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4W & WMA in USA Today -
03-11-2008, 11:10 AM
I am pleased to announce that this Wednesday, March 12th, an article about 4W and WMA will appear on the front of the Life section of USA Today. We have also had word USA Today will also post some video of the event on their website. The reporter who attended the event was observant and very interested in covering the subject of WMA. She interviewed a good number of you while she was visiting on Friday and appeared to have really enjoyed her time at 4W. In her last email to me she mentioned the article will have a number of color photos and this made her very excited. I feel the article has lots of promise to portray WMA in a very positive light. I am glad to see our community maturing and how this reflects a positive image to others outside of our community’s borders.
in words,
Cecil Longino
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03-11-2008, 12:33 PM
That is a major accomplishment. Hopefully the article will appear online so we can all see it. 
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03-11-2008, 03:13 PM
Originally Posted by Cecil Longino
I am pleased to announce that this Wednesday, March 12th, an article about 4W and WMA will appear on the front of the Life section of USA Today.
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Congratulations Cecil. Good work! I am convinced that this type of outreach is terribly important for the WMA community. Isolation brings stagnation and won't help us bring this art to life. Many thanks!
Shay Roberts
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Audacity is the virtue that makes this art.
Fiore dei Liberi, 1409
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03-12-2008, 01:20 AM
Online link.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ial-arts_N.htm
Bow down to the Mighty Teague as I'm one of the photographed
people... You can tell me by the back of my head and aketon as the unnamed person in Christian demo. 
The online video is quite nice, great job all.
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03-12-2008, 06:52 AM
Excellent!
A clean, thorough and honest depiction of WMA from a newspaper, and they let her print it without goofy denigrative jokes.
Oh, and way to go Christian! You're a natural in front of the cameras. When I showed this to coworkers, I was proud to say "Look! There's my teacher! He's in the news!".
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03-12-2008, 07:54 AM
Nice article indeed. Thanks for posting
Just makes me long even more, for a WMA event like this to happen within a financially, feesible distance for me to attend.
Bill
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03-12-2008, 08:06 AM
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03-12-2008, 08:54 AM
Indeed a very nice article and video.
Congratulations!
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03-12-2008, 09:25 AM
Originally Posted by Michael Edelson
Oh, and way to go Christian! You're a natural in front of the cameras.
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Very true. All the speakers in the video clip were very articulate, which was very nice. I have always been impressed with Mr. Tobler's communication skills via his writing, which is a model for clarity, but actually hearing and seeing him speak with the same clear style was very enjoyable. And not to sound flippant, he has an impeccable fashion sense, which makes the Art visually appealing to the casual observer. I believe this is important, since I have personal experience of such in my musical career... people hear with their eyes. If you don't look good, you don't sound good to many people who happen to be watching you. How much more so in martial arts, where visual perception is so important!
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03-13-2008, 02:16 PM
Great work, guys and gals. Congrats!!!
Greg
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03-19-2008, 09:20 PM
Agreed with all - really well done by all. I thought the reporter did a great job of getting her facts straight and sounding knowledgeable about the material, as well, which often is NOT the case.
This is certainly one of the highest-profile treatments the North American WMA community has had, so I'm glad to see it went so well.
Congrats to all!
Greg
Greg Mele
"If the tongue could cut
as the sword can do,
the dead would be infinite."
Filippo Vadi, "Arte Dimicandi Gladiatoria" (c.1482 - 87)
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