:: Exceptional seminar with Grand Master Latosa (USA) october 2009 in Velbert ::

Due to the many positive feedback of the open seminars with Grand Master Latosa in Velbert, as well as increasing feedback of Escrima active voices from the most different directions, this year’s open seminar bases on the evaluation of this many feedback as well as the current expressed demands and expectations of the Escrima Community.

Besides the coming open seminar will address also those that up to now stood in no contact to weapon fight however the training concepts of Grand Master Latosa render tools for a considerable increase of efficiency in their disciplines. Grand Master Latosa was invited in the last years from combat sports clubs of all disciplines regularly (Muai Thai, Mixed Martial Arts - MMA, western boxing) in order to teach his concepts of transition that the individual could draw a drastic improvement of the mental and physical structure. He is regarded as one of the founders of the so called cross-training into the Filipino martial arts in the USA.

The outline for this year’s open seminar with Grand Master Latosa:

Cross training - Cadena De Mano

It is how you use your body and your brain together to form the ultimate blend.

Part 1: Disarms and their background importance for an efficient way oftraining. At that Grand Master Latosa will dissect the disarms by means of two examples into their smallest components and exercises in order to provide a deeper meaning for the real importance of disarmst in practical use.

Through that the transition is built also directly to:

Part 2: Transition of the concepts into the weaponless work - Cadena De Mano.

In this part Grand Master Latosa teaches the transition of the concepts like balance, distance, timing, Focus, Speed, etc. in the weaponless Escrima whereby he presents these concepts on an independent platform that he calls logic. Thus also participants of classical and modern combat sports have the possibility, to obtain tools for the own development and to neutralize the prejudice of the predominant weapon focus in Escrima and/or to see the possibility how the work with weapons can improve their own discipline.

It will the first time in Germany, that he teaches his already known transitional concepts on the view of cross training. Assure yourself your new cutting edge through new ideas!

Grand Master Latosa will create for this purpose a short script that early before the date will be put online for download on his web page www.escrima-concepts.com as well as on the web page of the organizer IUEWT www.iuewt.com.

Date: Saturday, 17th October 2009

Beginning: 15h End: 19.30h

Adress: Town Hall of Neviges, Wilhelmstrasse 31, 42553 Velbert, Germany.

Admission Fee: 70 €

Further infos on www.wt-velbert.de / www.iuewt.com oder info@wt-velbert.de oder 0700-98835237

The participants are requested to bring coaching mitts.