FIRST MARTIAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2008 LIVE Limalama MOTHER EARTH! IN CASLPC

With the firm conviction of emphasizing the martial art as an art form rather than sport took place last weekend the first Martial Arts Festival 2008 Live Limalama Mother Earth. "

The activity was based the area of ​​Dance Arts Center of San Luis Potosi "Centennial" (CASLPC)

The programming consisted of war dances, boxing exhibitions Polynesian Capoeira, Aikido, Karate, Kung Fu and Limalama as well as traditional forms. Around 50 participants took the festival, and a hundred spectators.

Rodolfo Olguin, a member of the organizing committee Ometéotl Limalama, explained in an interview with the calling of the first festival: "For us the dance and the martial art is power generation. We are all in the same awareness to the rescue of "mother earth". Our principles as taught in the martial art. It is a living, not the classic tournament. It is a festival of art and all live together. We invited several schools, several styles.

"We want to emphasize the artistic, rather than the sports issue. Currently the martial art has leaned more towards the sport, we want to rescue the martial art as art. "

In this sense, the teacher Olguin said the laudable work done by parents: "We owe it to parents. Beyond that are the blows and kicks, trying to sow not only practitioners but also parents, the principles that govern us. Not only blows, but the principles of justice, freedom, respect, loyalty, which is what we try to convey more than anything else. "

In talking about where is taught the martial art daily Limalama, Rodolfo Olguin, said: "One is in front of the Technology of San Luis Potosi, in the auditorium Luis Donaldo Colosio found in Cholula street number 218, where we train Tuesday and Thursday from 16 hours, and in coordination with the library Primo Feliciano Velázquez of the Colony Industrial Aviation, specifically in the Band Shell, train Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 20 hours. "

Finally, in explaining why CASLPC was elected to host the Festival, the organizers noted: "It was important that the activities of the Festival will be held at the Arts Center of San Luis Potosi" Centennial "by the same sense as we want to give the martial art, did not want the festival to end in a mere sporting event, but as an artistic expression, we think the change we want to generate.

"Traditionally martial arts events are made in sports centers. We want to give that turn to the martial art as an art, that motivated us to do so in the CASLPC. It is a great place. We believe the aim of contributing energy to clean this space. Participants were told that earlier this was a space of suffering and death is now a living space that is generated through art. We want to contribute to the CASLPC change its polarity from negative to positive energy, "the maestro Rodolfo Olguin.