News & Information

    MAY NEWS

    KARATE KID DONATION - Special thanks to Kent and
    Carole James for the donation of one of the actual headbands
    used by actor Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid. Kent headed
    up the wardrobe department for the film.

    APRIL NEWS

    SPECIAL SCREENING - A big thank you to Lion's Gate for
    providing 50 VIP seats for the museum members. Let in first,
    the members enjoyed a fantastic screening of the film, plus
    a Q&A from Collin Chou, one of the stars of the film and
    the amazing John Fusco who wrote the film. Afterwards,
    the members got to pose for pictures with the two celebrities.

    MARCH NEWS

    IN-KIND DONATION - A wonderful round of applause goes to
    a young man named Lincoln from Pasadena who donated a huge
    3 feet x 3 feet display case for the museum. It looks great!!!!

    RELOCATION - The Martial Arts History Museum prepares to
    relocate in the city of Los Angeles. The museum will be dark
    for a few months as we make the move.

    FEBRUARY NEWS

    DONATION - Special thank you to an anonymous donor of
    $755 through Cars 4 Causes. We truly appreciate your gift.

    CHINESE NEW YEARS PARADE - Jeff Chan was kind enough to
    include the Museum in the L.A. Parade.

    SPECIAL THANK YOU - To our newest ambassador Greg Smith
    for donating the rental of a moving truck as we moved our artifacts
    into storage in preparation of the new location. Special thanks to
    our many volunteers who assisted us in the rain.

    JANUARY NEWS

    CANADIAN AMBASSADOR - The museum is proud to welcome Greg Smith
    as the museum's ambassador for Canada and North America.

   DECEMBER NEWS

    CHRISTMAS PARTIES - The White Lotus school and Valencia Martial Arts
    rented the museum for the Christmas party!

    JACKIE CHAN - For the release of Rush Hour 3 DVD, his PR firm sent us
    100 posters to give out this Saturday, Dec. 15.

   NOVEMBER NEWS

    CHINESE CULTURAL DAY - Special thanks to Supervisor Michael Atonovich
    for a grant for Chinese Cultural Day.

    SPECIAL THANKS TO JEFF CHAN - YEAH to the Eight Immortals for putting
    on an amazing performance and loaning a ton of great stuff!!!

   OCTOBER NEWS

    PACIFIC ASIAN MUSEUM - The museum will be putting on a demonstration
    and talk at the Pacific Asian Museum in Pasadena.

    MUSEUM CEREMONY - A very touching ceremony was conducted at the Museum
    with musical guest Chuck Butler from Parable and honoring Los Angeles City
    Councilman Richard Alarcon.

    JACKIE CHAN - Jackie Chan's company visits the museum. Chan will be opening
    the Jackie Chan studios just a few minutes from the museum.

   SEPTEMBER NEWS

    MUSEUM AT STREET FESTIVAL - Santa Clarita Valley will be hosting their annual
    Street Festival will feature the museum on Sept. 29 & 30. Douglas Wong's White
    Lotus school and Valencia Kung Fu school will be demonstrating for the museum.

    MUSEUM APPROVED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT - The Sulpher Springs School District has
    approved the Martial Arts History Museum for school visitation.

    MICHAEL ANTONOVICH DONATION - Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Atonovich makes
    a $500 donation to the Museum for Chinese Cultural events for children.

    AUGUST NEWS

    HAWAIIAN EXHIBIT OPENED - The first of seven planned sections is now opened and dedicated
    to its sponsor. Hall of Famer Solomon Kaihewalu, one of the primary individuals to open the
    door to Hawaiian Lua in the mainland, cut the ribbon opening "The Hawaiian Arts presented
    by Solomon Kaihewalu" at the museum. Featured on the front page of the newspaper the
    following day, the museum plans to open the 1) Chinese, 2) Japanese, 3) Filipino, 4) Korean,
    5) Film/TV, 6) Children's Theatre and 7) Main Theatre.

    PUBLIC SCHOOL VISITATION - The Academia Semillas Del Pueblo charter school became
    the first public school to visit the museum.

    ALAN HORN DONATION - Many thanks to Alan Horn, Warner Bros.' president and COO, for
    his more than generous donation to the Museum through the Alan Horn Foundation this month.

    JULY NEWS

    AVATAR MARATHON SURVIVORS - Special thanks to the Williams Family who endured the
    whole marathon from start to finish of Book 1. Book 2 is scheduled for August 11.

    SAMURAI SWORD SEMINAR SUCCESS - draws in a huge crowd as visitors travel up to 100 miles
    to take part of learning about the history of the sword. Special thanks to Rafael Kosche.

    HAWAIIAN SECTION TO BE ADDED - 2007 Hall of Famer Sol Kaihewalu donates Lua weaponry
    for Hawaiian section in museum. A ribbon cutting for the Hawaiian section will be announced.

    SPECIAL THANKS AND DONOR LIST TO BE ADDED TO NEWSLETTER - In an effort to thank the
    wonderful donors and volunteers that have helped the museum, we will be making a listing of their
    names in the next newsletter.

    SCHOOL CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERS - Because the museum is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization
    it is possible that high school and middle school can volunteer their time at the museum for additional
    school credit. The museum has begun logging in time for each volunteer.

    CHAIR DONATION - Special thanks to the Jewish Temple of Venice who donated 72 folding chairs
    to the museum.

    KALI DOCUMENTARY - BIG thank you to Nick Papadakis for hosting the very first seminar at the
    Martial Arts History Museum. 20 people attended the first event. Congrats Nick on making history!!!


    JUNE NEWS

    GRANDMASTER BONG SOO HAN - A strong supporter of the museum, GM Han sadly passed
    away a short time ago. However, we are pleased to announce his legacy will continue at the museum
    as his daughter, Sue Han, donates her father's uniform and hat from Billy Jack to the museum.

    FILIPINO SECTION - Thanks to Nick Papadakis for stepping up to the plate and represent the entire
    Filipino community by providing artifacts and weaponry to create the Filipino section in the museum.