Lathen Martial Arts

UPCOMING IN AUGUST … LMA ‘Anniversary’ Seminar Series – 5 Months … 10 Seminars … 10 Instructional DVD’s … 1 Place – LMA! Workshops featuring the ‘Arts’ and ‘Konditioning’ of LMA … all at an Anniversary Discount!

LMA 18th Anniversary Seminar DVD’s … available at the Academy, Special Anniversary Discount $25 … $15 for Seminar participants!

Congratulations … to Sifu Deily on his recent Certification with the Titleist Performance Institute, becoming a Level 1 / TPI Certified Fitness Instructor.  Visit ‘MyTPI.com‘ for more information regarding the Titleist Performance Institute and their contribution to maintaining the Health and Well Being of your Lower Back, Hips, Knees, Core and Shoulders.  Thru a series of ‘Physical Screens‘, Sifu Deily can pinpoint any areas where lack of mobility or stability can lead to inefficient movement patterns leading to pain and injury.  Sifu Deily will be making the TPI Program available to the clients of LMA during the upcoming months!  See ‘Link’ on right sidebar for more information.

Guro Melegrito’s Philippine Combatives Seminar … held July 17th, Hosted by Kiski Martial Arts / Master Joe Cosentino … attended by Sifu Deily … a Great Workshop featuring Double Stick, Single Stick, Empty-Hands and Knife Training … Thanks to Master Cosentino and Guro Melegrito for an informative, fast-paced day of Philipino Martial Arts!

NEW, IMPROVED WEEKLY LMA SCHEDULE! Began Tuesday, June 1st … Includes a New, Street Self-Defense Class Wednesdays at 5:30pm, followed by Muay Thai at 6:30pm, Red / Black Belt Kali at 7:25pm … ‘Belt Promotion’ Class is now offered Thursday nights at 8:20pm – sharpen your ‘test’ skills and prepare for your next stripe or belt! Friday nights begin 30 minutes later at 5:30pm with Silat / JKD, Grappling / MMA at 6:30pm and Muay Thai at 7:30pm … Komplete Konditioning classes ‘take over’ Monday & Thursday nights at 6:30pm with a mix of energetic drills to enhance your ‘arts’ and improve your ‘Life Fitness’ … and join us before the Konditioning class for a White / Yellow Belt Kali class at 5:30pm … SEE YOU THERE! go to ‘Calendar’ (under ‘pages’ on right sidebar) and ‘click-on’ individual classes to view specifics on our interactive daily schedule!

LMA July Newsletter … available thru your email … Join the LMA Email List by contacting the Academy at … Info@LathenMartialArts.com … you will receive the latest LMA News, Training Specials and Upcoming Seminar Information!

18th ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR … Held Monday, May 10th

‘Sifu’s Special’ … featuring Mataas Na Guro Hal Deily … Sifu / Guro Deily will take you ‘deep’ into the Arts of LMA based on his 29 years of Martial Art Experience, learning from many of the World’s Most Respected Instructors! Requests and Highlights from LMA’s 18 years of Seminars will be the source of this Anniversary Workshop!

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS ‘SOLD OUT’ SEMINAR A GREAT NIGHT!

REGISTER NOW at …  Seminars@LathenMartialArts.com

Zen Message of the Week … ‘If I meet a hundred-year-old man and I have something to teach him, I will teach; if I meet an eight-year-old boy and he has something to teach me, I will learn’ … Chao-Chou

This Week at LMA … Wednesday Night – 5:30pm, Street Self-Defense Class, Knife Attack Scenarios Part II … Wednesday Night – Grappling Flows Class, 6:30pm, proper gear required … Friday - Sparring Night, 7:25pm, proper gear & permission required … Saturday - LMA Belt Testing / Promotions, contact the Academy for your Test Time & Status … July Newsletter - arriving via email,  includes info on Anniversary Seminar DVD, TPI Certification, New Class Schedule update, Join the LMA Email List (see sidebar for instructions) …

Welcome to LMA … Brian Farrar

Congratulations – New Promotions … 1st Yellow Stripe / Kali - Shane Wang … 2nd Yellow Stripe / Kali – Madison Schmidt … Red Belt / Kali – Susie Rankin … Muay Thai Level III – Larry Rankin … Muay Thai Pre-Test ‘A’ - Todd Mussman

Student of the Month :  Shane Wang

Special Honors :  Brenton Schmidt & Shawn Witherup

Sifu Ted Reynolds … a close friend and student of Mr. Deily’s, passed away in August 2005. Mr. Reynolds was an ‘Original’ Private Student who was taught out of Sifu Deily’s basement long before there was an official LMA. He was the 2nd person promoted to Black Belt at the Academy and served as Mr. Deily’s Personal Teaching Assistant for many years at the CCAC Kali / Filipino Martial Art Class. Ted was the Monday night Instructor as well as the Chief Instructor of LMA’s Youth Program. A Professional Bass Player / Musician, Ted returned to his hometown of Nashville in 2002. Mr. Reynolds will be truly missed by all those that came to know him!

Sifu Bernice Giunta … in January 2005, LMA lost a dear family member to cancer – Sifu Bernice Giunta. Mrs. Giunta and her husband Tony have been friends and strong supporters of Mr. Deily for over 22 years. Bernice was the first person promoted to Black Belt at LMA, and is the highest ranking student of Sifu Deily. She taught the Tuesday night classes at LMA for years, as well as classes at Seton Hill College and the YWCA in Greensburg, PA. Bernice was also a leader at the Annual Women’s Self-Defense Workshop offered at the North Campus of CCAC in Pittsburgh. Tony and Bernice have taught their own classes in the only Official ‘Basement Branch’ of LMA since 1986, and are great examples of what the martial arts are supposed to be about. Bernice was 47 years old …our prayers continue to be with her family, especially her husband Tony.