Danny Guba Doce Pares Newsletter
February 2008

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Eskrima and Doce Pares
News
Upcoming events and SENI 2008!
Seni Show tickets

Eskrima and Doce Pares

Eskrima, also known as Arnis or Kali, is an indigeneous Filipino Martial Art which utilizes weapons such as sticks (single and double), knife/daggers, espada y daga (sword and dagger), bangkaw (staff), mano-mano (empty hands: kicking and punching), and dumog (grappling) - the Filipino way. It is a complete system by itself.

Doce Pares is an assemblage of various styles. Styles that were brought and introduced into the organization by the founding masters in 1932. To the credit of the leaders of the organization, these diverse and often contrasting styles and skills were all successfully integrated and passed on to the next generation of Doce Pares adherents.

The Guba Doce Pares system teaches the complete close quarter sparring to improve technique and skills.

News

February 2008 - The UK Philippine Embassy has issued their support through a press release entitled "Doce Pares invites participants to the WEKAF Open Invitational Tournament". This has been released to various European-based Filipino news magazines, such as One Philippines and the Filipino Observer. Further info can be found on the Media section of the website at http://www.eadocepares.com/news/media.shtml

19 February (Tues) - Our kids classes have been running for quite some time now and we have decided to call them our Little Lapu-Lapus, named after one of the most popular national heroes of the Philippines, Datu Lapu-Lapu. Our Little Lapu-Lapu classes run every Mondays from 6-7pm in Mile End.

18 February (Mon) - DG Doce Pares received a special present and a note from the organisers of the London School of Economics (LSE) Global Show 2008, where Instructor Alex and his senior student Diana performed the opening act. See their note at http://www.eadocepares.com/docs/LSE-letter.pdf

11, 12, 14 and 15 February - DG Doce Pares performed demos at each assembly for Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 students of the Central Foundation Girls' School in London. Ermar Alexander will be teaching the young ladies exclusively every Mondays at 4pm at the school. Classes will commence on 25 February.

15 February (Fri) - Latest class news and timetable can now be accessed through your mobile at m.eadocepares.com (not www.m.eadocepares.com)

7 February (Thu) - The Thursday class at The Place in Euston will be transfered to Leyton. New dates to be announced soon!

31 January (Thu) - DG Doce Pares performed an opening number, representing the LSE Filipino Society, at the London School of Economics Global Show 2008. [See programme at http://www.eadocepares.com/docs/LSUSU-GlobalShow2008.pdf]

Upcoming Events

23 February (Sat) - A Refereeing and Judging Workshop will be conducted by Doce Pares Grandmaster Danny Guba in Mile End, London where he will be teaching how to judge WEKAF competitions. This is FREE to anyone who would like to attend the workshop. Time to be confirmed. Please check website regularly. To those interested and would like to attend, please email info@eadocepares.com to book. There are a limited slots for this workshop. First come first serve basis. Certificates will be handed out at the end of the workshop. This event is sponsored by DG Doce Pares.

25 February (Mon) - Instructor Ermar Alexander will be teaching the young ladies of the Central Foundation Girls' School on a regular basis every Mondays from 4-5pm at the Sports Hall. This is exclusive to CFGS students only. See http://www.dgdocepares.co.uk/cfgs

2 March (Sun) - A WEKAF Invitational Championship is to be hosted by DG Doce Pares for the first time! This will be held at Central Foundation Girls' School, Harley Grove, Mile End, London E3 2AT 10am to 5pm. Weigh in time is from 8.30am to 9.30am. Everyone is invited to spectate or join the tournament. Contact info@eadocepares.com if you have any queries. More info on http://www.eadocepares.com/tournaments/wekaf/02March2008-WEKAFinvitational.shtml

13 March and 20 April (Sun) - Grandmaster Danny Guba will be running a workshop in Oxford at Dorian Bytom's club.

30 March (Sun) - WEKAF British Open Championships (last qualifying for World Championships) to be held in Bristol.

13 April (Sun) - British Low Armour Championships to be held in Luton.

26 - 27 April (Sat - Sun) - Doce Pares will be at the Seni Show 2008 to be held in Excel, London. We will be performing an exhibition on the Classical stage on both days, and will be having two mats on the Saturday where we will be running two tournaments! "Seni Eskrima Championship 2008" will run a WEKAF-style competition which will take up most of the day on both mats. This is followed by KOMBATA, a Limited Armour competition. Number of participants are limited due to time constraint. This is on a first come, first serve basis. Please book early. GM Danny will also be there to meet everyone! Our stall number is C1177. We hope to see you there!! See www.eadocepares.com/seni for more information.

15 June (Sun) - A "Quest for the Best" Doce Pares Championship will be held in Mile End, London. All Doce Pares practitioners around the world are invited to join. If you are interested or would like to join, please contact GM Danny Guba or email info@eadocepares.com

21 - 24 July (Mon - Thu) - WEKAF World Championships to be held in SM City in Cebu, Philippines.

26 July 2008 (Sat) - Doce Pares World Championships to be held in SM City in Cebu, Philippines.

28 July (Mon) to 1 August - Doce Pares Camp at Kawasan Waterfalls and Southern Beach Resort in Cebu, Philippines.

Summer 2008 - GM Danny Guba, the highest authority on Doce Pares in Europe and the UK, has arranged Master Val Pableo to come to the UK and have some workshops which will be open to anyone interested to learn the Doce Pares system. If you would like to book a seminar with him, please contact us at info@eadocepares.com. Further details will be added here soon!

12 October (Sun) - A British Doce Pares Championship will be held in Mile End, London. This is open to all Doce Pares practitioners based in the UK (including Scotland and Ireland). This is the first qualifying for the European Doce Pares Championship 2009. If you are interested or would like to join, please contact GM Danny Guba or email info@dgdocepares.co.uk

2 November (Sun) - WEKAF British Championships (1st qualifying for European Championships in 2009) to be held in Luton.

Please see the website for any updates on events and activities.

 

Seni Show tickets

Tickets can be purchased by single day (£7) or both days (£12) through our website at www.eadocepares.com/seni

Daghang salamat!

Danny Guba Doce Pares
Original Multi Style System

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