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BBFI Participates in National Night OutBBFI Hosts Demonstration for Community Outreach Event for Bethany Baptist Church08/02/08 Salem, OR -- The students of Youth Alive Martial Arts Academy, led by BBFI Vice President Michael Murphy, provided a martial arts demonstration at the Second Annual National Night Out Party hosted by Bethany Baptist Church of Salem, Oregon. The demonstration included a team performance of beginner level traditional forms, intermediate students performed a weapons form, and the instructor performed a weapons form and concluded the demonstration with breaking.
BBFI President, Fred Murphy, worked the sound for the musical performance, while his son Michael performed one traditional formal exercise (kata or form) to music, a weapon performance with the sai, and breaking. As anticipated, the breaking demonstration was the highlight of the demonstration. Following a warning "not to try this at home", Michael broke several boards and bricks with his hands and feet. The first series of breaks were with single boards. Following a break with an elbow strike, jump kick and speed-break (pictured right), the finally was to a fire break with three brick pavers. Michael and Fred teach a weekly martial arts class at Bethany.
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Approximately 100
people from the community were in attendance of this event. In addition to
the martial arts demonstration, several other events were planned for this event
by various ministry teams of Bethany Baptist Church. The Worship Team provided
live music, a car show drew approximately 20 vehicles that were on display,
votes were cast, for which awards were provided for the top three cars. The
deacons served complimentary hamburgers and hot dogs.
