Holy Blood Holy Blade Exclusive Martial Symposium Interview Mahipal Lunia by Mick Tully

World of Martial Arts Show

Exclusive Holy Blood Holy Blade Martial Symposium Interview

Hosted in March 2023 at an undisclosed location in San Jose, California The Immersion Labs have brought together the best, if not, the only practitioners of ancient Spanish sword styles from Spain, blades and long staffs of the deserts of N Africa, Filipino fighting from the islands of Cebu & Mindanao, machete arts from the jungles of Colombia & Panama, to bullwhip and Bowie knife arts from new territories of American Southwest, the bayous of Louisiana and fencing blade arts of the densely populated Hong Kong/West Coast USA.

Taking the 500 year history of Western Edged, primarily Spanish fighting arts that conquered large parts of the world with the central thesis,

"No arts develop in isolation, the conflict and relationship of various arts shape all involved."

This Lab will focus on how the Blade Arts from Spain crossed over and influenced arts across five continents. Mick Tully asks Mahipal Lunia about the restricted number, exclusive, application only martial arts symposium that he has put together.

Discover more... Apply immediately if this could be you. The spaces are truly limited. And needless to say it will not be repeated.

Further it will be INTENSE... 40 hours, 15 world class ambassadors .. 07.00hrs to 22.00hrs for 3 days. It will never to be repeated.

The weapons that will be explored and shared include 1. Rapier 2. Machete 3. Short Stick 4. Long staff from Africa 5. Dagger 6. Bowie Knife 7. Bullwhip/Latigo 8. Empty Hand and Feet

Many of these arts have never been shown to the public before.

Some of the teachers have shunned public limelight and continued to work in private until now...

Guest teacher ambassadors; - Ton Puey teaching Destreza (Rada) - Anthony De Longis teaching the classic Americana bullwhip - Ron R Lew teaching Cebuano Latigo y Daga - Joaquin Marcelo showing how fencing transformed JKD/WC - Paul Porter teaching biomechanics of armored full contact blade fighting - Dr. TJ Obi opening the secretive arts of Grima from Columbia - Mahipal Lunia & Dexter Miksch unpacking the classic Americana art of Bowie Knives - Mushtaq Ali Al Ansari sharing strategies/principles from Mindanao, an island that was never conquered - Adam Mansa Myrie showcasing N African Staff and Bladework - Michael Belzer leading a session on Hoplology - Puck Curtis comparing Italian and Spanish bladework - Tim Tamaraw Rivera showcasing the influence of Spanish arts on FMA - Dr. Michel Farivar bringing medical insight into blade wounds - Jose Torres J.D. talking about his family and discovery of the new world (he is a direct descendant of Columbus among others) and an avid martial historian

More information at TheImmersionLabs

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