Updates:
 WinterFest is coming along nicely. Getting lots of inquiries regarding the schedule and questions about when the application will be posted. Well, if you click the photograph, you will be taken to the WinterFest website. If you click here, you can sign-up for the event. (be sure to let me know if you will be playing in the Thursday's "Warrior's" golf tournament. This year we will be having multiple seminars being conducted each hour of the day. . . like SummerFest. I'll be conducting a whole series focusing on various Uechi "components" and how they work to make your Uechi such a realistic fighting system. Quite a few "presenters" will be helping make this year's event a most interesting and valuable supplement to your ongoing training. Please contact me if you would like to be a "presenter" and be sure to include a summary of the seminar you would like to teach. = = =  I was honored to be invited (for the second year) to be a guest at Buzz Durkin's organizational yearly promotion celebration. I've been trying to figure out how to post a photograph of the graduating class, but the picture was way to large to fit on my home page. There were way over 200 students in the class and when I reduced the photograph to fit this screen, everyone appeared as dots! :) So. . . Click Here to view the pdf newsletter, which can be navigated in your Adobe Reader. I also wish to thank one of the photographers who took the nice picture of me during my kata demonstration. |
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GEM vs Killer Squirrel
I've received quite a few requests for an old video I made about Seymour, the "killer" squirrel. (who kept raiding my bird feeder) Check it out!Results of the 2008 SummerFest FireDragon Challenge posted:
Thanks to Bill Glasheen for heading up the testing and tabulation of the scores for this year's Challenge. I just received the spreadsheet with the scores and posted them to the FireDragon's site.
(link can be found in the left table of contents) The next challenge will be conducted at WinterFest. I hope you will be able to join us. G.E.M.
Official Tia Portrait With all the fanfare associated with my 50th Anniversary, Tia, who is dealing with Cushings Disease, and who is accustomed to constant attention and adoration from her many world-wide fans and friends, has been extremely depressed lately. Judy Durkin, a famous artist from New Hampshire, heard about Tia's depression and volunteered to paint Tia's official portrait, celebrating her nearly 15 years of service to the Uechi community and for providing so much love and devotion to Susan and me, as a sure fire way to perk her up.
The portrait done in pastels arrived today and everyone agrees is it absolutely beautiful. Tia checked it out carefully and also approves.
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Don't I look "regal?"
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Thank you, Judy!
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Masters Celebration Videos
Where: Mount Dora, FL
Schedule:
Thu, Feb 26 - "Warrior Golf Tournament" (sponsored by the Warrior Golf Company) Fri, Feb 27 - WinterFest Seminars Sat, Feb 28 - WinterFest Seminars Sun, Mar 1 - Community FireDragon Challenge (Open to community and martial artists).
Sanchin on the Beach. . . Everyone seemed to enjoy the morning workout I conducted. Each session provided me with an opportunity to provide students and teachers with a new and at least for me, an interesting look at Sanchin and how this fascinating kata provides insight and a training mechanism for everything in our Uechi-ryu system. This year we had nearly a hundred students attending each 6:30AM session. Click on the photograph to view Gary Geddes SummerFest gallery of pictures. I'm working on WinterFest now. If you have any suggestions for a theme or program session, please contact me. Also. . . what are the best dates for you? Once again, I wish to thank everyone who attended SummerFest and made my 50th anniversary teaching Uechi-ryu so special. Best, George E. Mattson
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