# Master Gaby Roloff Seminar

- Link: https://brianejohns.com/2010/06/14/blog-master-gaby-roloff-seminar/
- Published: 2010-06-14T16:04:00-04:00
- Author: Brian Johns

This past weekend, I enjoyed participating in two separate seminars by Master Gaby
Roloff in Ottawa at the Stronger You dojo. Renshi Janet Heffernan hosted the seminar.

A little background on Master Gaby. She has been training and teaching Modern Arnis
since the early 1980s. She attended many of Professor Presas’ seminars in Europe
and the United States. Shortly before Professor Presas passed in 2001, she and six
others were promoted to “Master of Tapi Tapi.” Professor deemed this to be the highest
level of proficiency in Modern Arnis. Since Professor’s death, she has been teaching
in Hamburg, Germany and travelling worldwide to teach Modern Arnis seminars.

Master Gaby first taught an empty-hand session geared more toward the karate students
of Stronger You. In this session, Master Gaby covered the empty-hand applications
of single sinawali and its variations. She also covered empty-hand defences against
canes. The participants received this session well.

The second session was the stick session, and the participants were mostly the Modern
Arnis students of Stronger You. Master Gaby covered single sinawali, redonda, and
the Six Count drill. Most of the seminar focused on the last topic, the Six Count
drill, both with canes and the empty-handed version. Within the context of the Six
Count drill, we covered joint locks, trapping, and disarms. It was a very good session.

Here is a clip of the late Professor Presas teaching the Six Count Drill:

If you are not able to view this video, click [here](https://youtu.be/NvPfdLY18Xc).

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Uh oh!

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Master Gaby giving a tip to Renshi Janet

## I had a great time in Ottawa that weekend, hanging out and training with Renshi Janet and Master Gaby!

## Additional Reading

 * [Seminar Weekend at Stronger You](https://brianejohns.com/2015/06/13/blog-seminar-weekend-at-stronger-you/)
 * [The Modern Arnis Six Count Drill](https://brianejohns.com/2010/05/21/blog-the-6-count-drill/)
 * [Another Great Seminar!](https://brianejohns.com/2010/04/26/blog-another-great-seminar/)
 * [Master Chuck Gauss Seminar Review](https://brianejohns.com/2008/11/12/blog-master-chuck-gauss-seminar-review/)
 * [3rd Annual Toronto Modern Arnis Camp](https://brianejohns.com/2012/08/27/blog-3rd-annual-toronto-modern-arnis-camp/)

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