What can I say about last week’s Houston Modern Arnis Camp?

Waiting to board my flight out of Toronto Pearson Airport
Before our connecting flight to Houston! Photo courtesy of Terry Hill.

I enjoyed hanging out with Mike, Matt, Jason, and Terry before boarding the Houston flight. After arriving in Houston, we all checked into the Hampton Inn, just up the road from Al Garza’s Premier Martial Arts dojo, the camp’s location.

We spent most of the next day hanging out in Galveston and walked on Seawall Boulevard, totaling 16,000 steps. Afterwards, we ate lunch at the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant on the pier, as shown in the video below.

Galveston Beach Front

The camp kicked off on Friday with Professors Chuck and Ken taking turns. As usual, they did a fantastic job. For most of the day, the theme was double zero, both stick and empty hand. While other material was covered (umbrella block, right and left and empty hand translations of traditional moves), the focus was mostly on double zero. I tell you, training the double zero for most of the day was an absolute blast.

Quite a few attendees felt fried at the end of the first day of the Houston Modern Arnis camp.

Reviewing left-hand double zero material on Saturday morning. Photo courtesy of Lisa Ferber Land.

Saturday

Photo courtesy of Lisa Ferber Land.

Sunday

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Additional Reading

Have a great week!