Focus on Magic and the Martial Arts

September 22 - 24, 2009

Tuition: $395.00 ( $200.00 minimum deposit )
New for this class only

Featured at this year’s event will be magician, author and martial arts expert, Tom Meseroll,  Kung Fu weapons savant Bryce Kuhlman, and recent World Champion in Martial Arts Magic, Master Diaz.  We will also have a contest!  Magician/Inventor Sean Scott will be bringing with him one "Ki" DVD for each of our attending students. 

http://www.theartofseanscott.com/id21.html

The student who can come up with the best presentation or innovation with Sean Scott’s "Ki" will win a $700 three day Master Class.  This is just one of the many exciting surprises we have in store for you who love the power of magic and the skills of martial arts.

Magic & The Martial Arts: a weekend of mystery and mastery.

Please join us for three days of mystery and mastery. For the very first time ever, we are offering a conference designed to explore the mind/body connection between performance magic and the martial arts, Jeff McBride is world famous for his unique fusion of martial arts and magic. Jeff has studied many Eastern martial arts iuncluding Judo, Aikido, Tae Kwan Do, and Go-Ju Ryu Karate. Jeff will be your guide on a mystical voyage that will explore both Eastern and Western martial arts. You will learn ways to incorporate magic into your existing martial arts routines, or learn how to utilize the martial arts to enhance your magic show.

Jeff will be joined by his long-time friend and mystery school alumnus, Bryce Kuhlman. Bryce has a deep passion for Shao-lin kung fu, and will share his insights with us. Also joining us will be Tom Meseroll, author of Magus: Master of Martial Magic, a recently published novel that explores the martial arts from a magical perspective.

We look forward to you joining us in September here at the school for this amazing event!

Last year Aaron Crow was our special guest...this year we have new guests and workshops!

Aaron Crow is a master of martial arts magic and mystery. Aaron was a finalist on the Uri Geller show PHENOMENON and will perform and talk about his magic and it's mystical connection to the martial arts. CROW is an international television sensation and this is a rare US appearance and his only US appearance for 2008! Jeff recently worked with Arron in Istanbul and here is what Aaron say's about Jeff's influence on his work.

In Aaron's words:

"Jeff's in-depth view, his ideas and inspiring theories and, above all, his firm belief in my abilities has made me the performer that I am today. Three years ago, before my first Master Class, I was dreaming of this one great act.

Five Master Classes later I am living my dream. I am the reigning (FISM) world champion in Mental magic. I get to travel the world performing in big galas and TV shows. I've received a number of great awards, one of them being "Le Mandraque d'or", which is the French "Oscar" for stage performers. Most recently "Blackpool 2006" went mad for my new act, "Bowman".

I still dream. This time it is about how I can -- or better, how I will -- blow away three thousand magicians at the next World Championships of Magic!

Signed in blood,
Aaron Crow

To find out more about this unique artist go to:
www.aaroncrow.com

What does it take to be a winner? It is a balance of patience, practice and discipline. Winning has something to do with taking a risk! We can learn for our mentors, friends and top athletes what it takes to become a winner. Here is basketball star Michael Jordan's words

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Yours in the arts of inspiration and magic!

Jeff McBride

Teachers
Jeff McBride

Widely acclaimed as the most innovative and exciting star of magic in our time. In addition to his work as a performer, McBride is in demand as a teacher and lecturer for magicians and lay audiences. With Eugene Burger he conducts regular intensive Master Class session in Las Vegas, and has lectured for groups as diverse as the Smithsonian and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

For more information about Jeff McBride, visit http://www.mcbridemagic.com
Bryce Kuhlman

Bryce Kuhlman is an odd experiment in the fusion of art and science.  His early performances won him many local and national awards and paid for two college degrees – not in theater but in software engineering and robotics.  Those nights he wasn’t performing, one would find him tucked away in a dark room hacking the code together for some new project.  He currently runs a corporation that specializes in custom software and web design for entertainers and theatrical venues.

For more information about Bryce Kuhlman, visit http://www.brycekuhlman.com
Tom Meseroll

Thomas Chilton Meseroll has been a performing magician for 40 years and a martial artist for 35 years. He is a proud member of the Society of American Magicians, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Magic Collector’s Association, the Magic Circle in London, and the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) and is known as “The Magus: Master of Martial Magic” for his incorporation of martial arts in magic. He has been performing magic and martial arts around the USA for over forty years. In 2007 he won the Close-Up Magician of the year for the Southern California Assembly of the Society of American Magicians: An award won previously by Dai Vernon and Al Goshman. Tom has been a martial arts practitioner for 35 years and is an expert in Okinawan weaponry, a Black belt in Tang Soo Do, and a Brown belt in Shotokan. He is the recent author of a novel entitled MAGUS: Master of Martial Magic, The Magician's Primer. He is also currently a Director of Engineering in the Space & Intelligence sector of the aerospace industry.

For more information about Tom Meseroll, visit http://www.martialmagician.com