Independent Warriors Association

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A big welcome to our newest IWA Affiliate School, Casa De Combate Del Valle - Martial Science Study Group, located in New York under GM Carlos Del Valle. 🤙

I was recently reminded how our Martial Art Community is fragile in our beliefs and are often swayed by outside influences regardless of our insistence to be free from political beliefs that are not associated with the martial arts. Basically this means that many “Talk the Talk”, but fail to “Walk the Walk”. This saddens me because some of those people I consider to be friends and or mentors. That being said, when someone speaks of being a Martial Artist and, whether in a seminar or other Martial Art venue, they disassociate from others who they once called friends because of Politics, they then expose their hypocrisy and appear to be cowards to their professed belief and spoken words of “we are all Martial Artists and we don’t do Politics” or “we are all Brothers and Sisters wanting to learn and expand our knowledge”. It is a sad thing, not only on a personal level, but for the Martial Art Community as a whole. Namaste ~ GM Mikeal ‘Bear’ Smith

Please Welcome Leticia 'Bunny' Garcia into the IWA Ohana. She's one of the New Generation who are picking up the torch of knowledge and passing it on to others.

On the mat at the IWA Annual Gathering & Training Clinic.

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Instructors - IWA Annual Gathering & Training Clinic.

Left to right: Professor Denise Gonzales, GM Mikeal Smith, GM Glenn Gavin, G**o Brian Everett, & Sijo Johnny Oliva