MUSEUM
HAPPENINGS!!!
ANTHONY SALCEDO
- More thank you's to Anthony for his
amazing donations
of Muay Thai items to the Museum.
MASTER TODDY
- Thanks are extended to Master Toddy
for his donation of a
variety of Thai fighting items.
JACKIE CHAN MOVIE
- The Museum was happy to donate
promotional material
for the Jackie Chan film Spy Next Door.
KUNG FU FILM
DONATION
- The Museum was proud to receive a
donation of
entire original footage of the Kung Fu TV series.
COUNCILMAN ALARCON
- Always a big thanks to Los Angeles
City Councilman
Richard Alarcon for his continuous support.
MAIA CONVENTION
- Special thanks to the Martial Arts
Industry Association for
providing a 1,000 square foot area for the Museum to be on
display in Las Vegas.
PACIFIC ASIAN EXHIBIT
- The Museum had a wonderful display at
the Pacific
Asian Museum in Pasadena, CA..
MUSEUM MOVIE NIGHT
- Thanks to KungFuMovies.net and Valley
Martial Arts for
making all our continuous movie nights a success.
SCREEN FRAME DONATION
- The very cool people at Lunchbox was
very kind enough to donate a frame for our projection
screen.
INK DONATION
- More "thank you's" as John
Glennon donated ink for the
Museum printers.
PRO TAPE SYSTEMS
- The Museum would like to extend a
thank you to Jack
Skylar for the donation of three professional
Panasonic video tape editing systems.
PROP DONATION
- A special thank you to Gregory &
Claudia Tapscott
for the generous donation of a film reel prop for the museum.
The 2 reel
props stand over 9 feet and used in a recent film.
CARS FOR CAUSES
- The Museum would once again like to
thank the Cars
4 Causes program which enabled an anonymous individual
to make a significant
contribution to the museum this month. Thank you!!!
BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA
- Thank you for putting us down in your
list
of charities so your employees can donate.
JAPANESE CLASS
- The Museum's Japanese class hits its 1
1/2 year anniversary
as its five students continue to meet every week under
teacher Mami Masuura.
COUNCILWOMAN JAN PERRY
- Special thanks to the support of L.A.
City
Council person Jan Perry for meeting with us to get things
rolling.
MANNEQUIN DONATION
- Special applause to Michael
Harner of Venice for the
donation of a beautiful mannequin to be used in the museum.
LARGE BAG FOR MEMBERS
- Valley Martial Arts Supply is giving
away a large number
of oversized gym bags free to all museum
members. Big thanks to Rafael and Joan.
PANDA MOVIE SCREENING
- The first 50 current Museum Members to reply will be able
invited to a complimentary screening of Kung Fu Panda.
BIG SCREEN DONATION
- Additional thank you goes to
Moses Mudd for the kind donation
of a big screen
television, stereo system and DVD player to the museum. Yeah Moses!
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.
SPECIAL SCREENING - A big thank you to
Lion's Gate for providing 50 VIP seats for the museum
members. Plus a Q&A from Collin Chou, one of the stars of the film and
the amazing John Fusco
who wrote the film.
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!!!!
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.
CANADIAN
AMBASSADOR - The museum is
proud to welcome Greg Smith as the museum's
ambassador for Canada and North America.
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.
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!!!
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 LA 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.
MUSEUM AT STREET FESTIVAL - Santa Clarita
Valley will be hosting their annual
Street Festival will feature the museum. 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.
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.
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.
AVATAR MARATHON SURVIVORS - Special thanks
to the Williams Family who endured the
whole marathon from start to finish of Book 1.
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 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.
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!!!
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.
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE - The Museum, along with
Valley Martial Arts Supply, established a
martial arts community blood drive. Over 50 people from
various martial arts schools came to donate.
FLOOKY'S FUNDRAISER - Thanks to Flooky's
Restaurant for hosting a fundraising dinner event as
well as placing our donation box at his diner.
EL TORITO FUNDRAISER - A big yeah for the El
Torito in Sun Valley, Ca for their assistance in
our dinner fundraiser.
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