Inviting James R. to Korea (2-day AW seminar)

[SeungMin Bae]

Hello, fellow armwrestlers

I would like to announce that James Retarides will visit S. Korea this September as an armwrestling ambassador & trainer, and we will have 2-day armwrestling seminar in Seoul.

Thanks to 20 armwrestlers who have registered for the AW seminar ($130 each) and MANUS Enterprises (CEO: JaeYong Eom) sponsoring $1000 - I was able to gather $3600 enough to make the seminar worthwhile and take care of James' trip.

When I was living in Chapel Hill (NC), two Korean armwrestlers visited my place, and many USA armwrestlers - John Brzenk, James Retarides, Todd King, Bob Gianelli, Paul Walther, John Wilson, and so on - gave us hospitality in different ways, and we are grateful for that. Now, it is Korea's turn to repay your kindness.

I believe the sport of armwrestling deserves better, especially considering good people I have met from armwrestling. Inviting James Retarides is a beginning of my long-term plan. In the future, I will do my best to invite more armwrestlers to Korea in order to not only promote the sport but also share each other's culture.

Wish all of us luck. :-)



This is where the seminar will be held.
P.S. Muscle & Fitness magazine (Korea branch) will have featured pages for this seminar.

[John Milne]

James is a very good choice. He's a great representative of our sport.

[John Wilson]

Fantastic move. James is an awesome teacher / coach. I predict the Korean team will now become the strap wizards of the world!

[Neil Pickup]

I agree James is a very under rated Armwrestler with extremely sound knowledge of the Sport I believe that he'll do a great job with your athletes.

Hope it goes well for everyone mate

Cheers

Neil

[Chris Heath]

James has retired!

[D.J. Lee]

Very cool! Nice work fellas!

[SeungMin Bae]

Aug 13, 2012 13:30:44 GMT -5 Chris Heath said:

James has retired!

Retired armwrestlers are most knowledgeable and they ref just fine.

[SeungMin Bae]

I'm going to work on planning the detailed schedule this weekend, and James and I will discuss further to make the seminar extraordinary. I believe the participants' armwrestling abilities will improve significantly after the seminar.

[Guy Lasorsa]

Thats awesome . YOU Couldnt have ,a better teacher in James and that is such a beautiful place to have the seminar.

JAMES MAKE sure ,to experience the great food bulgogi , kim chee etc

I almost got arrested once because some
one over heard me saying i had kim chee buried in my yard - )

[Robert Miller]

James R. Will represent for sure... Great coach & great friend as well!! Good luck Seung Min with the training!! Have a great trip bud & bring me a t-shirt back!!

[Erick "Zap" Szczap]

I think this is pretty awesome. I keep wondering though, in the States would we get 20 armwrestlers to fork over $130 for a 2-day armwrestling seminar? That's pretty impressive. And to think, we Charlotte folks used to get $260 worth of James' coaching every month, free of charge.

[SeungMin Bae]

These 24k gold springs for limited edition hand grippers are made for those who have registered for the 1st armwrestling seminar in Korea! (Instructor: James Retarides)