2nd International Western Martial Arts Workshop, on Canada's TVO Network

Another of Canada's news network were on hand at the entire workshop, capturing the sounds and sights of the second western martial arts workshop, sponsored by AEMMA, and hosted at the Medieval Times venue. The piece was aired nationally on the evening of January 11, 2001 between 8-9pm on TVO. Some short representative video segments are included below. The entire piece is available on the WMA CD.

The video file sizes range from 2.4MB - 5.1MB. The files will require QuickTime and are compatible with most Windows and Mac systems.

No.	Segment	Description	Video
1		Introduction: Violence is part of the human condition. It is no different than in the Asian and Oriental martial arts. What we are trying to do is to formalize the western aspect and educate people that "yes, we did have a martial arts heritage"...	(4.9MB)
2		Terry Brown:..."When you are attacked, you never look for a target, you stop the person from hurting you and then you look for a target!" The workshop has attracted a 120 people, got people coming in from Belgium, from Italy, Scotland, UK and the states...	(4.2MB)
3		Paul Macdonald:..."I'm Paul Macdonald from Edinburgh, Scotland and I'm here to deliver demonstration technique on various weapons styles the way they've been doing in the 15th century"...	(5.1MB)
4		Injury? Only flesh wounds:...the point of the blade went under the gauntlet, split the finger bone, received some stitches, but that's not bad"..."I've had a cracked rib"..."One or two knocks on the head"..."Got my little finger snapped in half"..."blade coming through my mask to my eye"..."just a flesh wound"...	(2.5MB)
5		I am ready:...A very well put together piece on the fighters lineup..."now, if all fighters are prepared, I'd like them to form a single line in the centre of the room"...	(3.3MB)