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Hufana Traditional Arnis International
For the first time in the Atlanta area on July 9, 2005, Punong Guro Hufana, will be holding a one (1) day public seminar teaching Hufana Traditional Arnis International (HTAI), a complete and exclusive combative system based on the Hufana Eskrima System, Modern Arnis Remy Presas Style, and over 35 years of PG Hufana's personal martial arts experience.
You will also receive a personal look into Laban Laro. Laban Laro is a stick fighting tournament held once a year at the World Filipino Martial Arts Association (WFMAA) Expo in August. Starting 2006, the WFMAA will be organizing several regional tournaments leading up to the main tournament. The city of Atlanta has been chosen as one of the regional tournament sites. Consequently, one of PG Hufana's top instructors will be relocating to Atlanta to begin a local chapter of HTAI.
About Punong Guro Myrlino Hufana
Born the eldest of three boys in Sta. Maria, Pangasinan , Philippines , Punong Guro Myrlino P. Hufana has what only a few practioners in the Filipino Martial Arts has, a family history and lineage of warriors. His first introduction to the fundamentals of Eskrima and its culture came at an early age of 4 by his father and uncle, Wilfredo Rivera Hufana. Upon immigrating to the United States in the spring of 1970, he continued his Eskrima training from his father until the age of 12. At this time, PG Hufana enrolled in his first formal martial arts training in Karate. In 1982, he began Taekwondo training and has continued learning the Korean martial arts since then. It was in 1985, during an open martial arts tournament in California he fell witnessed to the late Grandmaster Angel Cabales who was conducting a demonstration in Serrada Eskrima. PG's passion for his culture, his lineage and his art were refueled.
In 1990, at one of the Modern Arnis summer camp, PG Hufana's life changed forever. Here he met Grandmaster Remy Amador Presas and a legacy began. The depth of their relationship went beyond student teacher, it encompassed heritage, tradition, honor and a warrior's calling. On April 1997, Professor Presas officially promoted Hufana to the level of Punong Guro, a highly respected rank in the Modern Arnis Organization. Punong Guro Hufana is only one of two ever given the title outside the Philippines . On February 2001, with blessings of Grandmaster Presas, PG Hufana continued the propagation of the Philippine martial arts and its culture under the seal of Hufana Traditional Arnis International (HTAI), a complete combative system based on the Hufana Eskrima System, Modern Arnis Remy Presas Style, and PG Hufana's experience and modifications.Punong Guro Hufana currently owns and operates the Bellevue Martial Arts Academy in Washington, the headquarters for the Hufana Traditional Arnis International and the World Filipino Martial Arts Association. Punong Guro and his associations (HTAI, WFMAA) are also endorsed by Arnis Philippines through Senior Master Roland Dantes, Chairman of the International Committee.