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Datu Dieter
12-31-2006, 09:22 AM
Hello Arnis friends,

it is a great pleasure to send out the invitation for the 10th International Modern Arnis Summercamp of the DAV in Germany.

It will be a great DAV/WBMA Modern Arnis event and all interested FMA players are invited to come.

There is a great line of instructors waiting for you: Grandmaster Rene Tongson from the IMAFP, Philippines; Senior Master Dan Anderson, MA 80, USA; Senior Master Bram Frank, CSSD/SC, USA as well as lot of top instructors from the DAV in Germany including myself, Senior Master and Datu Dieter Knuettel.
It will be a great week of training, fun, celebration and meeting a lot new or maybe even old friends. All that for an unbeatable price.

There will be participants from Germany Russia, France, Switzerland , Czech Republic and hopefully many other countries for a true international event. Lets come together and fulfill the dream of Professor Presas: Making Modern Arnis a martial art of the world.
Last time we were closed to 150 participants and we hope it will be more this time.
Through 3 - 6 instructors teaching simultaneously, we still reach small individual groups for efficient instruction.
Below you will find more information.

You can download the invitation as a .pfd with a lot of pictures from the DAV website. Please follow these instructions. Go to

http://www.modernarnis.de/NEU/frameset.html

then click on the left side on the button Sommerlager 2007. Then you can click on the button: This page in english, where you find the html invitation, a possibility to register online for the camp and then the summercamp flyer as .pdf to download (2 MB).

Please spread this information, I am know during this week of training you will have the time of your life.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN GERMANY IN AUGUST 2007

If you have more questions, please answer here or send a mail to: datu@modern-arnis.de

Best regards


Dieter Knuettel
Senior Master and Datu of Modern Arnis



Invitation to the 10th Modern Arnis summercamp and to celebrate 50 years of Modern Arnis


Place: Landessportschule Sachsen-Anhalt
Arendseer Straße 4
39606 Osterburg
Germany
www.landessportschule-osterburg.com

Date:
Monday, 6th of August 2007 to Sunday, 12th of August 2007
Monday morning is reserved for the journey and the registration at the camp.
The summercamp starts with the first training after lunch. It finishes on Sunday after the breakfast.

Instructors from the DAV:
Senior Master Datu Dieter Knuettel, chief instructor DAV, 7. Dan
Master Hans Karrer, 6. Dan
Master Jorgen Gydesen, 6. Dan
Peter Rutkowski, 4. Dan
Carsten Hemmersbach, 4. Dan
Alfred Plath, 4. Dan
Sven Barchfeld, 3. Dan
Helmut Meisel, 3. Dan
and others

Guests from WBMA:
Grandmaster Rene Tongson, 8. Dan, Philippines
Senior Master Dan Anderson, 8. Dan MA-80, USA
Senior Master Bram Frank, CSSD/SC, USA

Fee:
The camp fee includes training, accomodation and 3 meals a day: for members of DAV / WBMA : 300,- Euro / 400 US$
for non members: 350,- Euro / 460 US$
The fee is the same just in two currencies according to the exchange rate at the 17th of December, 2007.

A downpayment (only for european participants) of 100 Euro has to be sent until the 1st April 2007 to the following account:
Deutscher Arnis Verband e.V.
Postgiroamt Hannover
BLZ 250 100 30
Konto 605 860 - 307

International account information:
IBAN: DE24 2501 0030 0605 8603 07
BIC: PBNKDEFF

The rest will be payed at the first day of the camp during the registration. Participants from out of Europe pay the full amout during the registration at the camp.

Cancel conditions:
If the canceled places are booked by another person, the complete prepayment will be returned. Otherwise the following rules apply: If canceled after the 10th of July 70% of the prepayment will be returned. If canceled after the 24th of July, 50% of the prepayment will be returned. The return of the prepayment will take place 4 to 6 weeks after the summercamp.

Training:
There will be 4 - 8 hours of training every day. Besides the normal grading program, each of the instructors will teach some of their special techniques and concepts. There will always be 3 to 5 lessons parallel to choose from, so that the groups will not be too large. Some lessons will be rank-restricted for example only blue belts and higher. There will also be sessions for Modern Arnis black belts only.

Exams:
On the 7th of August there will be student and black belt exams.

Leisure activities:
In addition to the training, there will be some leisure activities, like barbecue, campfire, video- and theory evenings, also regional tourist attractions can be visited. A lot of other sports activities are also possible at the sports complex where the summercamp is held. An indoor swimming pool can be used or small extra charge. There is no extra program for non training participants and no shuttle service to other hotels possible.
See pictures of the venue under www.modern-arnis.de and click then on 'frühere Sommerlager' on the left side, then choose 'Sommerlager 2005'. There you find different galleries of the 2005 camp, which was at the same venue.

General information:
The places will be booked in the sequence of the applications. The ones who book first are in first.

Important:
The abuse of drugs and alcohol will be followed immediately with the exclusion from the camp. The organizers and instructors exclude all liabilities.

Registration:
Besides the downpayment to the DAV-Account (only for european participants) the registration form has to be filled in and sent to Benedikt Eska as early as possible, latest until 1st of April 2007.
Every participant will get detailed information about the camp, the training-plan, and driving directions to the camp. After the 1st of April 2007, you can have a look at the status of the registration on the DAV-website, http://www.modern-arnis.de, especially if there are still free places or if a waiting list has to be installed and when the detailed information is sent to the participants.
There will be no registration-confirmation sent, when the application for the summercamp has been received by the DAV.

If you still have questions, please contact Datu Dieter Knuettel at the following email address: datu@modern-arnis.de

Sven Barchfeld,
DAV-President
December 2006