By popular demand the 2nd Hawaii IMB Instructors Conference will be held from May 24 thru May 28th 2010.

The IMB Conference program and events schedule will soon be release. The IMB Instructors Conference is for all IMB Instructors and assistants, and affiliates by invitation only. We will be working privately with Sifu Richard on multiple advanced training drills, techniques new and old. This PRIVATE invitation seminar is meant for the advanced student/instructor of the IMB. We will all train and learn directly from Sifu and other special skilled instructors. We will have the opportunity to answer any questions on advanced techniques/drills etc. and to fine tune these skills. Please bring your assistant instructor or senior students to make it an even number of training partners. This is an advance registration Conference. The special guest instructors, training schedule and registration forms will be sent to all IMB members inquires and their recommended affiliates.

Approved participants may arrive earlier than May 24th or stay later than May 28th pending on room availability. For hotel reservation please call (800) 367-5004 ext. 3011 and mention the IMB Conference or the reservation #00187 for the group discount. Discounted rooms must be reserved (by April 24) 30 days before May 24th. For special inquires or questions, please contact the precious and adorable reservations manager Merl Bautista at (808) 922-1941 or email: mbautista@queenkapiolani.com

We are very fortunate to have additional instructors for the IMB Instructors Conference. For the Wing Chun Trapping to Grappling session we will be having a Rickson Gracie black belt James Tanaka covering Wing Chun leg trapping and Rickson Gracie jiujitsu training. For the strength and conditioning session, Chris Ascari will teach methods and techniques to enhance students for competition. For the submission grappling/no-gi and author of "Choke'm Out", Burton Richardson will teach his 65 Chokes to End Any Fight Fast. Instructors such as Burton Viera, Jeff Macalolooy and other specialized instructors is pending.