Hi Avishay,

I hope you've been well! It's been way too long since
we've lasted contacted each other. You may have
learned of my recent shoulder surgery and I'm now
going through the long and frustrating recovery
period. This has effecively knocked me out of the
Kwandao comeptition as well as other things but I will
be one of the judges. That was a wonderful suggestion
you have made and I will make it a point to take as
many pics and video as possible. My friend John Lee
who is hosting the event has been trying to get this
thing going for awhile now. I'm glad to see he's
finally set the date. His wife probably delivered an
ultimatum to get that damned thing out of the house!
The prized Kwandao is wonderful to look at but its
really too heavy to work with. A conversation piece at
best. I tested it out in the parking lot of his shop
when I first saw it and nearly caused a car accident
when a driver was gawking at me instead of paying
attention to the road. He must have called the police
on his cell because not a second after I got it back
into the store when patrol car came into the lot.
*LOL*

Take care,

Mel
--- avishay <avishayisaiah@...> wrote:

> Dear Mel:
> hope all is well with you, that your
> mind/spirit/body is
> focused/expanding and strong and that your martial
> arts training is
> increasing and sustaining you.
> thank you so much for posting this. I have long
> admired the kwandao
> and drooled over weapons web sites for the weapon.
> Unfortunately time
> constraints have not let me pursue this (i still am
> working on
> creating a kata for a klingon batlah i had made for
> myself i dont have
> the space to practice that - except very early
> mornings in the park).
> Unfortunately i will not be able to attend the nov
> 10th competition so
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take lots of photos of the
> event if you do go.
> if you take any video you can try posting it on
> www.veotag.com a great
> site for video indexing (or ofcourse youtube).
> thanks once again.
> avishay
>
>
> --- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel"
> <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hidy Ho, Gang!
> >
> > Just in, A first time ever KwanDao Competition
> will be held in
> > Willingboro NJ in the 08046 zip code on the field
> in Mill Creek Park
> > at 10:30AM. The event will commence with a
> Liondance and martial
> > arts demos. For those of you who are wondering
> what a KwanDao is.
> > Its that very large bladed Chinese weapon often
> seen on statues of a
> > red faced warrior (General Kwan) stroking his
> beard. General Kwan is
> > the patron saint of martial arts and of commerce.
> Many traditional
> > kungfu schools and Chinese restaurants have an
> alter devoted to
> > General Kwan for good luck. The competition is
> hosted by John Lee
> > and International Traders Group 8, the maker of
> fine custom sharp
> > swords and weapons and importer of other fine
> Chinese items. The
> > competition is free to enter and or spectate. Food
> and drink will be
> > available. This event is meant to be just a fun
> affair and a "Thank
> > you" to all of his great customers that helped
> make his bussiness a
> > huge success. This will be a forms (Kata)
> competition using the Kwan
> > Dao provided by the host which weighs a whopping
> 39lbs. Your routine
> > must contain atleast 10 spinning movements. The
> winner gets to keep
> > the said item which is a one of a kind custom made
> piece.
> >
> > FOr more info: www.itg8.com or email itg8558@...
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
>
>
>




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