SPORTS FORUM HOSTS LAPU-LAPU VIÑAS ARNIS, CMAS

Negros Daily Bulletin sports writer and broadcaster Cyrus M. Garde hosted Lapu-Lapu Viñas Arnis Aficionados Association (LVAAA) Headmaster Wilson “Nonong” E. Viñas and Conceptual Martial Arts Society Founder James U. Sy Jr. in his TV program Sports Forum which was aired over Negros Info Channel (Skycable Channel 32) on February 20, 2004.

The interview was historic in that 1) it was the first time Lapu-Lapu Viñas arnis was featured on cable or regular broadcast TV and 2) Sports Forum was the first cable TV program to produce an episode which discussed aikido, arnis, judo, Kimdo, mixed martial arts, pencak silat, and wushu sanshou in just one setting.