The 7th annual Southeast Asian Cultural Arts Festival is coming to the Vancouver region on Saturday August 16 2014 – a 1-day festival with martial, cultural, and theatrical activities and performances. Great for the whole family. And do not miss the potluck BBQ with SE Asian flavors.
Learn more – http://www.MonsoonSociety.org/SEACAF.html
Ajahn Stephen Wilson is one of the many instructors who will be teaching there.
Born in 1950 in Washington state, Stephen Wilson joined the U.S. Army in 1970. He toured Vietnam in 1971 and 1972 as a Sergeant (Infantry) and was awarded the Air Medal (Bronze Star), Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam). He started training in Niiyama Bujutsu in 1974 and attained 3rd dan. He began training in Thai boxing (muay Thai) in 1983 under Ajahn Sattrachaan Surachai Sirisute and attained Senior Instructor in 2011.
He trained in Bangkok, Thailand at the Buddhai Sawan Fighting Institute and became one of the first Americans to achieve Gold Sash (7th level) in Krabi Krabong. In 1998 he achieved his current Gold Sash 8th level ranking (Ajahn Tony Moore of the UK holds the only Gold Sash 9th level ever awared to a non-Thai)
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