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First Vegas Fight Lab 2018



                       Hosted by Creative Warrior


                                                 Academy





               CREATIVE WARRIOR ACADEMY WAS HONORED TO HOST THE FIRST VEGAS FIGHT
               LAB EVER ON OCTOBER 14 , 2018 . ALL FMA SPARRING GEAR WAS SUPPLIED BY BUNAL
               BRAND FMA GEAR . THE EVENT WAS HELD AT WAYNE BUNKER FAMILY PARK , WHICH
               IS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PARK IN NORTH LAS VEGAS



                This gathering was an  and Eric Lopez from Lar- great conversation . Sin-
                effort  to  create  a com- gusa Kali,  Guro TJ Cuen- ce this  event  was not
                munity where Vegas Fili- ca from Superhero Foun- a tournamen,  it was a
                pino Martial Arts Schools  dry , Sensei Henry Binerfa  very relaxed and friend-
                could  meet in a neutral  from Shinkaido Ryu Las  ly gathering. After awhile
                and friendly manner, and  Vegas and GM Marc Be- we all participated in li-
                share friendship and wis- hic of Pulahan Mandirig- ght sparring of different
                doms with one another .  ma  Las Vegas. Traveling  kinds, including padded
                The event was very suc- from LA we had Bunal  knife sparring, sword
                cessful as we were able  Brand  founder  and  Doce  sparring, and stick spa-
                to bring together 7 local  Pares Master Steve Del  rring, finishing off with
                vegas  schools, 1 school  Castillo , and from San  two on one sparring! We
                from Phoenix Arizona,  Diego my close personal  used light protection such
                and 2 schools in califor- friends and most honored  as lacrosse gloves , pa-
                nia . Las  Vegas  schools  FMA  ambassadors  GM  dded weapons and head
                consisted  of  ; myself  Zena Babao and Master  protection which covered
                and  my  student Casey  Nar Babao of Babao Arnis  the face . Everyone had
                DeChant from  Creative  systems. Finally we had  a great time,  got to try
                Warrior Academy Kali/ Sensei Curt Jablin , FMA  out the Bunal sparring
                JKD , Guro Manny Valla- fighter and Instructor of  equipment, and enjoy
                dares and his students  Doce Pares.                             the  park, while meeting
                Anthony Balisacan  and                                          new friends. I had the
                Marco Parayno from JKD  As everyone  began to  great  honor  of  sparring
                Unlimited , Richard Pala- show up we all  took  with some very high le-
                cios from Las Vegas Kung  time to get to know one  vel Masters and learning
                Fu Academy , Roy Corpus          another, and enjoy some  some great things that



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