HaganaH 6TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
- January 25th, 2011
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- By Mike Lee Kanarek
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HaganaH 6th Annual Conference Was a Huge Success!!!
6 new HaganaH Black Belts…and a weekend packed with action and intense training, this conference was by far the best one yet.
Participants in this conference trained in Agression and Stress Drills including the kill house labyrinth, Combat Fitness and Fit2Fight, Combat Wretsling and with our guest Instructor this year, Neil Melanson, Ground Fighting for the street and cage.
Also, on saturday, all the HaganaH Black Belts had a special session with our IPTT Instructor, Garret Machine.
The training was intense all weekend long…but the high light of the weekend was off course : the Black Belt test. The Black Belt test Rocked!!!! we have 6 new HaganaH Black Belts : Jay Makervich (FL) , Joe Bogart (FL), John Peek (TX), Joel Borrows (IL) , Todd Borrows (IL) and Kevin Evits Jr. (CT)
This conference was by far the best yet, hands down…thanks to all that attended, without you it would not have been such a Huge success!!!
Special thanks goes to HaganaH Black Belt Ryan Ortman from San Diego CA, who got there a day earlier to built the Kill House Labyrinth, it was funny, before we headed up to Home Depot in Vegas Ryan said : “OK Brother, show me the blue print plans” so I showed him and he said : ” What the hell, this is in meters!” LOL
also, Special thanks goes to Stu Bryant , who has put countless hours in the last few months to make this conference the best ever, I love you Sir!
lots of love also goes to James Cooper and John Clarke who, as usual, taught awesome sessions in the conference….you guys are the Best at what you do, thanks you for making our HaganaH family better and better year after year!!!
2010 receiptiants of awards were:
Fit2Fight Award : Jeanette Dahnert
FIGHT Instructor : Ed Duplesis
HaganaH Black Belt : Sam De Jesus
To all that didnt attend, you missed a Badass Conference ;-(
See you all next year at the 7th Annual Conference in Florida 
Right On!!! best conference ever! awesome sessions, outstanding instruction on every level… SUPER ENERGY by all, I had a blast!!! special highlight this year for me personally was training with Garret and brother/sister black belts! and, being part of the exam… it was a real honor to assist Sir! CONGRATS to all new Haganah Black Belts! it is an honor to train with you and an honor to count you among us!!! Haganah!!!
Next year is going to be even better… holy sh*t!!!
Thank you sir!! Your rock!!
HaganaH Practitioners are the best breed to train!! Every year, they bring energy to the sessions regardless of how they feel physically. Proof is in the pudding and you guys are definitely at the top of the food chain!!
Congratulations to all the new Black Belts!! You guys dug deep and kicked butt!!
Best regards,
John Clarke
It was my first Conference and by far, the best 3 days of training in my life! Great instructors and amazing energy going around.
Sir, best conference ever!!!!!
World Class instructors made a huge diference, instructors – Mike Lee Kanarek,Garret Machine, James Cooper, John Clark, Neil Melanson and all the Haganah family that attended.
it was an honor to be part of it!
Congrats to the new 6 blackbelts, u trained hard and showed it on the test, blackbelt testing is not an easy task to acomplish!
Congratulations to all of the new Blackbelts, especially Jay. Well done bro!I’m sick that I could not attend. However, duty calls and hopefully I’ll be smarter after graduating from the War College. My younger brother from a different mother, Misha Novitzky was representing for HaganaH Atlanta and I appreciate all of the work he put into raising money for students to attend and showing them what training with the HaganaH Family is all about. Mike, thanks for allowing me to serve on the Board and I look forward to supporting the team in any and all endeavors. Take care. Hooah!
Congratulations to all the new Black Belts as well. Like Lt. Col. Gaston, I wish I could have made it. Next year for sure. And thanks to all who served on the Board this year. Especially large kudos to Ryan as Chair for contributing to the growth and progress of the organization. And to Stu for being appointed Chair for the upcoming year.
I just finished meeting for the day with Mike and Garret – we have a lot of new things in store for all of our loyal Haganah brothers and sisters this year…. if you thought this year’s conference was awesome, just wait….
Thank you to Sir and all those involved in planning the 2011 conference,it was a blast. The “Kill House” was an awesome training tool. Congratulations to all the new HaganaH black belts, well done! A special thank you to Sir for the prestigious award and his mentorship.