Guru Jak

New clip of my first silat teacher Guru Jak on youtube and I wanted to share with you. Guru Jak is a great teacher and warrior and anyone who get the chance to train with should. Great memories I have off him, hopefully will meet him some day soon.

Kids Classes restart Sept 2010

Kids Self Defence Classes restart from Tuesday Sept 7th 2010, and we now accepting bookings.

Lucan Sports and Leisure Center Tuesday 6.30pm and Saturday 10am (New Class)

Firhouse Sports and Community Center Mon / Weds 6.30pm

New for Autumn 2010 "Kids Black Belt Club" more details to follow. E-mail guruliam@hotmail.com or tel 087 9956569 to secure your child place. Family Discount available!

Sat morning classes restart Sept

The Sat morning Lameco Eskrima Classes will restart Sat 11th Sept in the Fitness Dock at 10am. Classes will focus on combat and street application of Eskrima and cover Empty Hand, Knife and Stick. More details to follow.

We will also be running a Stick Combat Competition at end of Sept which be open to all students. So if you want a chance to experience the Art in combat mode, or wish to experience the thrill of stick fighting, let me know in class (email guruliam@hotmail.com) or talk to one of the seniors. All who take part will receive a certificate and prizes will be awared to 1st - 4th.

Gradings

Gradings now will take place every 3 Months, so all Students will know exactly when they on. The gradings will now take place at the end of each term which will be at the end of Oct / Jan/ Apr/ July, due to a recent seminar, we had to reschedule the July grading to last weekend in Sept. With this time table all students will know exactly when to have all their training completed and be prepared for the grading.

Committee

Due to increasing work load, due to new classes and seminars and my increase training in Lameco Eskrima and Mande Muda, I have set up a committee of senior students who will help me with my work in class and running the Association . If at any time you have a problem in class or maybe you need help with a technique, or to clarify a situation, please feel free to ask any of the following guys in class, as they have my full support.

Firhouse (Mon / Wed) - Dan Mc Hugh / Simon Bass

Lucan / Walkinstown (Tues / Thurs) - Alan Walsh / Tony Devey

City Center (Lameco) - Mick Lloyd

There is a lot of exciting developments that's are now taking place, that you will see over the next few weeks which will greatly help all the students.

Guru Richard de Bordes to Visit Dublin

We are proud to host Guru Richard De Bordes in Dublin on the weekend of 27th - 28th Nov 2010. I've hosted Guru Richard a number of times in the North of Ireland ,but this will his first visit to Dublin.

Guru Richard is a World Class Master of Harimau Silat and Urban Combat and is without doubt one of the greatest living Martial Artists on the Planet Today !! He is a teacher I admire and is one of my inspirations for doing silat, his unique combat driven perfection demonstrates with ease the effectiveness of how good silat is. This is a seminar you do not want to miss and will be a sell out, so please registered your interest now as tickets will be on sale next few days.

You will not forget the weekend you got to train with Guru Richard Guaranted !!

Lameco Eskrima Gun Disarms with Guru Felix

Clip of some advance training in Valencia Lameco Eskrima dealing with Gun Disarms. The clip was film at a back yard training session with Guru Felix. If you're interested in Lameco training email guruliam@hotmail.com for details of classes, workshops, dvds and gradings in Lameco Eskrima

To celebrate the launch of our new Online Programe we offering a special promotion for new Long Distance Students.


Training Covers
Co ordination Drills, Padwork,
Bela Diri Self Defence Techniques,
Intro to Buahs,
Footwork.
3 Months Registration of the Silat online programe
Bela Diri 1 Dvd
Free Official Club T shirt
E - mail support from me
1 personal telephone call with me
Grading Fee and Certification (apon passing)

All of this for €97 0r $127To Start your 3 month course contact guruliam@hotmail.com
or pay by paypal below.

Lameco Eskrima

We are now working on the next Module for Lameco Eskrima which is the Empty Hands : Stalemates Module. Students wishing to grade need to complete the training for this module and pass test. Testing will take place end of Sept. Once a student passes all 5 modules they can then test for Valencia Lameco Level 1 Certification : Empty Hands

Gradings

The next Silat Grading will be held on Sunday 26th Sept 2010. Students wishing to Grade can inform Guru Liam in Class or by email. Following Silat Grading will take place Sunday 12th December 2010. Gradings after this will take place every 4 Months.

Master Classes

Starting in August we will be hosting Master Classes each month in Silat and Eskrima. Training will cover advance material on Silat and Eskrima. These Master classes are open to all who wish to get a much deeper insight into Silat and will cover advance Topics in both internal training and advance weaponry. Classes will be held at the weekend to ensure students can get chance to attend.

As part of offering the best service we can to our students. We are hoping to bring Guru Richard de Bordes over to teach a seminar on Harimau. Guru Richard is one of the World's top Teachers

. More info on both these events shortly.

New Training Group Autum 2010

New Kali - Silat Training Group is now in process of being set up in Lurgan Northern Ireland. The group leader is Tony Mc Atamney and if you living in the area and want to take part in the classes or workshops than email guruliam@hotmail.com

Valencia Lameco Seminar 2 Dvd Box Set now Available

If you, missed out of Guru Felix 2 Day Seminar in Dublin (which many ranked as the best seminar they ever attended) you need to asked yourself why did you not go? Well all not lost the Seminar Dvd box set is now available, so now you have a chance to experience the seminar or to relive the weekend. Every single technique has been capture on film, so you can remember and practise what you learnt from one of the World Greatest Living Teachers. This two dvd box (approx 2 and half hours) set is available for €30 and price includes postage's world wide and can be order in class directly or through paypal (details below) Techniques cover - Warm Ups, Stick and Knife Locking / Trapping / Striking / Angles/ Disarms/ Takedowns. Empty Hands Entries, Striking, Groundwork, Dumog, Muscle Destructions, Defence against Weapons. Blending, Padwork and loads more. This box set is simply 100% one of the best overview of the Destructive and Unlimited Combat System of Valencia Lameco Eskrima !!!

Clip of back yard Lameco Eskrima Pad work with Guru Felix and Amanda. Padwork is great for developing cardio, co - ordination., timing and power

Valencia Lameco Eskrima : Stick Grappling

Short clip of Guru Felix in action showing basic stick locking/ grappling at end of class at Sheldon Park Gym in Walkinstown

Facebook

We have now got a new page on Facebook, so come along take part and join us and invite your friends. Just click Facebook logo near the top of this blog page.

Felix Valencia Seminar 2010 Dublin

A short clip of Guru Felix Valencia in action at the Dublin 2010 Seminar. The dvd of the seminar will be available from Wednesday 7th July. If you interested in learning Valencia lameco Eskrima and enrolling on the programe, or like to set up a training group in your area or country email guruliam@hotmail.com

Training Tip #5 - Control your ego

A week can be a long time in Martial Arts and the past 7 days was no exception to this rule. On one end was a teacher who is one of the greatest Martial Artist's in the World (Felix Valencia) who travel over to train us, and during his visit and seminar mixed and trained with everyone, no matter what level or ability. To the other end where a Junior student with a couple of grades, refused to train with another student and laying down ultimatums. What was the difference in theses two Martial Artists ?? A great big wallop of Self importance and Ego shown by the Junior !

Ego mixed with martial arts politics is a scrooge that go hand in hand with Martial Arts across the world. For some reason, some students are prone to this. In my belief all students no matter their religion, sex, age or level of ability or equal and everyone trains with everyone else full stop! This is one of my few cardinal rules in my Clubs and Association and if a student won't agree than they can find another teacher very quickly.

Ego is something which you need to keep in check as it can ruin your relationship very quickly with your fellow students and teacher. It also stops you ability to learn or to have empathy to understand a situation or the ability to forgive. Forgiveness along with theses other characteristics are not signs of weakness, but signs of strength and maturity. Having a ego stops you from learning or trusting as you start to believe what you know is better than what the teacher is showing.

When you look at another person, look for the positive things in that person and don't start comparing yourself. Enjoy the wonderful opportunities you have been allowed to experienced in your club and under your teacher. Work with the other students on a equal bases and you find threads of common goals that will help your continual development. And Finally stop worrying about the fragment of wood that caught in your friend eye, when there a great old piece of tree trunk sticking into yours.. otherwise you ain't perfect in fact No one is !! except me (ego speaking here lol) onto next time Train hard and Train well

Lameco Seminar Photos

Guru Felix Valencia

A few words from Guru Felix Valencia, one of the World top Martial Artist.