The Junior Rank Demonstration Team Performs July 12, 2000
This was for the Whitestown Summer Park Program

Grand Master Crandall opened the performance by explaining a little about the martial arts and the American Eagle Style. As he talked, students continued to gather on the hillside to see traditional martial arts performed with an American style. Team members that were able to participate at this demonstration included Travis Donley, Dan Boak, Nicole Stanulevich and Ian Ramsey. A special guest student Anastasja Abraham also participated in this hour performance.



An example of class structure and procedure was demonstrated by the team under the direction of Master Jill Crandall. The first picture shows the short stretching segment with Master Crandall teaching and the second picture was the beginning of the empty hand forms or katas with guest student Anastasja doing her pal-gwe.




Here you see the team members doing horse stance center punch starting with Travis Donley, then Dan Boak, (second row) first Ian Ramsey and then Nicole Stanulevich.



A special performance was done by Ian and Nicole with the escrima sticks. This demonstration led the group into weapons forms done by each team member.



Here on the far left is Nicole with the Naginata, (center) Dan Boak with the Sais and (right) Ian with the Escrima sticks.


A favorite part for the audience is the breaking segment of a martial arts demonstration. Below are pictures, first of Nicole executing an elbow strike followed by a hammer fist break.


The last break was performed by Travis. This Multiple break included a center kick followed by a ridge hand strike and concluded with a palm heel strick through four boards.




In conclusion, questions were answered and students handed out Action Martial Arts Magazine trading cards to everyone. This trading card is one of the 54 in the year 2000 deck with Grand Master Crandall on it.



It was a fun time for everyone concluding with the demonstration team going back to the school location in Yorkville and having pizza and discussion about the performance.