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Last news post in April????

Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 Holy crap somebody's slacking! Sorry, I have been super busy lately, so I just haven't been able to maintain this page too well. If any HMC'ers out there would be interested in posting news and comments please feel free to e-mail me at kevin@hmckickboxing.com. You must remember to keep it clean though, so I guess that leaves Vince out! Anyhow couple of events coming up, first of all we have a PIP fight on Friday Aug. 27th at Kapolei High School. Dean Lista will be taking on PJ Dean! This fight looks to be very exciting as both fighters break into the world of MMA. Good luck Dean! Secondly, Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu is hosting a tournament the very next day at Saint Louis High school! I hope all the talented grapplers at HMC will be trying this tourney.*hint*hint* to Instructor Mike to quit slacking and get to training! Oh well, whoever has creative writing skills, please drop me a line. Posted by: Kevin

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IMB Conference..

Date: Friday, April 09, 2004 Hey gang, great news! On April 27-29 (Tues, Wed & Thurs.) we have the honor of hosting the IMB conference at our school! Tuesday, April 27th from 9am-3:30pm Romolo Barros will be hosting a seminar covering different Jiu-Jitsu techniques. Wednesday, April 28th from 9am-3:30pm our very own Haru Shimanishi will be holding a seminar covering Muay Thai and on Thursday, April 29th from 9am-3:30pm Enson Inoue will be holding a seminar covering MMA! Students of HMC can attend these seminars at a discounted price of $30 per session!!! This awesome seminar will showcase some of the top Martial Arts Instructors in the world and will definitely be attended by many talented Martial Artists! Special thanks to James Tanaka and Richard Bustillo for inviting HMC's Students to attend these seminars at a very low price!!! See you guy's there! Posted by: Kevin

G3 postponed..

Date: Thursday, March 25, 2004 Hey gang, sorry to say the G3 will be postponed to a later date. We are tentatively looking at early May. As soon as we find out when the date will be we will notify everyone immediately. Posted by: Kevin

News Update!

Date: Monday, March 15, 2004 Hey gang, sorry it's been awhile but I've been awfully busy! First off we will be teaming up with Tommy Lam and Kempo Unlimited to combine our G3 tournament with his USJJA Sports Jiu Jitsu Tournament. This will be a first time event and will be held on Sunday April 18th at Kamehameha High School. Applications will be mailed out to other Martial Arts Schools within a few weeks but if you are interested or need more information please feel free to call HMC at Ph#841-5935 or check out the G3 website at: http://g3.hmckickboxing.com/ Posted by: Kevin

Holiday schedule.....

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Hey gang! Just wanted to let everyone know our holiday gym schedule. The gym will be closed on Wednesday 12/24/03 (Christmas eve), Thursday 12/25/03 (Christmas day), Wednesday 12/31/03 (New Years eve) and Thursday 1/01/04 (New Years day. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all our friends and family! Posted by: Kevin

Christmas Party.....

Date: Friday, November 07, 2003 Hey gang, just wanted to let everyone know that we have secured an awesome location for the HMC Christmas Party! With the help of Travis Anthony, we were able to get a Blue Tropix Nightclub!!! Parents don't need to worry, this will be a private party and children are welcomed! The date will be Saturday, December 13th from 5pm till 10pm. The cost will be $15.00 per adult and $8.00 for kids under 12 for an all you can eat buffet! We will have sign up sheets available at the gym this coming week! Please reserve your seats early so we can get an actual head count. Once again, I would like to thank Travis Anthony and Blue Tropix for making this happen for us! Posted by: Kevin

New schedule....

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003 Hey gang! Just wanted to let everyone know about the new schedule change. Please look at the changes and make note of some new things going on. One new class will be on Friday evenings at 5:30pm-6:30pm and this class will be called Mit's & Pad's. This class will be co-ordinated by students that are at the Blue shirt level or above. It will be a great warm up class to sparring so please check it out. Also just a quick reminder that the promotion test for kid's will be Sunday 10/26/03 at 12noon. The promotion test for adults will be Sunday November 16th at 12noon. That's all for now, mahalo's! Posted by: Kevin

Congrats to Deshawn & Charuto!

Date: Monday, October 13, 2003 Just wanted to congratulate Deshawn & Charuto on their awesome performances last Friday night at Rumble On The Rocks 4! First of all in case you guy's didn't know Deshawn took this fight on only 1 weeks notice and had to drop quite a bit of weight to fight. Before the fight his opponent(Santino Defranco) made some comments that was very inappropriate. He said that Deshawn "doesn't know what he's getting into" and also made claims that Deshawn is "coming in heavy for this fight" when in reality Deshawn weighed in at 159lbs. (they fought at 160) Anyways Deshawn dominated the fight from the get go and unfortunately while trying to base himself unintentionally dropped a knee that grazed Santino on the forhead. Santino made a big fuss about it saying that his eye is hurt and that he didn't want to fight and the referee called the boughta win for Santino by disqualifying Deshawn. The crowd went crazy because they knew the knee was unintentional. Next on was Charuto's fight and boy was it a fight! Gil Castillo (UFC Veteran) had a gameplan, and that gameplan meant trying to beat Charuto on the stand-up. Little did he know that Charuto was ready for him as Charuto took Gil apart piece by piece on the stand-up! Gil had absolutely no chance against Charuto and eventually couldn't answer the bell on the beginning of the 3rd round. Charuto showed that he is a major force in the 170lb weight class as he will dominate the stan-up and the ground! Congrats to both of these warriors from Team HMC! Posted by: Kevin

Thanks Dr. Lau!!!!!

Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Hey HMC'ers, what's up!!! I just wanted to post a quick message to let you guy's know that Dr. Lau has given the school a very generous donation to fix up pur school (heavy bags, wall mounts etc etc.) Personally I was very touched by the kindness that Dr. Lau has showed our school. The night of the Superbrawl, Dr. Lau and I was talking and he asked me why the equipment was getting run down and asked what we were planning to do, anyhow I told him that we would probably do a fundraiser to generate the funds for these repairs, however, Dr. Lau told me "what about all the students that are suffering now, not being able to use these equipment? And what about making a great frist impression on new students?" My reply was that we would have to wait till we could generate these funds. A few days had passed and Dr. Lau showed up one night and handed my wife an envelope. Inside was a very generous donation and a letter that said "Please use this money to purchase new equipment for the students of HMC!" It was not signed as I know Dr. Lau is a very modest person and would want to just donate this anonymously, however, I personally was touched by his kindness for the donation and believe me, he did it for his friends and fellow students that train at the gym. I know that Dr. Lau does not check this forum, so I would like to ask that all members that do check in to please take the time and thank Dr. Lau for his generousity! Posted by: Kevin

The next G-3........

Date: Monday, September 01, 2003 Hey everybody, just wanted to let you all know that we set a date for the next G-3. It will be on Sunday, October 19th at Kamehameha High School. We would like to extend an open invitation to all Martial Artist's to come down and test their skills in this awesome event. Please keep checking in from time to time as we will keep you informed. Posted by: Kevin

Labor Day Picnic!

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2003 Howzit everybody! Boy have I been slacking on the new's page! Just a quick shout out to let everyone know that we are planning a Labor Day Picnic on Sunday, Aug. 30th. We still haven't decided where we will have the picnic, so keep turning in here for details. I will also try to post info on the forum so check it out! If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Well, that's it for now! Posted by: Kevin

Kid's class sleep over!

Date: Sunday, July 06, 2003 * HMC kid’s class sleep over! Where: At the school 555 North King St. When: Saturday July 19th Why: To give your parents a break! Cost: $7.00 per child (for pizza!) Dear Parents, We will be having a sleep over on Saturday to Sunday. Drop off will be at 6:00 pm on Saturday and pick up will be at 12noon on Sunday(unless your child is doing jiu-jitsu classes.) We will be watching DVD’s and engaging in social activities to help the kid’s bond together as a class and a team! We will feed the children dinner and breakfast. Make sure your child brings a sleeping bag or blanket, extra set of clothes and don’t forget their toothbrushes! If you have any questions regarding the sleep over feel free to call Instructor Kevin at 368-2245 or Instructor Mike at 497-5237. Hope to see you guy’s there! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Kickin it again!

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 Hey gang! G3 came and went and I wanna give a big mahalo's to everyone that competed and helped make this G3 a very memorable one. I am very proud to see the level of competition growing at each tournament and I hope that this tournament becomes one that all strikers can attend to test their skills. Now, on to the next event....Kickin it again! This is a kickboxing event that will be held at the NBC arena this coming Friday at 7pm. Team HMC Fighters John Naole and Deshawn Johnson will be fighting on this card! Let's show them some support and come out for this event. If you need tickets please see Pat before Thursday. Well, that's it for now, hope to see you you guy's there! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

3 more day's!

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2003 Hey gang, it's only 3 more day's till the G-3! Everyone that is gonna compete in this event remember to turn in your entry forms as space is limited. Also, just wanted to shoot out a quick "good luck" to all the competitors! Sage, Jon Hanashiro, Rod Rodriguez, Ponesawan Wheeler, Frank Rabanal and Carlton Ige....you guy's rock! See you guy's there! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

G-3!!!!

Date: Friday, June 13, 2003 Howzit everybody! Just a quick reminder that G-3 is Sunday June 22nd! Special Mahalo's goes out to Chris West, Bill Venencia and Kamehameha High School Wrestling Club for allowing us to hold our event in their gymnasium! I would also like to thank all the awesome HMC'ers that will be helping us with that event. Please remember though that we need as much help as possible, so if you can lend a hand please do so! If anyone has any questions regarding the G-3, please feel free to ask Haru or myself. That's all for now, hope to see everyone there! BTW~ I wonder what happened to the HMC FLYING YELLOW TIGER that was supposed to post news here? Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Good Luck!

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2003 Hey gang! Just wanted to wish Betta Yeung the best of luck as she heads off to the far east to "lay the smack down" in Smack Girl Japan! Betta has been training very hard for this one and has made some tremendous improvement in her stand-up as well as her takedowns! Accompanying Betta to Japan will be Team HMC Fighters: Dave Yeung, Kyle Takao & Neil Andres! Good luck to all you guy's from the students & instructors at HMC! Go get em guy's! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Memorial day picnic!

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2003 Howzit everybody! Just a quick shout to remind everybody that we are gonna have a potluck picnic on Sunday May 25th from about 10am till ???? Tentatively, the picnic will be at Sand Island Beach Park, if anyone knows anywhere better let me know. Oh well hope to see you all there! Posted by: Kevin

NEW NEW'S!

Date: Monday, May 05, 2003 SUp HMCEr's! firstly, I like to say a BIG CONGRATS to all of the students who were promoted to the blue shirt rank! You know the test isn't that difficult, but when your testing in front of Haru and "stone faced" Kevin....it can be quite nerve racking! Secondly, we have made plans for a HMC picnic gathering on May 25th, which is on a Sunday! The location/time is tentative at the moment....possibly the Kakaako Park near John Dominis (Kewalo Basin). It will be a pot luck, so make your fav dish, so we can share recipes....yeah rite! more like grind your food up! heehee! Ttyl'z~Mike Posted by: HmC FlYinG YeLLo TiGaH

Brazilian Jui-jitsu Kid's Classes

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2003 Hey wassup HMCer's! Just to inform you folks with children that there will be kid's jiu-jitsu classes starting May 3rd. The instructor will be Kyle TAKAO, who is a purple belt (under Charutto), and a pro fighter with HMC. Kyle is quite humble and patient when it comes to teaching other's. Yet, when he is training and fighting, he is very intense to say-the-least! Classes will be $40 a month (no joining fee), or $5 a class....on Wed. 3:00-4:30 pm, Sat. 3:00-4:30 pm, and on Sun. 12:00- 1:30 pm. For more details please call HMC at 841-5144, or Kyle at 782-4719. Posted by: HmC FlYinG YeLLo TiGaH

HMC NEW'S

Date: Monday, April 21, 2003 Sup! Sup!~ HMCer's!!! This is the new sheriff in town. Kevin aka: "Tully" has given me the opportunity to write the new's! Firstly, I would like to welcome all the new students who recently joined....if you have any questions about training or anything, please be free to ask any of the instructors. If you ask Kev, he may charge you a fee! nah! nah! just joking! As for the HMCer's who have been training awhile, just as a reminder that the promotion test is this Sunday at April 27th, at about 12 noon. Also, scheduled the day prior is the "KAOS" no-holds barrred event at the Dole Cannery ballroom at 7 pm. Fighter's, John NAOLE and Mike BOWER, will be competing in the prelims! Well! that's all for now.....until next time! TTYL'Z! ~Mike Posted by: HmC FlYinG YeLLo TiGaH

Going to Japan!

Date: Sunday, March 09, 2003 Hey gang, sorry it's been a while but I have been super busy! First of all, I wanna wish Kyle "Yo" Takao, the best of luck as he prepares to fight in Shooto Japan! Kyle has worked his butt off to get to this level, and now it is his time to showcase his talent. I am very excited to be able to go and support Kyle in Japan! This will be my first time there and boy am I excited! Big mahalo's to Dave and Neil for taking the trek to Japan also (friends and team-mates like you guy's are very rare! ) Special thanks to Haru and Mike for covering most of my classes while I am gone! Also, thanks to everyone that bought a shirt to help us out with our airfare, without you guy's we wouldn't be going! Biggest thanks to my family, Pat ,Sage and Kitana for letting me take this trip, I love you guy's! Well see you guy's when I get back! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Things are getting busy!

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 Hey gang, it's me again. Just wanted to post some important things that are going on at the school. First of all, Kyle "Yo" Takao will be fighting next month in Shooto Japan. This fight was made possible by our very close friend Mr. Takanori Koike (thank you very much Koike-san!) Next off is Neil Andres and Sidney Silva tentatively matched to fight on the Big Island next month on the "Rumble On The Rock". I was also talking to Alan lima, and he said that he is preparing to fight also, but so far, no match yet. Last but definitely not least, John "Duke" Naeole will be fighting next month at the Blaisdell Arena in a Kickboxing fight! I must say, the gym has been really busy the past few months! Don't worry though, cause if anyone ever needs any help in doing anything, just feel free to ask, ok? That's it for now!Laters! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

G-3 Tournament

Date: Monday, February 17, 2003 Hey gang, the G-3 Tournament was yesterday , and it was an awesome experience! To everyone that helped, "Thank you very much!" I was very excited to see how much talent there was that day! All the competitors that entered did very well! I would also like to thank all the Instructors and Coaches that came out to support their students. I was very excited to see members from all the different martial arts present. A few instructors that I would like to personally thank are; Danny Kim from Pacific Martial Arts, Tommy Lam from Kempo Unlimited, Tony Giraldi from Giraldi Muay Thai, Harlan Lee from Gee Yung Kung Fu, Peter Kobashigawa from Hapkido Freestyle and Leon Wright from KMCBH Training Division. I hope this tournament will be something we can all get involved with and that it is a way for all the awesome individuals within Hawaii to get noticed. Once again thanks to everyone who made this tournament possible! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Good Luck G-3 Competitors!

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2003 Hey gang just wanted to wish all the guy's doing the G-3 this weekend at Kamehameha High School, the best of luck! You guy's have trained very hard for this one, so let's go out there and show everyone what you got! Also, if anyone is not gonna compete, we still need your help with running the event. Please contact Haru or myself and we'll let you know what we need help doing. This is gonna be the first ever competition like this in Hawaii, so let's do our best to keep this competition going! THat's it for now, see you guy's at the event! Posted by: Kevin Yoshida

Server Issues

Date: Monday, February 10, 2003 Well, I've found out that the server that hosts www.hmckickboxing.com has forbidden the use of "Greymatter". Greymatter is a widely used program to keep your sites news updated. Now that the server has disabled this program, we will have to use this method. There should be no major difference in the way that you view news on this page. Posted by: Kerry

Problems with Server

Date: Monday, February 10, 2003 Sorry folks, the server seems to be acting up for our website. In the meantime, I am using the news posting script off of my personal page so that you folks can still receive all the current HMC news! I am going to see why the normal news poster isn't functioning correctly, and hopefully, that will be back online soon. Thanks for your understanding. Posted by: Kerry