email me at kruzada@email.com and we can talk about it some more.
-Rich
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Just FYI we have not been affiliated with Lightning Scientific Arnis International since GM Lema's passing.
We are currently under Grandmaster Vicente Sanchez's organization, Kali Arnis International. GM Sanchez is both a Senior Master of LSAI and Modern Arnis but he heads his own organization and is active in Arnis Philippines (ARPI).
My brother filmed the Lightning Scientific Arnis video tape with Paladin Press to honor Grandmaster Benjamin Luna Lema whom he had a very close relationship with.
He brought the LSA video home to the P.I. and showed it to GM Lema, GM Sanchez, as well as his close friends in the IMAFP (Modern Arnis) Council of Masters.
It is unfortunate that Lightning Scientific Arnis would lose it's founder, and two of it's most prominant Masters (Senior Master Agripino Mayuga and Maestro Elmer Ybanez) in the following three years.
Our group is still dedicated to propagating the art and legacy of Grandmaster Lema, regardless of the unavoidable political turmoil that has unfortunately surfaced in LSAI since Grandmaster's passing.
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