During a trip visiting Ireland in 2010, I was with Tony Susuico(another Guam native) enjoying the view from a cliffside overlooking the famed Cliffs of Moher. There we met an old Shepherd (who at one time was a sailor) who was also walking the Cliffs and, in the midst of a hello and good conversation had given him a Fokai Sticker with the coordinates 13...
SLING AND SWORD DEFENDER TEE! [caption id="attachment_8917" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fokai Sling and Sword Tee[/caption] What is the " Sling" in " Sling and Sword"? and what is fokai's connection to it? The sling is a weapon used across the planet from thusands of years ago. Its not certain who had been the first ones to do it; its theorized that it might be one of those things that...
The Sling is Guams native weapon, the sword is Japans native weapon. Sling and Sword is a collaborative campaign between fokai and yamato damashii to celebrate the bridge between Guam and Japan through martial arts and a statement of fokai's connectivity with Yamato Damashii through martial arts principles and service to defend and protect the good side of the Force...
via www.guampdn.com Less than 24 hours before their match against the top-ranked team in Asia, the Guam men's national soccer team is focused and confident. After touching down in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday, Team Matao met with local media and acclimated themselves to the local conditions. During an interview with the Guam Football Association media officer, Matao head coach Gary White complimented the hosts, but said his team...
We got into the clothing venture because we saw that Guam needed a dedicated label and tasteful product that could present Guam to the world Respectfully. That was in 1997. Time has flown and almost 20years later, we have seen more than 100 local clothing label s rise since then with over 60currently in operation, 30 of these still extremely active with several of them...
ONRA: Fokai&theMarianasOpen Hafa Adai, Brazilian Jiujitsu arrived on Guam at a time when No Holds Barred Fighting and Gracie Jiujitsu were virtually synonymous. It was a time when fighting proficiency was previously defined almost exclusively by kicks and punches. It was a time where the surprise onslaught of Jiujitsu’s combat worth had its representatives hardly ever losing in professional and amateur full-contact fighting competition. Jiujitsu had flipped...
We have watched Frank grow tremendously through his career in combat sports and his life as a martial artist. Making headlines from Saipan to Maryland, throughout Guam and the Philippines, Camacho has carried the flags of our islands proudly across podiums with title victories through Submission Grappling, Braziian Jiujitsu, and Mixed Martial arts in Asia, mainland America, and of course in the islands of Guam...
Guam is almost 20 years into its timeline with Brazilian Jiujitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. From humble beginnings in the garages of Jiujitsu admirers lookign to learn the gentle art--the momentum has since spiraled above and beyond producing a growing submission grappling community, a by-product of a resurgence in Guam wrestling, Regional Champions, World Champions and children and women that can kick more ass than...
HEres a video interview were sharing from Sirena Mafnas. Its an interview on some good core questions with Stephen Roberto, the Head Instructor of PUREBRED JIUJITSU:Guam's original,most qualified, and longest standing Jiujitsu Academy 1 pair (size 34) blue fight trunks 3 oval patches 3 femme tees (small) 1 femme tank (large or medium) 1 femme tote bag....
When Jiujitsu first started on Guam, the absence of a Jiujitsu Academy enticed us to learning the other grappling arts to enhance our very limited jiujitsu game. We had enrolled into Freestyle Wrestling and Judo training in hopes of not only learning their techniques but also for extra mat time after practice. Inconsistent combat philospohies with our Judo instructors often widened any gap that might...