United Filipino Martial Arts Council "UFMAC"

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Comment by terry joven on February 3, 2010 at 9:55am

Marc
Thanks for adding these events to the UFMAC calendar. We will do our best to help support the all your Southern California tournaments!
terry

Comment by Marc Lawrence on February 3, 2010 at 9:45am

To All,
Here is schedule of tournaments that my school will be supporting. Typically we are asked as to run the weapons division for Karate-FMA Tournaments. We will typically commit to this, months in advance. These are all of ones I know of and have already committed to supporting.

Feb.6th, 2010
West Coast Eruption Association
Jose Pacheco’s Dojang, LA
May 23, 2010
Dancelle Ilokano FMA & SBFMA Brotherhood
Tournament, Banning CA (This our tournament)
June 19-20
Disney Anaheim- FMA division USFMAF-West Coast Eruption Association Nationals
July 31-Aug.1st, 2010
Long Beach International-FMA division USFMAF-West Coast Eruption Association World Tournament.
We are looking forward to be support by the council to make these and others the best FMA events.


Marc Lawrence
Punong Guro
South Bay Filipino
Martial Arts Club
www.southbayfmaclub.com

Comment by QuadZeroRoute on February 2, 2010 at 12:45pm

Hello all!

OT but I want you all to know that I am willing to come to where you are, and live, and train day and night with you.

I am trying to get back in to the Bay Area / Silicon Valley by around June 2010. I am studying and applying now for openings in bioinformatics. If anyone knows of any openings at a biotech doing genomics R & D in the Bay Area, let them know that I am very interested.

I sent Guro Gene Inis, Bahalana Multistyle, my resume through YouTube just a day or two ago with my intent to assist in developing FMA all across the country, and helping the poor in the Philippines. I am not going to post that information here but I give Guro Gene the right to propagate that information to those in this conversation, officers of UFMAC, or to anyone that might get me in to the Bay Area doing bioinformatic protein folding research, sequence analysis, building and maintaining high availability / throughput bioinformatics Linux systems, etc. For the most part, I stand by what I sent to Guro Gene but I am open to ideas. I liked what I saw when I was in Stockton, want to be part of that group, want to study as many FMA/MA as I can and become an instructor in FMA if I am qualified, and there is nothing to good for my friends.

The goal is several IPOs and/or launch several applications and I am willing to share in all the proceeds with my Filipino friends, to help poor Filipinos, manage the propagation of FMA and make FMA as powerful a force within the US as MMA / Chinese / Korean / Japanese martial arts.

If you would like to continue this discussion or discuss anything at all with me my portal on YouTube is shown below. Subscribe to my channel, let me know who you are, your FMA style/school, and we can go from there.

http://www.youtube.com/user/EditorialResponse


Sincerely,
Thomas

Comment by Ramyer Asonalleba on February 2, 2010 at 12:25pm

Any established organization starts from a humble beginning, unless it is well funded by its governing members. We should never forget the power of free well and the spirit of volunteers. The way they bring the funds in is to raise money by fund raising or fro generous donors for the noble cause. Sometimes it is nt the money that talks but by the commitment of its members for a common goal.

Though, reality set in and money dictates accomplishments, but if all come together and work united then, there is always a common ground where we can all achieve all our goals. Let us keep the spirit burning and make it happened! count me in! Mabuhay!

Mapasalamaton! LSK-FMA

Comment by Max M. Pallen on February 2, 2010 at 11:43am

Thank you Marc and thomas for those awesome suggestions. We welcome those heartily, but for the time being we must concentrate and focus on making our structures have strong base locally in our own backyard. You are all welcome to any of our meeting as guest or member/s anytime and looking forward in the future that when we all riding together to the same FMA journey. Every suggestion and support are important to us and any shape or form and will take it as we progress to get through on this beginning stage of UFMAC. We need people that have vision like you and others for the FMA but we all need to realize that in order for all of us to reach our goals, we need to get involve and participate, action than talk to succeed. I am hoping for your continue support and suggestions. We needed it. maxpallen/UFMAC President

Comment by Marc Lawrence on February 2, 2010 at 8:10am

Thomas,
Thats thinking pretty big! Wow those are some great points, It would be great if we could do all of those things. I guess it something for a meeting to discuss and plan.
Marc

Comment by QuadZeroRoute on February 1, 2010 at 10:54pm

I think the leadership in UFMAC ought to find a way to pool the buying power of the schools that join UFMC for:

* the purchase of everything from the paint on the walls,
* to rattan sticks of all different manufacture,
* to maintenance contracts for their buildings,
* to signage in front of their building,
* to their business cards,
* to fire and casualty insurance,
* uniforms,
* training equipment,
* flooring for falls and throws,
* to strike bags that hang on a wall,
* video equipment for training and the manufacture of CDs and DVDs,
* there could even be a card for members to buy gasoline in bulk for their cars
* advertising at a MMA fight for the UFMAC!

I would think as big as you could and then when it came time to buy anything bring it up and try to buy in to a contract that would cover everyone, see what the negotiated rates were, and then sign the deal with those UFMAC members that wanted in. Nobody would be forced to join the contract, fees could be billed separately, and if anyone left the contract then the rates would go up for those that remained in the contract because it would have been bought under the group name.

Just a thought... I've never managed a dojo, but I would imagine that there would be a lot of small ancillary costs that would eat you alive over time, and cut in to profits. As a group of ten, twenty, fifty, etc., the more, the more buying power and negotiating power.

Sincerely,
Thomas

Comment by Marc Lawrence on February 1, 2010 at 9:22am

Unity in FMA, I feel that UFMAC is correct in its four points under Unity. There are so many other groups today that say yes we will support your style then go and throw a tournament on the same day as another group. The best I feel the UFMAC can do is show itself to support members styles by coming to their events when ever possible and to be leader and coordinate events at the first of the year. This would allow there to be Unity in the North and South and for everyone to be able to make these events. My group supports several other groups here in the South and wants to cooridinate dates. That just my thoughts.

Comment by Dan Medina on January 16, 2010 at 4:23pm

Its good to see such agroup accomplished individuals working together to spread the Filipino Martial Arts. I'm too far to attend your meetings in California since I live at the Florida Georgia border. Just let me know if I can assist in any way out here these in part of the country.

Comment by QuadZeroRoute on January 14, 2010 at 7:13pm

If you think I am qualified for anything Terry, tell me what you need and I will do my best to help out here in Chicago until I get back to Silicon Valley.

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