Fellow Brothers and Sisters,

It gives me great pleasure to host this year’s International Brotherhood of Martial Artists “Euro-American Masters Symposium” with my co-host Soke Joseph Hess. In 2006 I had the honor and privilege of joining Soke Hess’s Team of Instructors at the bi-annual European Budo-Festival www.budofestival.de in Cuxhaven, Germany.

Master’s Detlef Schneider and Hans Werner Rudat have been hosting the event since 1991 and will be celebrating their 20 year anniversary (2011) in Cuxhaven, Germany and have provided an open invitation to all our brothers and sisters.

Both Schneider, and Rudat Sensei(s) will be our key instructors at the Euro-American Masters Symposium along with many special guest instructors. I would like to encourage all our IBMA members and all martial artists that are interested in learning from some of Europe’s finest instructors to come and join us this May 22nd through the 24th right here is beautiful Sunny Florida!