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DBMA Martial Arts Forum => Martial Arts Topics => Topic started by: Poidog on March 15, 2004, 12:36:37 PM
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Hola,
I may be able to take advantage of an opportunity this summer to study spanish in Cuernevaca. If I do, I was wondering if perhaps making weekend trips to Mexico City to study at the "Sistemas Integrados de Combate" would be a feasible option? Anyone with any relevant experience/ideas, please feel free to offer any suggestions. Mahalo in advance for any and all help.
Aloha, Kalani
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Woof Kalani:
What a great idea! Years ago (1974? Ohmygod its been 30 years!) starting in Philadelphia my friend Bill and I wandered down to Mexico in his van. As a C- high school Spanish student, I was the "interpreter" of the expedition and 5 minutes after we crossed into Mexico from Laredo Bill made an illegal turn and the police stopped us. Uh oh. A couple of minutes later I had paid my first bribe (?No podemso pagar la propina :roll: aqui?) and my fascination with Spanish and Mexico was born.
We continued on down to Cuernavaca (see, there was a point to the story) which is about an hour past Mexico City (a.k.a. "el DF/Distrito Federal") where we enrolled in one of the local language schools wherein pretty Mexican girls taught classes of 4 or less in the morning and in the afternoon we would go out and practice on the natives. What great fun!
I imagine Cuernavaca has grown in the 30 years since then, but it was a very pleasant small city at an altitude that gave it a very agreeable climate year round. About 4 hours futher south down a very winding road is Acapulco.
The DF, and DBMA Apprentice Mauricio of "Sistemas Integrados de Combate" is about an hour north of Cuernavaca. I was just with Mauricio for the second time a couple of weeks ago. He is doing good work getting DBMA off the ground in the DF and is working on developing a sparring/fighting group. I think you would add to your good times by checking him out.
Woof.
Crafty
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Mauricio:
Kalani es miembro del grupo de Dogzilla en Hawaii, buen peleador y amigo nuestro.
Guro Marc
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Guau Marc. :)
Gracias por la noticia, me alegra muco poder conocer a nueva gente de la organizaci?n. Lakani ser? muy bien recibido por nosotros en SIC.
Lakani: Me da gusto conocerte por lo menos de palabras, y cuando decida visitarnos llamame para confirmar su llegada y recogerte, te dejo mis datos: Saludos a Godzilla.
Mauricio S?nchez
5605-8059 / cel. 044 55-2112-8749
Gym 5544-9832 M?rtires Irlandeses, esq. Av. del Convento, Parque San Andr?s, Coyoacan, M?xico D.F.
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Guau:
Marc, gracias por las palabras amables y el gran cuento. Espero realmente aprovechar de esta oportunidad.
Mauricio, es tambi?n un placer de conocerte por lo menos por palabras, y gracias por la oferta de la hospitalidad. Espero la reuni?n con tigo en persona y entrenando con tigo en SIC. Parece que estare en Cuernevaca al fin de septiembre, y estoy muy entusiasmado.
(Thanks to my good friend Angelica for helping me with the translation)
Aloha, Kalani
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Woof K:
I was pretty impressed with the level of the Spanish until you 'fessed up. :D
Marc