2018 Kwanmukan Winter News

NEWS WINTER 2018

2018 Kwanmukan
Symposium

In conjunction with United Martial Arts and
the USJJF/USA-TKJ/USMAF, the International
Kwanmukan Symposium will be held starting March
9, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. and continuing until March 11,
2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Hickey Karate Center 4540 Stow
Road Stow, Ohio 44224. In the past Hickey Karate
Center has used three training areas but this year a
fourth simultaneous training area will be used. In
addition, a special youth training program is available
for either the morning or afternoon.

The International Kwanmukan Banquet will be
held again at SYB Hall, 4157 Hudson Drive, Stow,
Ohio 44224

A tentative schedule has been set:

Friday Evening 8:00 pm – Kwanmukan Dinner
SYB Hall, 4157 Hudson Dr., Stow, OH 44224
6:00-9:00 pm – Combative Program (in gi or business) Special presentations
will be made during and following dinner.
Saturday
8:45 pm - Awarding of Black Belt Certificates
8:30 am – Fitness and Other Awards
8:45 am – Yoga This ceremony is the only event for the evening
8:30 am-5:00 pm – Karate Oriented Program to make it more meaningful and more symbolic
and suitable for a martial arts organization.
includes kobudo options. 45-minute lunch free time. A
schedule of Saturday’s sessions will be available in the 9:30 pm (approximately) –
days leading up to the symposium. Session topics are Annual Kwanmukan Meeting
subject to change.
Sunday Morning
Saturday Evening
8:30 am – Fitness
6:30 pm – Black Belt Extravaganza 8:30 am-Noon – Judo- and jiu jitsu-related
An All-Kwanmukan Workout and Demonstration
is held at Hickey Karate Center and a 15-minute break programing, fencing and other topics
is provided to report to the banquet and
awards ceremony location

Tuition options Recommended lodging
• Entire Symposium with Banquet ............................. $195 • Hampton Inn
• Entire Symposium, No Banquet .............................. $157
• Friday Evening Combatives Only .............................. $59 4331 Lakepointe Corporate Dr
• Friday Evening Combatives Stow, OH 44224
330-945-4160
with Saturday Banquet ............................................ $116 • Staybridge Suites
• Saturday Evening Banquet Only ............................... $57 4351 Steels Pointe Drive
• Saturday Daytime Only, No Banquet ....................... $129 Stow, OH 44224
• Sunday Only with Saturday Banquet....................... $117 330-945-4180
• Sunday Only, No Banquet ......................................... $67 • Courtyard by Marriot
• Addition/Separate Banquet Cost ............................... $57 4047 Bridgewater Pkwy
• Children ages 2-10 ............................................ 1/2 price Stow, OH 44224
(Note: Prices are controlled by banquet hall and are charged 330-945-9722
All options are located near the
by the person whether taking dinner or not) banquet hall. Training site is
less than 3 miles away.

Kwanmukan Life Membership

Brian Pendleton and his wife, Marcie, traveled to San Shihans Stefannacci, Pendleton, Ayers and Sensei Page
Francisco on October 14th to represent the Kwanmukan
main office during the 30th year anniversary of that runs on discarded cooking oil. And, he reports, it
Shihan Michael Ayers’ Tsuki Kage Ryu dojo. With is true that if you stand behind the car when it is revved
Shihan Ayers, Sensei Stefanacci and Sensei Rebecca up the exhaust smells like French fries!
Page, Pendleton taught a class in the morning and
then attended a celebratory banquet that evening.
Besides Ohio, people from as far away as Texas
attended the event. Some people, including
Shihan Ayers wife, were unable to attend the banquet
because of the massive fires that were consuming
the Napa Valley area and their wait for a possible
mandatory evacuation (Shihan Ayers family was spared
the evacuation).

Pendleton reports that one of the highlights of the
trip was being able to ride in Sensei Stefanacci’s car

USANKF Nationals, Olympic Training Camp and tournament news

The 2017 USA Karate

National Championship

and Team Trials were

held in Greenville, South

Carolina at the Bon Sec-

ours Wellness Arena July

19-23. Competition began

on Thursday and conclud-

ed with the finals on Sun-

day evening.

Regan McNamara par-

ticipated in the Senior

Kumite -68k division. Shihan Larry Whelan, Shihan Jeff Rhodes, Hanshi Carl Wilcox,
Hanshi Roger Jarrett and Hanshi Pat Hickey
After 4 matches Regan

seeded fifth. As it was

her final junior (under November she had quali- training period, she was
fied for the fifth spot. pleased with her perfor-
21-years-old) compe- mance, placing fifth in
The weekend-long train- Female Kumite -68kg.
tition, she decided to ing camp and closed tour- She is now more driven
nament was extremely than ever.
take a break from karate competitive and most of
the athletes in Regan’s In attendance as offi-
after Nationals. From Na- division were in the 24- cials and coaching staff
to 30-year-old age range. were Shihan Larry Whelan,
tionals, the top six com- Regan had the opportunity Hanshi Jeff Rhodes, Han-
to spar with those she has shi Carl Wilcox, Hanshi
petitors earned their read about and admired Roger Jarrett, and Hanshi
for years. With her short Pat Hickey.
way to the USA National

Karate Team Training

Camp and Champion-

ships in Colorado Springs, Shihan Lance Weimer
accompanied Regan
Colo. in January 2018.
as her coach.
Regan was notified late in

Hudson alternate for Catch
US Veteran Epee Team news and
notifications on
Shihan Jeff Hudson City. He placed 7th in our facebook
earned a spot as an alternate the country on points. At pages and at
on the US Veteran Epee Nationals, he seeded first www.kwanmukan.us
Team for a third year in a row out of the pools (6-0, and
at National Championships +19 indicator) but lost 10-9
held last July in Salt Lake to an unknown competitor.

2 WINTER 2018

2018 Major Events North Coast Championships slated for April 29

February 19, 2018 The competition will sions will provide a fairer Jujitsu, BJJ Grappling will
Antonio la Salandra Seminar again be held at Medina playing field among com- be is held as separate
Anaheim, CA, High School on Sunday, petitors. Trophies will be event during the champi-
Contact: 714-415-9599 Training April 29th. This event has awarded for 1st and 2nd onships. And Master A.J.
includes Japanese Jiu Jitsu, provided tournament ex- place, high quality medals Perry will direct the Ko-
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & more perience for the new and for third and fourth place. rean/Tang Soo Do events.
February 10, 2018 advanced competitor for All others receive partici- Athletes can compete in
USANKF National Karate over 30 years. Twenty sep- pation medals. any and all disciplines as
Qualifier arate events and 8 divi- time allows.
March 2-4, 2018 Jiu jitsu Duo and Sport
USA Martial Arts Federation
National Instructors Seminar Kwanmukan Membership and Life Membership
April 14, 2018
USA National, US Open Please remember to important notifications, Membership Program was
Jiu Jitsu Championships, renew your dues in the please make sure you initiated in 2012. Appli-
38th Mountain State Kwanmukan. The Kwan- register this year! Visit cations to become a Life
Martial Arts mukan has set July 1 https://events.member- Member can be obtained
Championships as the renewal date for solutions.com/event_ from Shihans Jeff Ellis or
Contact: Shihan Bruce Bethers all dues. The member- register.asp?content_ Larry Whelan. Member-
[email protected] or ship database needs id=70861 to register on- ship cost is $300 and can
Hanshi Roger Jarrett, USA to be kept updated – to line. be paid over time.
Martial Arts Federation make sure you get all
[email protected] The Kwanmukan Life
June 22, 23, 24, 2018
USA Martial Arts 2018 KMK Summer Festival August 18
National Training Camp
All the above are held at Shihan Ellis introduces the high-ranking Kwanmukan
St. Albans High School, shihans at the 2017 summer training festival.
2107 Kanawha Terrace,
St. Albans, West Virginia The third annual were held, concluding to share in fellowship
Contact: Hanshi Roger Jarrett at Kwanmukan Summer with the tremendously as summer draws to
(304) 722-4512 or email Training Festival was popular tug-o-war. a close. Sessions are
[email protected] held on Saturday, August appropriate for all levels
March 9-11, 2018 26th, at the Redwing The Summer Festival of experience, from the
International Kwanmukan Picnic Area of the was established for Kyu beginner to the advance
Annual Symposium Cleveland Metroparks. rank members to focus practitioner.
Contact Hanshi Patrick Hickey Three breakout sessions on fun and training but
[email protected]. were held during the includes special Black If you have questions
Training - picture-perfect summer Belt sessions each year. and offerings for break-
Hickey Karate Center day. Just after the evening The Festival is open to out sessions, please
4540 Stow Road meal s’mores were all KMK dojos and their contact Shihan Larry Feld-
Stow, Ohio 44224 offered and kids’ games students and families man at lfeldman@lake-
International and is a great opportunity landcc.edu.
Kwanmukan Banquet -
SYB Hall – 4157 Hudson Drive
Stow, Ohio 44224
April 13-15, 2018
Shuri-Te Martial Arts
International Conference
Fort Mill, SC
Contact Troy Price
919-360-7224
Visit www.shuritebujutsu.com
April 29, 2018
North Coast
Championships
Medina Senior High School,
Medina, Ohio
Contact Shihan Jeff Ellis
[email protected]
April 29, 2018
USA Sports Jujitsu Alliance®
Championships
Medina Senior High School,
Medina, Ohio
Contact: Shihan Jeff Ellis
[email protected]
and Shihan Michael Antonides
[email protected]

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WINTER 2018 3

Human Trafficking program presented by Shihan Ellis

Shihan Jeff Ellis created and orga- Shihan Ellis (far right) stands with speakers and community organization leaders.
nized an initiative along with commu-
nity leaders from the police and fire some of the cases he has worked on in vice providers were on hand offering
departments, Ohio State Highway Pa- the past relayed how frequently this is more information. A panel including
trol, city schools, and Southwest Gen- happening in every neighborhood. Te- Judge Rini from the Cuyahoga County
eral Hospital to make a positive differ- resa Stafford from the Cleveland Rape Court, who is also a Sexual Assault
ence in Strongsville and surrounding Crisis Center provided more details Nurse Examiner (SANE nurse) from
communities with human trafficking. about the victims and survivors they Rainbow’s Babies & Children’s Hospi-
Together in partnership with the Col- see, and provide services for, regarding tal, answered questions from the nearly
laborative To End Human Trafficking, this topic. Fourteen community ser- 200 in attendance for almost an hour.
a community awareness program, was
held in November at Strongsville Mid-
dle School.

Karen Walsh, the collaborative’s
CEO, gave an overview of what Hu-
man Trafficking looks like. One of
three speakers was survivor and au-
thor Theresa Flores who was trafficked
for two years. Det. John Morgan from
Cuyahoga County Sheriffs Dept. told of

USA dominated WCJJO World Championships in Australia

The USA Sports Jujitsu Alliance® Ohio had a large number of competitors on the team including USJJF National Coach
Team dominated the 2017 World Mike Antonides from Ashland, Competitors Tirzah Gunther, Lucas Mast and Matt
Council of Jujitsu Organizations Butterbaugh from the Millersburg area in Holmes County, the Alliance Head Coach
(WCJJO) World Championships and competitor Leonard Settles, and competitors Joseph Stillisano, Sarah Thompson
held on October 27-29, 2017, on the and Anna Seymour from the Cleveland Area and AJL Coaches Shawn, Craig and Isaac
Gold Coast in Australia. USA domi- Chitwood and competitors Craig Chitwood, Mark Whitman, Katie Seher, Chris Tedjeske,
nated by taking 32 of the 44 avail- Johnny Jardon, Aaron Behr and Vince Cooper from the Mansfield/Columbus area. Other
able gold medals winning the ma- Competitors from the USA were from New York, North Carolina, Florida and California.
jority of the divisions in Brazilian
Jujitsu grappling (BJJ), individual ciates participating on 2 teams.” fed players to the entering organiza-
sports jujitsu fighting competition USA Sports Jujitsu Alliance and tions. However, all were combined
including both adult and senior di- Kwon USA were able to provide during the Team Competition. An-
visions and by taking the Men’s and some of the funding for uniforms tonides said “It was definitely a
Women’s team competition. This is and travel. benefit to have the combined sup-
the first time the USA has won the port from the two associations as it
overall medal counts in the 40-year The USA Team competition helped the USA dominate against
history of the WCJJO. members were made up from The the very large Australian and strong
American Jujitsu League, Jujitsu English team.
Leonard Settles the Alliance America, United States Ju-Jitsu
Team Co-Captain and veteran of 4 Federation and The USA Sports The next World Championship
World Championships led the USA Jujitsu Alliance®. The USA teams will be held in the USA in 2019.
to victory. Settles was undefeated in each entered as associations within
the weekend of events, competing the WCJJO competing against each The full list of medalists can
in the Masters Division, BJJ Grap- other during the individual compe- be found at https://www.usjjf.
pling, Individual Sport Jujitsu and tition while the other organizations org/2017-world-jujitsu-champion-
Men’s Team competition winning ships.html
3 Individual gold and a team gold
medal as well as registering a re-
cord, 11 second fast submission in
the Individual men’s competition.

Michael Antonides, the USA
Delegate and Executive board mem-
ber of the WCJJO stated “The USA
Team has been training for the past
2 years and team members were
selected from a pool of competi-
tors from 4 different Jujitsu Asso-

4 WINTER 2018

USA Martial Arts Judo Jiu Jitsu Seminar

Hanshi Patrick Hickey was a guest at the USA Martial Arts Judo Jujitsu Seminar with Hanshi Roger Jarrett.
The seminar was held January 20, 2018 in St. Albans, West Virginia.

Lessons from Hanshi Kwan Mu Exercise Patterns

“The Kwan Mu forms were Besides having a firm technical Hanshi
composed to present a unified practice base, these forms also represent George Anderson
method for various styles of karate valuable philosophical foundation. The
constituting the background of the collateral philosophies are ingeniously
Kwanmukan. These series of forms imbedded in the performance of the
were originated by Grandmaster George patterns and the practice of thereof will
Anderson in the early seventies and prove mentally beneficial…”
were finalized in 1976. They were
extrapolated from the base styles of, “The Kwan Mu patterns, in
taekwondo, tai soo do, kwan bup, their totality, are only ones that any
Japanese and Korean karate, and practitioners of the combat styles
kung fu. The manner is unique in that should have to practice. Beyond Kwan
the generally accepted internationally Mu, in our opinion, the paucity of
recognized forms of karate were technical pertinence in ordinary kata is
re-synthesized into a series of readily apparent.”
understandable action, now called the
Kwan Mu forms. Page 245, from the 2008 compliation
of the Kwanmukan Manual

contined from page 3 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Contact Shihan Michael Antonides,
Contact: Shihan Grant Campbell (954) 966-8005 or [email protected]. The Kwanmukan has been
May 11-12, 2018 [email protected]. Presented by USAKF invited to participate in the Ohana. It is a biannual
USA Aikido Association Okinawa Karate Kobudo Division. All Okinawa or celebration of the Martial Arts (and other oriental
Instructor Seminar Japanese Karate styles are welcome to participate. arts.) In addition to training clinics, there will also be
USA Martial Arts National Headquarters, Training seminars held by top Master Instructors in competition in Karate kata, weapons, and sports jiu
81 Olde Main Plaza, the major karate systems of Okinawa. Roundtable jitsu (new). Shihan Michael Antonides is assembling
St. Albans, WV 25177 discussions of senior practitioners regarding the a team to participate in the various activities (non-
Contact: Hanshi Roger Jarrett at development of Okinawa Karatedo in both the USA competitors and competitors alike.)
(304) 722-4512 or email and Japan are scheduled and a championship August 18, 2018
[email protected] tournament will be held utilizing new standardized Annual Kwanmukan
May 18-19, 2018 rules from Okinawa. Summer Festival
2018 Okinawa Karatedo Summit June 1-3, 2018 Contact: Shihan Larry Feldman
& Championship Tournament Ohana [email protected].
Reno (Sparks), Nevada