Upcoming Events

May10,11th 2008

Lehigh Valley Martial Arts
544 Jubilee St
Emmaus, PA 18049

We are honored to be invited to teach Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu at this school.

For the last few years they have been traveling

to the Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu Camp in Florida and Atlanta,

so to now get the chance to teach in thier school is exciting.

For more information, please call

610-966-2234

Ring Of Fire

June 21 and 22, 2008

Palace Station Hotel and Cassino - Las Vegas Nevada

2411 West Sahara Avenue
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89102

Call 404-518-7332 to attend or for more information

Featuring

MAHA GURU VICTOR de THOUARS

INDONESIAN SERAK®

USTAD GURU/GURO DAN INOSANTO
FILIPINO STICK SYSTEMS & INDONESIAN SERAK®

SIFU/GURU BERNARD LANGAN
CHINESE BAGUA & INDONESIAN SERAK®

GURU HORACIO RODRIGUEZ
INDONESIAN SERAK®

SIFU CHAN MAN
KUNTAU MANG-PO

HANSHI BRUCE JUCHNIK
KOSHO SHOREI RYU KEMPO

SIFU SCOTT FELSEN
CHI LING PAI® GUNG FU

GURU RONALD KATUUK
SILAT TJIMANDE

Instructors:

Ustad Guru/Guro Dan Inosanto
Founder of “Inosanto Academy” located in Marina Del Rey, California. Thousands of folks have studied with this expert, world-renowned martial artist, teacher of teachers. Guru Dan can be also likened to a student of students, sharing with everyone that learning never stops, showing that the mind is only limited to a person’s will, willing to accept other avenues that can improve a person’s skills by cross training. His expertise in Jun Fan Gung Fu is remarkable, just as his stick skills are. Guru Dan was featured in many movies with his friend Sifu Bruce Lee. Guru/Guro Dan is one of the only three people Sifu Bruce gave ranking in as Full Instructors in Jun Fan Gung Fu and the Other art that was developed called JKD. Currently he is completing the Indonesian martial art of Serak® from the VDT Academy, located in Bellflower, California. Be part of history and train with Guru/Guro Dan Inosanto in a warm atmosphere from beginners to many of the expert martial artists attending of different disciplines.

Sifu/Guru Bernard Langan
Bernard Langan has studied martial and restorative arts intensively for over 24 years and is an internationally respected instructor and practitioner of Ba Gua, Hsing-I, Wu and Chen Pan Ling style Tai Chi, Pentjak Silat, Eskrima, Taoist Nei Gung and Chi Gung. He is a specialist in the fields of Bodywork, Movement Education and Biomechanics. Bernard became a private student of the late Maestro Sonny Umpad in the Philippine art of Visayan Eskrima in1997, and is a Guro (Instructor) of the Visayan Style of Corto Kadena / Largo Mano Eskrima . In addition teaching seminars throughout the United States and Europe, Bernard has been a featured instructor for several years at the Kosho Gatherings, Chi Ling Pai® Gung Fu Training Camps, and at the “Ring of Fire” events. Bernard is a Lineage Holder and Guru (Instructor) under Maha Guru “Pak” Victor de Thouars in the Indonesian art of Pentjak Silat Serak®. Bernard is an Instructor of ODF (Offensive Defensive Force) under Maha Guru Pak Victor de Thouars, founder of the ODF/ODT (Offensive Defensive
Force/Offensive Defensive Technology) Close Quarter Combat Systems.

Guru Horacio Rodriguez
Horacio or friends call him “Rod” for short accomplished great distances in a very short time. People often look at “Rod” and say “Goodness that man has the greater spirit”. Of course in essence that is totally true. Before he embarked in learning the “Sera” system, he was already a very accomplished martial artist. Rod earned also a second degree in “Hwarang Do”. Besides his busy schedule in running a Cuban Grocery store, he makes the time to train, and train and teach at the International VDT Academy in Bellflower, CA. His sheer expertise and willingness to help others in learning the system of Serak® makes him one of the premier Sera Seniors who is instrumental in the growth of the organization. Every free moment away from his store, you can find Rod training at the Academy in his strong belief and that of Maha Guru Victor de Thouars that it is important to serve the student to gain full knowledge of the system of Sera. Guru Horacio will be one of the premier Ring of Fire teachers featured at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino’s in Las Vegas Nevada this year.

Special Guest Instructors:

Hanshi Bruce Juchnik
Hanshi Juchnik is the inheritor of Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo from James M. Mitose and is currently the director of the Sei Kosho Shorie Kai International and the President and Founder of the Martial Arts Collective Society. Bruce Juchnik Hanshi, the one and only student to be taught the full art of Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo, and its parent-art Kosho Shorei Ryu, by Great Grandmaster James M. Mitose. Juchnik Hanshi is the only person to receive Menkyo Kaiden and Inka Shomei certification in Kosho Shorei Ryu from Honorable Great Grandmaster James Mitose, who brought Kempo to the west from Japan. This information is also authorized by the Sei Kosho Shorei Kai International , an organization founded and led by Juchnik Hanshi which is dedicated to preserving the teachings of the late James M. Mitose.

Sifu Scott Felsen
Chi Ling Pai® is a family style of Gung Fu from South East Asia. Sifu Scott Felsen has studied and taught the art for the last 28 years and has inherited the art from his teacher, Grandmaster Denis R. Decker. The art involves the internal aspects of feeling movement and mass to generate tremendous power with little effort through understanding of structure and momentum. Advanced training also includes meditation, concentration and awareness exercises. Chi Gung and Nei Gung training are all aspects of Chi Ling Pai® Gung Fu. Scott was a senior student in the internal arts at The Temple of the Golden Buddha, Chinatown, NY, under Abbot Kee Bee Sia. Buddhist meditation and Chi Gung were studied at the
temple and are a part of the Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu system.

"The art of Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu, has been greatly honored through the invittation to teach the art with such renouned and distinguished instrucotrs. Please join us in support of this historic event and training weekend, with some of the best martial arts teachers in the world."

"You will benefit by training and learning with these teachers through their great wisdom and experience in self defense and the martial arts. The teachers of "The Ring of Fire" are deeply committed to thier students and work hard to give you the very best of training, coaching and instruction. You will leave the weekend a better martial artisit." Scott Felsen

Ronald Katuuk
Special demonstration on Silat Tjimande. He is from Indonesia and learned his art there.

The Gathering 2008

Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu Master Scott Felsen, for the 11th year, has been honored to be among some of the finest martial arts masters and grandmaster's, instructing hundreds of students at this truly unique event.

You Are Invited
To join us in the beautiful state of California, in Sacremento, for a unique Martial Arts Experience.
You will be able to learn from some of the top Martial Artists in the country.

September, 27th and 28th, 2008

The 2007 Gathering will be the 20th year of this spectacular event.

The Gathering is a truly unique event because it focuses on the students of the arts rather than on the masters.

Accommodations:
The Seminar and Banquet will be held at The Peppermill Hotel and Casino in October in Reno, Nevada.

Banquet with the Masters:

Join these extraordinary teachers for dinner! Enjoy an evening with a catered meal and dancing. The dinner will be held Saturday Night.

Below are invited instructors:
Hanshi Bruce Juchnik, Shihan Larry Kraxberger, Professor Imi Okazaki-Mullins, Professor Cherry Ortega, Grandmaster Ming Lum, Sifu Mike Young, Pak Victor DeThouars, Sifu Bernard Langen, Master Scott Felsen, Professor Jaime Basquez, Shimabukuro Masayuki Hanshi, Grandmaster Robert Hoe, Shihan Charles Garrett, Grandmaster Frank Sanchez, , Sensei Carl Long, Guru Carlito Bonjoc Jr, Sifu Janet Gee, Grandmaster Michael DeAlba, Guru George Santana, Sensei Miyako Fugitani, Master George Elmer Jr, Shihan Mike Burton, Sifu Toby Cooley, Shihan Pat Kelly, Sensei Bob Cook, Grandmaster Vincent Cabalas, Master Glenn Gavin, Master Randy Stigall, Shihan Mark Sheeley, Shihan Terry Webb, Grandmaster Eugene Sedeno, Grandmaster Don Jordan, Sensei Todd Martin, Sifu Robert Nakashima, Shihan Jeff Driscoll, Shihan Rick Wilmott, Shihan Ray Erlandson, Sifu George Cassell, Guru Glen Abrascy, Shihan Michael Brown, Shihan Mark Burnham, Sensei Tony DiSarro, Kevin Areia, Shihan, Soke Harris Warren, John McCallum Shihan, Shihan Jesus Rodriquez, & Sensei Jon Ludwig.

And There Are Still More to Come!

To get more information on the Gathering 2007 Reno,

contact Derek Smart at 404-518-7332

Above from Left to Right Hanshi Bruce Juchnik, Grandmaster Sam Kuoha, Martial Arts Legends Sifu Mike Young and Great Grandmaster Al Novack, Martial Arts Legends Hanshi Paul Yamaguchi and Sifu Mike Young +