Camp Lansdale #4 was a MAJOR SUCCESS, if somewhat smaller in attendance than expected. Our guests this year, other than Professor Lansdale himself, were Grandmaster John Pellegrini and Master Pedro Rodriguez of COMBAT HAPKIDO, and Guro Mike Casto of SIKAL.

Grandmaster Pellegrini taught trapping and locking, Master Rodriguez taught groundwork, Guro Casto taught stick, knife and "found" weaponry, and Professor Lansdale taught balance disruptions, escapes from holds and grabs.

A series of techniques, concepts and principles, were presented on the last day by Soke Dai Coy Harry, Senior Student Eugene Frizzell, Sensei Billy Jack Worsham, Sensei Paul Britt, Sensei Richard Metteauer, and Guro Mike Casto.

From the calls and letters we've received, this camp has led to greater interest in all the systems presented.

At the camp, Grandmaster John Pellegrini received recognition from the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce for his contribution to Martial Arts, and October 9th was declared John Pellegrini day!

Shen Chuan is closely allied with the Combat Hapkido system, and Grandmaster Pellegrini and Professor Lansdale proved to be an exciting team. The response from participants was electric. Letters, phone calls and E-mails poured in after the camp, not only from participants, but from those they energized by telling them all about the seminar. Nothing better than word of mouth.

Participants loved the co-operative nature of all the instructors, and were especially impressed with the philosophies of self-defense presented by Grandmasters Lansdale and Pellegrini. A few participants felt that their way of doing their own martial art had changed dramatically due to the seminar.

You can't get higher praise than that!