Wanna meet?

[Melanie]

Just a quick poll to see if you would be interested in perhaps arranging a UK Meet. In order to find out the interest, please let us know. At a later date we can go into where, when and how much. It is being debated also that we might arrange for a meet with another list.

Please give us your thoughts and suggestions.

Melanie

[pesilat]

I'm thinking we could also try to arrange one on this side of the pond :)

Mike

[YODA]

Sounds good to me Mel.

I tried to organise this type of thing an another forum I go to but got shot down in flames.

A day of mini-seminars would be cool. I could teach a section if you like. You could charge a small fee to cover the hire of a venue & maybe raise some money for a worthy charity while you're at it.

[Melanie]

Originally posted by YODA
Sounds good to me Mel.

I tried to organise this type of thing an another forum I go to but got shot down in flames.

A day of mini-seminars would be cool. I could teach a section if you like. You could charge a small fee to cover the hire of a venue & maybe raise some money for a worthy charity while you're at it.

Why were you shot down in flames? Did no one want to do it, or was it just not feasible to arrange? If you could offer any advice on how to set this up and let us know what problems you experienced the MAP team would be very grateful.

Thanks Yoda! We would love to have you onboard! Definately a charity could benefit from this - another good reason to do this!

Thats's 1, anyone else?

Mike, perhaps we can try and collar Chazz into organising something over there, unless of course - you're volunteering!? :D

Be great if we can do both that's for sure...

[Andy Murray]

From the people I have talked to on map so far. I'd like to see;

Footwork- from Dave (YODA), a qualified fencer you know!

Weapons- from Mike (Pesilat), the guy can turn a grocery bag into an arsenal!

Grappling- From Freeform.

Kicking-from CKD, Waya & Chazz.

Awareness- From Cooler

Anatomy- By Sticky (Gordon)

MA History, by Kosokun (Rob) & Ozebob (Bob)

Internal MA- Pablo (Paul) & Feiloong

How to win friends and influence people- Myself & Tseek Choi

Actually, I can't go on, there are just so many knowledgeable people here, I could offend by omission.

Love to meet anyone on map, anyplace, anytime!

Andy

[Saz]

I reckon a freestyle light continous/non contact tournament would be good too, as well as the seminar's of course.

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Yep, definitely interested.

Hmm, if its after May next year I should have my instructor's.

Oh, and out of curiousity who's qualified in first aid?

[pesilat]

Originally posted by Melanie


Thanks Yoda! We would love to have you onboard! Definately a charity could benefit from this - another good reason to do this!

Thats's 1, anyone else?

Mike, perhaps we can try and collar Chazz into organising something over there, unless of course - you're volunteering!? :D

Be great if we can do both that's for sure...

I'd definitely be interested :-) I don't know about turning a grocery bag into an arsenal ... but I love flexible weapons and do have some material with a bag.

I could organize it but if I did, it wouldn't be until next year because my calendar this summer is rapidly filling up and I'm planning to move later this year but haven't pinned down when yet (depends on what develops with my wife's job situation).

If someone else could organize it for later this year, I would definitely try to be there.

If no one else wants to organize it, though, then I definitely can.

I'd be most interested in doing a mini-seminar day too ... or maybe even a weekend if we get enough people interested.

Mike

[waya]

If something gets going over here, count me in. I don't travel outside the country alot lately, but if I happen to be able to I may attend overseas as well.

Rob

[Cooler]

Just to let you know ckdstudent I am qualified in first aid. :)

Cooler

[YODA]

Footwork? Boooooring :D

I'd much rather teach how to whack people with sticks or snap bit's off them on the ground :D

Much more fun!

[hongkongfuey]

Just to let you know ckdstudent I am qualified in first aid

Cooler - I hadn't realised this. I'll not hold back so much next time we are sparring.

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Bad news HongKongFuey, with first aid qualifications they don't teach you how to perform CPR on yourself. I guess you could get them to teach you first.

[waya]

I also am certified in Healthcare Provider CPR with the AED Endorsement, and have taken EMT classes but my certification is expired, hopefully I will get a chance to recertify where I live now though.

[Saz]

My certificate has expired too, but my mother's a first aid instructor so gettng it back shouldn't be a big problem. I'll just bung her £20 and I'm sorted ;)

[YODA]

Oh, and out of curiousity who's qualified in first aid?

I'm qualified in First Aid - and in first aid treatment of sports injuries.

[Krysdaggr]

Just saw a post Mike Casto Pesalit from Nacogdoches Tx. That is real close to me over in Longview Tx. Please reply back if interested in talking. Linde

[pesilat]

Originally posted by Krysdaggr
Just saw a post Mike Casto Pesalit from Nacogdoches Tx. That is real close to me over in Longview Tx. Please reply back if interested in talking. Linde

Absolutely :-) I guess you didn't get the Private Message I sent you a couple of days ago when I noticed that you live in Longview :-)

So, I see in your profile that you do Escrima. If you don't mind me asking, what system?

If you're interested in getting together sometime, let me know. I'm free most weeks on Mon and Wed. On weekends I travel pretty frequently (this weekend I'll be in Chicago).

If you're interested, let me know here or drop me a line at sikal@yahoo.com

Regards, Mike

[waya]

Mike,
How often are you in the IL area? I am up there two or three times a year near Chicago visiting my family.

Rob

[pesilat]

Originally posted by waya
Mike,
How often are you in the IL area? I am up there two or three times a year near Chicago visiting my family.

Rob

I get up there on occasion but not frequently. However, by the end of this year, I should be moved to Louisville, KY which is (compared to TX) pretty close to Chicago :-)

And, if you drive from NC to Chicago when you go, then you probably drive right by Louisville, right?

Mike

[Freeform]

Thats disgracefull!!!!

That your mother would actually charge you, her daughter for a phony certificate! She should give it to you for free!

[Saz]

Hey, I'm just grateful for the discount she gives me!

[fluffydoc]

I'd be interested in coming along but would need a lot of warning to organise time away from work.

[hongkongfuey]

Likewise, would need plenty warning for a trip to meet up.

I would be up for meeting some of the Edinburgh members for a drink after work one day.

Don't know about doing anything serious like training though!

Jimmy Alcoholic.

[Andy Murray]

Could I possibly volunteer to take responsibility for Nutrition, dietary supplements and refreshments!

I mean the BarbyQ' and the Beer!

Just don't train to long or there will be nothing left!

Nice hot cocoa at bedtime though!

Andy

[waya]

Mike,
Actually I do go through that part of KY now and then. I have some friends that I think are still stationed around there.

Rob

[pesilat]

Originally posted by waya
Mike,
Actually I do go through that part of KY now and then. I have some friends that I think are still stationed around there.

Rob

Cool. I know a couple of guys up there who are top notch people. They're both martial artists. One does Kun Tao Silat de Thouars but has a pretty strong background in Karate prior to the Kun Tao Silat. The other is stationed at Ft. Knox and has a very strong Karate background (knowledgeable in several systems and I can't remember what they are) and has also trained in some Filipino and Indonesian arts (and maybe some Chinese too). Regardless, he's a very good martial artist.

If you get to that area before I move up there and you're interested in hooking up with either (or both) of those guys, let me know and I'll arrange it. If you're up there after I move, then both those guys will be training with me so you'd probably get to meet them anyway :-)

Mike

[Melanie]

Just thought I'd bring this up again.

So far we have confirmed interest from the following people:

USA
Pesilat
Waya (USA and poss. UK)

UK
Yoda
Andy Murray
KyoKushin Girl
Ckdstudent
Hongkongfuey
Fluffydoc

Is there anyone else out there that would be interested? At the moment its made a 'round' relatively cheap. Let us know so that we can see if we can arrange this meet sometime this Summer/Autumn.

[Cooler]

Stike me in there Melanie :)

Cooler

[Melanie]

I just took you as read Cooler - your doing the first aid remember! ;)

[Freeform]

Me too. I want Sifu Murray to impart on me the art of his uncanny wit ;)

[Greyghost]

You may be out of luck there freeform...i believe he keeps it in a can in the house.....


sorry andy......ow!...stop hitting me.

[Andy Murray]

Me too. I want Sifu Murray to impart on me the art of his uncanny wit

Ah, I could give you all my secrets FF, but then I'd have to kill you!


You may be out of luck there freeform...i believe he keeps it in a can in the house.....

A favourite saying of mine actually!

"Success comes in cans, not in can'ts"

Some wise old American chap said that I think.

:D


Fraser!


On the subject of a meet, I can state for a fact that others in our Scottish Clubs will be interested in coming! ( Especially, if the reputedly handsome and talented Freeform will be in attendance)

:D

[fluffydoc]

You've clearly never met Freeform...
(only joking doll....no you can't possibly apply an arm bar from there..aarrgh)

[Silver_no2]

I think that we should all meet up in Edinburgh! Not only is it the capital of God's country but we also have decent drinking hours unlike those who live south of the border! Also have the advantage of having five members of the forum in the one city (FluffyDoc, Spike, FreeForm, Tintin and yours truly) with Andy Muray and Greyghost in the near(ish) vicinity (though they will have to bring their passports with them). We could put four/five people up at our place (Tintin and me) and I'm sure that the others wouldn't mind too much if we needed space for a few others. Thoughts?

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Excuse me? We've got pubs around here that close at one and two in the morning.

[Freeform]

yes but ours close about 3ish, or later if you know the right people, wink wink.

Thanx

[Andy Murray]

Excuse me? We've got pubs around here that close at one and two in the morning.

Pubs serve beer, and you aint got none down there!

yes but ours close about 3ish, or later if you know the right people, wink wink.

Yeah. Pick a Pub with Nancy-Boy doormen, then it's open as long as we want!

:D

[Freeform]

You come down here Murray and I'll have you...

round for tea and Scones, would you like some jam with that vicar?

Thanx

[fluffydoc]

I can put up 2 people if they'll share a double bed.
Thoughts....

[Andy Murray]

Hi Fluffydoc,

I'm sorry if Fraser gave you the wrong impression, while I am fairly certain that I did not!

Andy ;)

[fluffydoc]

Sorry, didn't realise you weren't comfortable with your masculinity.....

Fluffy

[Andy Murray]

MOderator, MOderator PERSONAL ATTACK. FLOPPYDOG is implying I'm erm erm umm.

Nothing. Forget it!

[Melanie]

*SIGH*

Anyone else out there want to meet up? At the moment it looks like it will be a social event as we have not had as much interest required to arrange for seminars and comps. Above poll runs out on Saturday, so please put in your votes and interest today!

[Greyghost]

oi! i resemble that statement....

and photographs were of such poor quality that nothing can be proven....


hurrumph!!!!!

[Ghostsuit]

I think a meets a good idea still would need to know what you all look like I'd suggest submitting your photo to the Photo Gallery (http://www.martialartsplanet.com/photos/index.pl) if you havn't already. Reminds me I better stick mine in.

*Ghostsuit never one to miss a plug*

[waya]

Yeah, c'mon people I am going to upload more, but I am starting to think I am making a good dart board here LOL

Rob

[Silver_no2]

I'll try and organise a photo of the five Edinburgh people (that I know of) who use the site. I'll obviously be the one behind the camera!!!

[Freeform]

So Andy, who's masculinity are you comfortable in?

No, No it must be a seminar. I cannot be expected to take time out of my busy training schedule for social interaction!

We can all travel to Edinburgh with our respective clubs and present our champions who will all have to face each other in a test of skill and daring in an octagon... no wait a minute, I've gotten confused/concussed again...

Thanx

[Joseki]

I'll be up for a meeting

[Jack]

I'd be up for it. If I could get the permission from my parents (unlikely) :)

[Freeform]

Right, lets get serious then UK members! I figure that so far we have:

Mel (Mistress of pain!)
Yoda (Master of grappling!)
Andy Murray (Master of the snide put down!)
Cooler (Master of awareness!)
Fluffydoc (Mistress of beer!)
Silver (Master of poetry!)
Freeform (Master of no-thing-ness!)
HKF (Master of the Go-karters!)
Joseki (Master of... what the hell is it you do anyway?)
Ghostsuit (Master of the web!)
Greyghost (Master of his own destiny, it was either that or cheese!)
CKDstudent (Master of the bizzare!)
Kyukoshin_Girl (Mistress of push-ups!)
Waya (huh? How'd he get on this list? ;) )

Thats enough to start with and I'm sure i can convince more people (Tintin, Spike and half the HWU aikido club to come along).

So places people, times, dates, who's willing to teach, what kinda format.

Thanx

[LilBunnyRabbit]

The weekend would be best for me, preferably a Sunday, but with enough notice I can arrange for just about anything. Next week is out though, same with Christmas and around the middle of August. Other than that I'll be starting Uni and quitting work in September, and planning to quit a week or so early to have some free time, so September before the 21st would be great.

[Andy Murray]

Hi CKD,

Well if you want to be sure of excluding me, organise it for September.

September being the month of the devil for me.
Week one move house.
Week two Earls Court in London for a big show.
Week three, try and pack four weeks of sales into five days. Week four off to Minneapolis USA.

According to Waya, the closest map member to Minneapolis is 1,300 miles away. Unless of course you know different...........


Andy Murray (Master of the snide put down!)
It's a bit like a take down, just that you can do it over the web, without ever having to stick your nose in another blokes armpits.

:D

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Now that I think about it, where did Master of the Bizarre come from, or do I not want to know?

[Silver_no2]

Originally posted by Freeform
Right, lets get serious then UK members! I figure that so far we have:

Silver (Master of poetry!)



What have I just been volunteered for?

[Freeform]

Silver, Mel was so touched at your poetry, none of us can compare.

CKD, 'Transmetropolis and spiderwhatshisname' thats bizarre!

Depending on where we hold this the entire summer may be out for me!

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Bizarre is a relative term.

And its Spider Jerusalem.

[fluffydoc]

It's certainly a term I'd use for my relatives...

[Sweeet]

:mad:

Is there anyone one this forum besides me that lives in the faroff land called Canada? Bleh.

Sweeet.

[Melanie]

Yeah...there's Andrew Green...have a look at his profile. He's not going to be about for a couple of weeks as he is away, but should be checking out the forum again the week after next. Nice bloke, very strange...but nice bloke. :)

[Sweeet]

Thanks Mel.

I was kind of doubting that anyone would even notice the post - this thread's a *little* outdated by now I guess.. you've probably had a couple UK meets by now I suppose.

[Melanie]

I wish I could say we had Sweeet. We never really got enough interest. If we could get about 30-40 people we could arrange a meet to include a hall/dojo, accomodation, food and drink, etc but its seems a lot of the UK members here already travel a fair bit as several members have already visited other dojos. I expect as membership grows we can start to arrange one for next summer (I hope).

There could well be more people from Canada on the forum, however, not everyone has filled out there profiles or authorised the post facility when they joined, if they don't do this, you wouldn't be able to see their profiles anyway.

[LilBunnyRabbit]

I dunno, I can get a fully matted hall (not that big though) for about £13ph, and there's a restaurant that does a chinese buffet for a fiver at lunch, or tenner in the evening. I'd imagine there's other similar facilities near other people.

[Freeform]

I think we should all gather in Edinburgh... the capital of Gods country! Seriously though, if we can get some kinda MAP map (hahahahaha.. ok wasn't that funny) going on we could try to arrange it for the most centralised place.

Thanx

[wayofthedragon]

All of this sounds good. I'm up for it, if some one provides me with the transportation.

[LilBunnyRabbit]

I still say somewhere near London would be good. Say Woking leisure centre. :) Five minutes drive from me.

[dragon_duplicat]

SO WHEN DO WE DO THIS?! I HOPE IT'S ON THE WEEKEND OR ELSE I'LL BE TIED UP WITH WORK!

[Dragon_Princess]

Are y'all serious?! Don't get me excited over nothing. Hhhhmmmm...

[Freeform]

All of this sounds good. I'm up for it, if some one provides me with the transportation.


We were just trying to arrange a MAP UK meet, I don't think I could afford to fly you over.

Expressions of interest and anyone want to host it. I honestly believe Edinburgh to be the best choice because the highest concentration of members in an area seems to be Edinburgh/Glasgow, we've got a hall and can arrange for plenty of free accomodation!

Come on, offers and suggestions on a post to www.martialartsplanet.com