FANOGHE CHAMORU!
May 16, 2017 by admin
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FANOGHE CHAMORU
ITS A FAMILY THING!
April 4, 2017 by admin
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Cuki Alvarez making his mark at home base!
April 4, 2017 by admin
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Cuki Alvarez, Founder of Trench Tech/ Purebred Saipan and General Manager of Trench Warz , making his mark as ever at the home base.
#fokaisaipan
#purebredjujitsu
#onra
The 45 Second 1008 Sling
April 4, 2017 by admin
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The 45 Second 1008Sling
In order to share the art of slinging, Guam slingers figured that slings need to be more accessible to the public.
A properly made sling is more than worth the money, but for those who might not have 50-100 dollars ready at hand, we developed the creation of a 45 second sling. Inexpensive. Fast. Reliable. Most importantly just as Efficient as almost any other sling in the market.
#stoners
#rockers
#bibameschamoru
SHARE CULTURE! Fun Slinging
April 4, 2017 by admin
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After more than 30 years of practice, To motivate and maintain interest in the art of slinging, Alex Aardvark (head administrator of www.slinging.org) deduced that
1. Slinging would be more attractive if it was playfully combative And
2. To keep practices safe and interesting, the threat of misfired ammunition needed to be toned down.
As taught by Alex, Here is a fast breakdown of how to make the perfect slinging practice ammunition with a sock. .
#stoners
#rockers
#bibameschamoru
ONRA International Sling tournament in Mallorca via flying proa in Ireland
March 6, 2017 by admin
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Hafa Adai.
It’s been about 5years since the last entry of Onra was published; and it’s great to see a lot has happened since then.
Throughout the failing attempt the last few years of trying to get back to training Jiujitsu, picking up the local martial art of Stone Slinging has, in effect, led to a potentially bright adventure. I had a good conversation with sports editor Jojo Santo Tomas for a temporary return of this column to give some insight into Guam’s first participation in an international stone-slinging event.
Local history has shown us that stone slinging was highly prevalent among our people. Since the 17th century, Spanish missionaries have written about the highly skilled slingers of our ancestors.
Fast forward to today: though stone slinging has been mostly forgotten, the occasional artifacts found only underscore the feeling that slinging stones still has a place and future with and for our people.
In the last three years, I’ve been part of a healthy resurgence in this way of Chamorro life, proud of the identity that dominates our national flag.
Almost a year ago, I signed into an online slinging forum and the world’s largest international stone-slinging conversation at www.slinging.org. I was surprised to learn that that there was virtually no mention of Guam or our ancestry in slinging – despite the fact that Guam is the only place in the world featuring a slingstone on its flag.
I hadn’t received any replies on this forum to any of the topics that I chimed in on and actually thought that I’d have to settle with simply reading the many posts of interest on this invigorating topic.
Then, three months later I received a message on Facebook from Sam Christian Work. He introduced himself as an avid slinger from Austria.
Turns out he’d been deeply involved into slinging for more than a decade. He was an international slinging event champion, and was a respected scholar and perpetual student on the topic worldwide – yet he’d never heard of Guam. He wanted to know more.
He was in shock to see how immersed Guam history is in slinging and told us of an international competition in Spain that featured up to 18 different countries participating in this annual event. He was eager to share with his acquaintances the photos we shared with him….this is when we knew that it was important to get involved.
A lot of people from here might have different things to say about the issues we’ve faced from outer islanders and criminal conduct but something we need to learn to embrace is that we are Micronesian. This was an opportunity to serve that fact and the time was as ripe as ever.
We were headed to Spain! Biba Mes Chamoru! My good friend and slinging-mentor Guelu Rosario and another seasoned slinger and Master Navigator, Tony Piaulig of Satawal, had caught word and immediately volunteered to join in. Friends and family at Fokai, Ambros Guam and the Marianas Open wanted to help and the rest is the future.
Going to Spain wasn’t going to be easy. Since we were going to spend enough money and off to travel far with a Master Navigator and an experienced builder of our island’s world-famous Flying Proa—we decided to try and make the most of it.
We’ve just finished 10 days of Ireland, slinging stones, sharing culture, rocking, rolling, rooting, and rooting. And possibly for the first time in history, a Flying Proa has made its way to Ireland shores. It was epic, historical, monumental and … cosmic.
We are in Mallorca now, an island and people with 5000 years of stone-slinging history, for Guam’s first footsteps into international slinging sport. I will come back to you with a story – hopefully set in stone.
Thanks for dropping by.
2017 International Slinging Competition Spain. PHOTO GALLERY!
March 2, 2017 by admin
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2017 International Slinging Competition Spain. PHOTO GALLERY!
Slingers from Guam Arrive in Spain For 2017 International Competition UPDATE!
March 1, 2017 by admin
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Slingers from Guam in Spain UPDATE!
The F Word:
FONER
Mallorceans are known throughout history for their armies of thousands of slingers. They were so proficient that they were highly sought after as soldiers for war.
Guam has the only national flag pf the world featuring a sling-stone.
Update w/ Roman DLC. Currently in Spain for the competition along side Guelo Rosario and Tony Piaulig
Just got here lsat night and trying to figure mobilizations. Were trying to catch a sling tour ament today but its far. Hoping to participate but if not, at least scope the scene. Level of slinging here is insane. We are not too far off i think from the folks we slung with at the small tournament. We go to sling actually with a few former champs and we actually got some great remarks from them. But we havent seen their best.
Got about 200 launches in yesterday! And met a dude who found an antigo slingstone in a cave shaped like ours. Very positive connection so far. I think they have a few thousand slingers today and some cool slings. Saw a sling 50 years old and still going! Natural organic fiber too. Generations of slinging families. One of the Paradise islands of Europe with folks that also dread Spanish colonization and gravitate towards their ancestral beliefs. Like Chamorros to America, the Clearly distinguish themselves as Mallorcean instead of Spanish.
Whole bunch of folks were really receptive to us as we had commonality with slinging, Ancestral slinging!
Im 2days were gathering with people from 16 other countries for a visit to the giant sling statue.
Guelo! FOKAI IRELAND!
February 22, 2017 by admin
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Guelu putting the final touches (at Fokai Ireland’s Grasshopper Lounge), on his model Proa hours before Fokai Amphibious Division, TASA, and The Guam Waterman Club’s ‘ presentation of The Flying Proa to Ireland Seafarers this evening at The Oar in Crosshaven Ireland
FOKAI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
February 22, 2017 by admin
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FOKAI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Like many other clothing companies, we started out with just printing on wholesale blank items. Almost 20years later and now product starts from a roll of fabric, washed cut and shaped from in-house templates, printed, stitched, packaged, then sent to the shelves of our flagship stores.
Though this takes a lot more time and resource, your longtime support is more than worth the weight.
