Hey gang,

  The event last weekend in Atlantic city went well despite it also
being the Memorial day weekend. Thursday I hosted a firsttime ever
Liondance workshop! I had a great group of kids participating. They
got to see the lionhead up close, bang on the drum, gong and cymbals
as well as have their pictures taken with the gear. Unfortunately
they had too much fun it seems when the hotel staff advised us that
we were too loud and not to play the intruments anymore. We settled
for muffling the drum with some jackets. For the dinner banquet dance
we had a few new elements to the team when we lost our "Tail" dancer
Eric, a week or two earliar when he decided to relocate permanantly
back to California. Our Flagman Shannon stepped up in his stead.
Fortunately Shannon has danced as the tail before some years ago and
didn't take long to learn the new routine. We also had the much
needed new additon of Carol on cymbals who performed wonderfully on
very short notice for a very big event. I hope to have some pics up
very soon.

  Cheers!

  Mel


--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel" <tonji152@...>
wrote:
>
>
>  Hi Gang,
>
>  I've been invited to conduct an introductory workshop on Liondance
> and Kungfu as part of the North American Federation of Martial Arts
> (NAFMA) National tournament weekend. My portion of a series of
> workshops offered is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm Thursday. Our
> Liondance team will also be performing at the dinner Banquet Friday
> May23rd evening and opening ceremonies Saturday May 24th morning
for
> the competition. For more information and details go to
www.nafma.org
> and click seminar schedule on the sidebar.
>
>  Cheers!
>
>  Mel
>

Hi Gang,

  I've been invited to conduct an introductory workshop on Liondance
and Kungfu as part of the North American Federation of Martial Arts
(NAFMA) National tournament weekend. My portion of a series of
workshops offered is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm Thursday. Our
Liondance team will also be performing at the dinner Banquet Friday
May23rd evening and opening ceremonies Saturday May 24th morning for
the competition. For more information and details go to www.nafma.org
and click seminar schedule on the sidebar.

  Cheers!

  Mel

hey Gang,

  I just posted pics from the past weekend. Look in the albums section
titled WTCD08

  Enjoy!

  Mel

Hey gang!

  I hope everyone got the chance to participate in World TaiChi Day
celebrations in your local area! Its celebrated on the last Saturday
of April and this year was the 10 year anniversary. The turnout in
Willingboro NJ was noticeably smaller than previous years, perhaps
due to not hhaving a celebration last year at this location as well
as some conflicts with another organization trying to take over the
timeslot on that same date. I was made aware of this problem later.
But anyway despite it all we managed to pull off another great
performance to a very appreciative audience. We opened the event
with our standard Liondance routine but we now have two more years
of polish under our belts since we last appeared at this venue so
our improvements showed. ALso new this year was our demo routine
with TaiChi and wushu performances which also went over well though
we could have used more practice, we made good use of music and we
atleast had alot of energy. I hope to post pics in the very near
future.

  Cheers!

   Mel

FOr Clarification the location is called the
Willingboro Kennedy Center and the address is 429 JFK
way which crosses Levitte Parkway NOT VanSciver.

  Mel


--- Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:

>
>  Hey gang,
>
>  Remember this Saturday is World TaiChi and Chi Gong
> Day. Our
> Liondance team will be performing in Willingboro NJ
> at the JFK
> community center on JFK Parkway and VanSciver Blvd.
> The Liondance
> teams goes on at 9Am. At 10am is the World event
> commences when
> everyone participating in 64 countries performs
> TaiChi or Chi Gong at
> the same time for 5 minutes! Then at 10:15 am  the
> TaiCHi and Kungfu
> demonstrations begin until noon.
>
>   Cheers!
>
>   Mel
>
> --- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel"
> <tonji152@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey Gang,
> >
> > Just in, I received a confirmation from Sifu Jon
> Walker, who is host
> > of the annual World Tai Chi event in Willingboro
> NJ. That are team
> is
> > invited to perform. We had a wonderful time with
> our first
> performance
> > there 2 years ago. Sifu Walker had proclamed us
> the "official
> > liondance
> > team for his event" 2 years ago but since there
> was no event last
> year
> > I didn't want to assume we were still on until I
> heard from him
> > directly. That date is Saturday April 26th 2008,
> from 9am til Noon!
> > Located at the JFK Center on Van Sciver and JFK
> Way in Willingboro
> NJ
> > 08046. YOu can also look up qissagebodysystems.com
> for more info and
> > pics from the last event!
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
>
>
>



      
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Hey gang,

  Remember this Saturday is World TaiChi and Chi Gong Day. Our
Liondance team will be performing in Willingboro NJ at the JFK
community center on JFK Parkway and VanSciver Blvd. The Liondance
teams goes on at 9Am. At 10am is the World event commences when
everyone participating in 64 countries performs TaiChi or Chi Gong at
the same time for 5 minutes! Then at 10:15 am  the TaiCHi and Kungfu
demonstrations begin until noon.

   Cheers!

   Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel" <tonji152@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hey Gang,
>
> Just in, I received a confirmation from Sifu Jon Walker, who is host
> of the annual World Tai Chi event in Willingboro NJ. That are team
is
> invited to perform. We had a wonderful time with our first
performance
> there 2 years ago. Sifu Walker had proclamed us the "official
> liondance
> team for his event" 2 years ago but since there was no event last
year
> I didn't want to assume we were still on until I heard from him
> directly. That date is Saturday April 26th 2008, from 9am til Noon!
> Located at the JFK Center on Van Sciver and JFK Way in Willingboro
NJ
> 08046. YOu can also look up qissagebodysystems.com for more info and
> pics from the last event!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mel
>

Hey Gang,

  Its official, The newly opened Dr. Lee's Academy of Martial and
Healing arts located at 5 Scott St in Riverside NJ will be offering
wushu classes taught by myself along with a variety of other arts by
skilled teachers in their fields such as TaiJi, XingYi, BaGua, HungGa
Kungfu, WingChun Kungfu, WhiteCrane Kungfu, TaeKwonDo, Karate and
Filipino Martial arts. Classes are forming now. The link to the new
school can be found at the bottom of the yahoo page or go directly to
  www.martialhealingarts.com


   Cheers!

   Mel

Hey Gang!

Just in, Recieved a call from Master John Lee, maker of fine custom
Chinese weaponry and good friend. He is requesting a Liondance to open
his new location in Riverside NJ 08075, 5 Scott St, this coming Sunday
at 1pm. On short notice, I agreed to the honor. I wanted to give
everyone a heads up and invite everyone to come down and support as
well as have a good time.

For more information on how to get there please go to
www.martialhealingarts.com or call 856-824-0388

Cheers!
Mel

Hey Gang,

Just in, I received a confirmation from Sifu Jon Walker, who is host
of the annual World Tai Chi event in Willingboro NJ. That are team is
invited to perform. We had a wonderful time with our first performance
there 2 years ago. Sifu Walker had proclamed us the "official
liondance
team for his event" 2 years ago but since there was no event last year
I didn't want to assume we were still on until I heard from him
directly. That date is Saturday April 26th 2008, from 9am til Noon!
Located at the JFK Center on Van Sciver and JFK Way in Willingboro NJ
08046. YOu can also look up qissagebodysystems.com for more info and
pics from the last event!

Cheers!

Mel

Thanks so much for the wonderful message! Coincidently
I was in Philly's Chinatown with my son and my
girlfriend and we also enjoyed NewYear's LionDancing
by a local Kungfu school. Blessed with usseasonalbly
warm temps, we followed the team around Chinatown for
about 3 hrs. We brought a mini Lionhead with ous to
show our support, though a few members looked at us as
if we were from Mars. *LOL* We then dined at the
famous Joy Tsin Lau restaurant. I had to work later on
that night so we hurried home so I could take a much
needed nap. I'll post pics very soon!

  Cheers!

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

> Xin Nian Kuai-Le
> the new year festival is almost over, the full moon
> will be upon us
> soon and we will get back to the daily drudge.
> i had a great time in china town (NYC) yesterday.  i
> was there to pick
> up food at my favorite vegetarian rest buda-bodai
> and all the martial arts schools were on the street
> dancing and
> playing drums i was just great.  some excellent
> dancing to welcome in
> the rat.
> just remember to feed the rat because if the rat is
> fed then everyone
> does well.
> With this new cycle i wish everyone a year of
> prosperity and health.
> avishay
>
>



      
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Xin Nian Kuai-Le
the new year festival is almost over, the full moon will be upon us
soon and we will get back to the daily drudge.
i had a great time in china town (NYC) yesterday.  i was there to pick
up food at my favorite vegetarian rest buda-bodai
and all the martial arts schools were on the street dancing and
playing drums i was just great.  some excellent dancing to welcome in
the rat.
just remember to feed the rat because if the rat is fed then everyone
does well.
With this new cycle i wish everyone a year of prosperity and health.
avishay

Hey Gang,

For those interested in the internal arts or furthering your present
skill level. I'm happy to announce that Sifu Rudy Curry, as seen on
YOUTUBE.com has been brought to Philadelphia to share his knowledge on
the 3 classic internal styles. His classes are on Saturday mornings
from 9:30am - 11:am located at Body Challenge Fitness Ctrs on the 2nd
flr. 1600 W. Hunting Park Ave Phila Pa 19140. You can contact Karla
(Local Rep) 215 494-8936 or Sifu Curry directly at 347 605-9605. I must
say that I personally attended his class last weekend and was very
impressed by his skill and knowledge.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey gang,

  This past weekend the Marriott Hotel ballroom in Mt Laurel NJ was
the location of the NAFMA World Championships. Vying for the coveted
SuperBowl Styled Gold rings in martial arts events of Weapons forms,
Empty Handforms, Padded stick sparring and Open style point fighting
were teams from Canada, Puerto Rico and the USA. Teams from Germany,
Trinidad and Gyuana dropped out at the last minute with much
disapointment. The two day event commenced with a wonderful welcome
speech from Shannon Boggan, who inturn introduced the athletes from
the competing teams. From there came the ceremonial sword mat cutting
ceremony performed by Dr. John Lee of the International Traders
Group, which then cued the LionDance, performed by Bucks County
LionDance team that rounded out the opening festivities.

  Not only were the Gold rings at stake in head to head competition
for individual athletes but the Team World Championship cup, which
would be won by the team with most points earned through the placings
of the athletes in their respective divisions and age cateogories at
the end of the competition. Team Canada demonstrated early on that
they would be the biggest threat to take home the World Championship
cup from last year's winner Team USA by bringing a very talented team
in impressive numbers. No event could be taken for granted by TeamUSA
when Team Canada would sometimes come in, cleanly sweep and win a
division and accumulate precious points. Representing TeamUSA were
members from our own group, Kent Roberts (Boys 13-14yrs Weapons-
silver, Handforms, Stick sparring-Bronze and Pointfighting) (Saboto
Trent Mens 35-over Handforms, Stick sparring-silver and point
fighting) and Ben Outlaw (Mens 35-over handforms, stickfighting-Gold
and pointfighting-Bronze)

  When the last division was over and the final points were tallied
TeamUSA retained the WorldChampionship cup for one more year.
Following the Tournament was an evening of Dance music, pizza/light
fare and celebration of all of the athletes, coaches, parents and
friends. The next NAFMA World Championships will be held in 2009 in
Orlando Florida at Disney World!

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey Gang,

  The location was the main field of MillCreek park in Willingboro NJ
which became the site of the first ever ITG KwanDao Challenge. Hosted
by Dr. John Lee of the International Traders Group, maker and
importer of fine martial arts bladed weaponry. As a "Thankyou" for
all of his loyal customers and friends. This was a free event to
spectate, compete, demonstrate and share good times. The contest was
to see who could best display their skill with the customed designed
and engraved kwandao which weighed a heafty 39.5 lbs. First prize was
the weapon itself! 2nd prize was the beautiful prototype modeled
Kwandao designed by John Lee which has yet to hit the market.

  Things started out rocky with morning showers. It was feared the
event would be postponed for Sunday but gambled and hoped for the
best that the weather would subside and by 1pm we recieved the
greenlight to proceed. We had many firsts on Saturday with our newest
Dancer Nylah stepping in as our buddha leading our lion. We also
debuted our team sweatshirts with patches, our team flag and martial
arts family banner into our routine which all went over quite well!!
Despite the cold weather, an impressive number spectators not to
mention game competitors came out for the event. Teammember Kent
represented our group with an impressive Broadsword routine that he
has been working hard to perfect and his efforts paid off with a well
received performance. As a surprise last minute entry, our very own
team member Shannon Boggan brought home a prized Kwandao for his
efforts. This event went over so well that John Lee has decided to
host more events in 2008 with the idea of highlighting a different
weapon each time, tentatively first with Broadsword in May and
Spear/Staff in August! Exact dates are to be announced!

  Cheers!

  Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, Mel Roberts
<tonji152@...> wrote:
>
>
>  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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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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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!
>

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!

Hey gang,

  Last Saturday was the MidAutumn Moon festival in Philly's Chinatown
hosted by AsiansAmericanUnited.org Attending this event has become a
tradition with my group. Big fun to trek down into Chinatown to see
the Liondances and Kungfu demos by Cheung's Hung Gar Kungfu academy.
We found out the date at the very last minute and quite by chance
while listening to the radio of the heavy traffic congestion in
Center city. For some reason we could not find info posted on the
internet ahead of time, we would have otherwise missed this years
event thinking it would be sometime nextweek as was last year. The
Kung fu demo began at 4pm concluding with a liondance parade through
Chinatown. I bought a tiny Chinese lion puppet at my favorite shop
and joined in on the parade along side the full sized kungfu lions.
Seems I was a hit with onlookers pointing at me and clapping. I even
did a mini show of my own as best as I could with my recovering
shoulder to the delight of a cute little toddler and his family that
waved me in closer to them. We ended our exhaustive evening with a
nice dinner at one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in town.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Thanks Becky,

  I was checking the injury thread on KarateKorner I
just have too many submissions to contribute in one
year!

  Mek
--- Becky Sheetz <rssheetz@...> wrote:

> I'm glad you are on the road to recovery Mel. That
> is the good news. :) I'll keep your recovery in my
> prayers.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mel <tonji152@...>
> To: tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2007 3:46:32 PM
> Subject: [tristatewushukungfu] Surgery went welll,
> at home resting.
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> Hey gang,
>
> Well its over with. Went in yesterday to fix the
> left shoulder
> I damaged back in May. 4 hr procedure. Long road
> ahead. Not fun. But I
> gotta do, what I gotta do.
>
> cheers,
>
> Mel
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Thanks Dale,

  Seems I had shoulder issues way before the big
incident in May, and the Dam broke so to speak. Your
formulas made the situation more tolerable. You can
beleive I'll be using it throughout my rehab.

  Mel
--- Dale Dugas <daledugas@...> wrote:

> Mel,
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> After the wound is closed and healed up you can use
> my Tiger Exits the
> Forest on your shoulder. It will help you heal.
> Glad to hear you are on the
> road to recovery.
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>
> Be well.
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> Train Hard, Be safe.
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Hey gang,

  Well its over with. Went in yesterday to fix the left shoulder
I damaged back in May. 4 hr procedure. Long road ahead. Not fun. But I
gotta do, what I gotta do.

  cheers,

  Mel

Hey gang,

  Just in! Just got off the phone with a rep from NAFMA Director Jose
Torres, requesting our Liondance team to perform this Sat 8/18/07. Its
supposed to be in the decorative waterfront area sometime between noon
and 2 pm. A martial arts demo is also scheduled by TeamTorres Karate
and most likely some of our own members.

  We'll see what happens.

  Mel

congratulations by its group and thanks to unite me to him, I invite
them that they visit our group that is called DRAGON DORADO WUSHU

mARY.

Hey Gang!

  Well its official! 5 out of 5 of our guys made the long trip to
Uniontown Pa the weekend of the 20th and competed our hearts out for
slots on the '07 TeamUSA and made it. Returning members were myself,
Saboto Trent and Ben Outlaw. New this year was my son Kent and good
friend Eric Pease. The program has changed from last year by
combining the team trials and the intial training camp into the same
weekend. We arrived Friday evening and battled early Saturday
morning and lasting throughout the day. If you made the cut, you
stayed on til Sunday for another team workout, team roster pics,
meeting and free brunch.

  As returning members myself, Saboto and Ben had the luxury of
several chances to win spots on the team but the pressure was on
Eric and especially Kent who had a do or die situation with only one
shot in his sparring division. Team member candidates must place no
less than 3rd place or higher. The odds were against him for several
reasons. One was his infrequent oppritunity to prepare and that his
only division was not divided by rank but by age and as an
intermediate he would have to face more experienced and higher
ranking rivals. His matches were nail biters but when the dust
settled he took a well fought for 2nd place. Eric narrowly missed
placing in the top 3 in the Senior BB weapons division which I tied
1st in with rival Alan Chueng. Pressure was on Eric to do or die in
Handforms which he took 2nd with an impressive performance. Next up
was padded stick fighting. I was going in with a bye but the
breakdown had Saboto fighting Ben in the first round. I gave my Bye
to Saboto to face Ben instead since my slot was already won in
weapons. I've lost to Ben in our last two official matches but to my
surprise, I won this outing. It knocked Ben out of stickfighting but
we had no doubt that Ben would make it oup in his strongest event,
Point sparring. Atleast now Saboto's spot was secured. In the finals
of stickfighting I took another 1st place with Saboto in 2nd and
rival Tim Hartman in 3rd. As predicted, Ben took 1st in Point
sparring so we all came home winners.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey gang!

I know I'm looking forward to Wensday. We had a crazy time last year
performing the liondance and partying! I hope the same this year if
not better. We got a new lionhead, team lineup, new drum beat and a
cool new ending so we'll see what happens!

Cheers!

Mel

Hey gang,

  We just got back from putting another great performance in the
books. Still far from flawless however. I see where we can tightenup
on a few things. Namely my drumming, a few adjustments on footwork
with the "buddha"  Atleast the audience was very appreciative. We
dropped the "tail gag" but still got laughs when Kent as the
Lionhead, browsed the vender tables and played the crowd. Also, the
full shoulder stack got huge applause. Even the popper worked for us
for a change after failing in the last 2 performances. Today we
debuted our new gong stand that I slapped together yesterday from
ideas I learned from the Liondance team we trained with at the last
Zhang Sang Feng festival in the Pocanos 2 weeks ago.  We got very
favorable results. The sound seems to resonate better now that
Claudia, our gong player, has a free hand. Today we also played with
a record 3 cymbal players! Featuring Saboto Trent, New member
Patricia Ramos and the long awaited return of Jim Rogan. Stephanie
Wascowitz opened the dance as the lionhead and we pulled a "switch"
for Kent to takeover for the portion that required the high lifts
with our new tail Eric Pease. It was a most gorgeous day to have the
festival, unfortunately the turnout was significantly less than what
was hoped for as compared to last year's capacity crowd. Perhaps the
date change had something to do with it when it was held in mid May
of 2006. Still it was fun to attend and I know I got alot out of the
workshop I attended and today's performance made the team THAT much
better.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hi Sifu Dale,

  So good of you to join our humble little group! I'm
very intrigued with pursuing IronPalm and IronVest and
as you already know, I'm making preparations by
acquiring your Dit Da Jow, gathering materials and
attending your seminar in November in North Jersey.
Which by the way, I will begin posting notices about
here and at other martial arts webpages that I
frequent.

  Cheers!
  Mel

--- Dale Dugas <daledugas@...> wrote:

> Brothers and sisters,
>
> It was a great time had by all at the recent Zhang
> Sang Feng Festival
> in the Poconos.  I was invited to present Iron Palm
> and Iron Vest
> training to a collection of people.
>
> It was great to meet other MA peeps as well as get
> to sell my Dit Da
> Jow medicines and to help people with injuries
> recover faster.
>
> If anyone is interested in learning more about the
> medicines I sell
> they can contact me off forum at
> daledugas@...
>
> Be well,
>
> Dale Dugas
> Instructor
> New England Jiulong Baguazhang Wu Guan
> Coiling Dragon Internal Arts Association
> Combat Iron Palm Iron Vest Association
> http://www.coilingdragon.com
> http://www.ironpalmcombat.com
>
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Brothers and sisters,

It was a great time had by all at the recent Zhang Sang Feng Festival
in the Poconos.  I was invited to present Iron Palm and Iron Vest
training to a collection of people.

It was great to meet other MA peeps as well as get to sell my Dit Da
Jow medicines and to help people with injuries recover faster.

If anyone is interested in learning more about the medicines I sell
they can contact me off forum at daledugas@...

Be well,

Dale Dugas
Instructor
New England Jiulong Baguazhang Wu Guan
Coiling Dragon Internal Arts Association
Combat Iron Palm Iron Vest Association
http://www.coilingdragon.com
http://www.ironpalmcombat.com