News and upcoming events for LESKAS and the Filipino Martial Arts community

5/26/04

LESKAS Seattle has been invited to demonstrate and share the art for the Pagdiriwang festival, to be held in Seattle Center on Saturday, June 12: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, June 13: noon-6 p.m. We will be participating in both the demonstration and the seminar portions of the event. Feel free to come by and say "Hi!", and enjoy the celebration of Filipino independence.

3/31/04

It is with great regret and sadness that we must report the passing of LESKAS founder Maestro Elmer Ybanez today. Maestro Ybanez had been fighting his most difficult battle against leukemia for the last few months, and we will miss him greatly. Nevertheless, his spirit lives on with his family, friends, and students whom will be carrying on his legacy.

3/28/04

We will be moving our training location to the Fircrest gym as of April 5th. Practices will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30. The gym is located at 15230 15th Ave NE in Shoreline. Here's a map.

1/03/04

Happy New Year! We will be putting in another order for LESKAS T-Shirts very soon. We'll be going with the black version once again, and should have some extras, but if you want to be safe, please talk to Chris to make sure you get your correct size.

11/16/03

Having secured our current training location, Maestro Ybanez has stated that he'd be open to taking on some new students! We'll be having training several nights a week in the north Seattle area. Please contact Chris Turla for more information.

11/01/03

This tape is NOT AUTHORIZED by the LESKAS and LSAI organizations!

Alfredo Rico Acosta's claim of being a 10th degree Master in the Lightning System is competely fraudulent! What's more, the techniques and tactics that he demonstrates on the tape are not at all representative of the Lightning system. He has never been authorized to teach by Maestro Ybanez, nor Grandmaster Lema, and in fact was only a junior student in the system, with minimal training time.

Please do not purchase this tape, as it is not representative of the Lightning system.