OBBWC
Pure Martial
Arts
Official
Website: www.obbwc.com
Movie
Trailer: OBBWC
Trailer
Dear
Instructor,
The martial art
community needs your help and that of your
students.
Martial arts, although widely participated in,
have never received the high level of recognition
and popularity that other sports have gotten.
Considering how long the arts have existed, it
has been only recently that they have been
accepted into the Olympics.
This lack of recognition needs to change.
The 1st Open Black Belt World Championship
(OBBWC) has taken the first big step by bringing
pure martial art championships to the big screen.
On October 20, 2007, the OBBWC will be featured
in select Cineplex theatres throughout
Canada.
This one-time afternoon showing
is an
opportunity to view martial arts at its best.
The OBBWC promotes all martial art styles
(Chinese, Japanese, & Korean) and encourages
the martial art community to work and stand
together. No matter what your art, you are a part
of the martial art community and your attendance
will help to further the recognition and
popularity that martial arts deserve, and in turn
help you.
Please inform your students of this showing and
encourage them to attend. Through a communal
effort, we can succeed!
Tickets and Cineplex locations can be found
at www.cineplex.com
For every 10 people you bring, one free admission
ticket will be awarded. For more information on
this special go to www.obbwc.com
or email us
at kungfu@rogers.com
We look forward to having you attend.
With kind
regards,
Werner
Leuschner -
Founder of
the OBBWC
OBBWC
Press Release:
For
Immediate Release
1st Open Black Belt World Championship Hits the
Big Screen
In
High-Definition Exclusively at Select Cineplex
Entertainment Theatres
Toronto,
ON (CGX.UN) September 19, 2007 – Wing Chun &
Escrima International Ltd and Cineplex
Entertainment are pleased to announce for the
first time ever, the release of The
1st
OPEN BLACK BELT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (OBBWC) 2007
on the big screen in High-Definition Saturday
October 20th,
2007, exclusively at select Cineplex
Entertainment Theatres throughout Canada.
The OBBWC features international martial artists
fighting in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
disciplines, demonstrations from action movie
stars and grandmasters, plus dazzling
entertainment by world class group
performers.
“We
are pleased to offer our guests this exciting
opportunity to see martial arts championship
matches on our giant screens,” said Pat Marshall,
Vice President, Communications and Investor
Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. “It should be
quite a show seeing these talented athletes
dominating our 50-foot
screens.”
Advance
tickets are available beginning September
21st
online at
www.cineplex.com
as well as at participating theatre box offices.
Admission for children ages 3 – 12 and seniors is
$9.95 + tax and general admission is $12.95 +
tax.
Special
guest appearances include…
*
Michael Jai White – multiple black belt
holder/actor “Spawn”, “Full Contact”,
“Exit
Wounds”, “Tyson” and a co-star in the new Batman
movie, “The Dark Knight”
*
Cynthia Rothrock – martial artist/actress (more
than 30 martial art movies)
*
Don “The Dragon” Wilson –holder of 11 world
titles in three different weight classes and
world champion 11 years in a row/ actor
(“Bloodfist” series), “Batman Forever”,
“Redemption”, “Ring of Fire” and “The Last
Sentinel”)
*
Bill “Superfoot” Wallace – undefeated kickboxing
champion and fastest kick, clocked at
100km/h
*
Dan “the King of Breaking” Netherland’s attempt
to break his Guinness Book of World
Records
*
Chad Netherland – holder of 10 Guinness Strength
Records (including two in the 2008 Guinness Book
of World Records edition)
*
Performances by the Northern Leg/Southern Fist,
Grupo Uniao Na Capoeira, Sifu Toy Chinese Martial
Art School, Yudh Gatka Akhara, Grandmasters
Germon Miller, Philipman Chow, Robert Cutrell and
more.
The
1st
Open Black Belt World Championship 2007 will be
shown at the following select Cineplex
Entertainment theatres throughout
Canada:
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Colossus Langley Cinemas 20090 91A Avenue
Langley, BC
SilverCity
Riverport Cinemas 14211 Entertainment Way
Richmond, BC
Cineplex
Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas 200-333
Brooksbank Avenue North Vancouver,
BC
Galaxy
Cinemas Nanaimo 213-4750 Rutherford Road Nanaimo,
BC
Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall Cinemas 700-1320
Trans Canada Highway Kamloops, BC
ALBERTA
Paramount Chinook Cinemas 6455 MacLeod Trail SW
Calgary, AB
Cineplex
Odeon Sunridge
Spectrum
Cinemas 400-2555 32nd
Street Calgary, AB
Scotiabank
Theatre Edmonton 8882-170 Street Edmonton,
AB
Cineplex
Odeon South Edmonton
Cinemas
1525-99th
Street Edmonton, AB
SASKATCHEWAN
Galaxy
Cinemas Regina 420 McCarthy Boulevard N Regina,
SK
Galaxy
Cinemas Saskatoon 347 2nd
Avenue Saskatoon, SK
MANITOBA
SilverCity
Polo Park Cinemas 817 St. James Street, Winnipeg,
MB
ONTARIO
SilverCity
Yonge-Eglinton Cinemas 2300 Yonge Street Toronto,
ON
Cineplex
Odeon Queensway
Cinemas
1025 The Queensway Etobicoke,
ON
Coliseum
Scarborough Cinemas 300 Borough Drive
Scarborough, ON
SilverCity
Richmond Hill Cinemas 8725 Yonge Street Richmond
Hill, ON
Coliseum Mississauga Cinemas 309 Rathburn Road
West Mississauga, ON
Colossus Vaughan Cinemas 3555 Highway 7 Vaughan,
ON
SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas 850 North May
Street Thunder Bay, ON
Galaxy
Cinemas Barrie 72 Commerce Park Drive Barrie, ON
SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas 355 Barrydown Road
Sudbury, ON
Galaxy
Cinemas Waterloo 550 King Street N Waterloo,
ON
Galaxy
Cinemas Guelph 485 Woodlawn Road West Guelph, ON
SilverCity London Cinemas 1680 Richmond Street,
London, ON
SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas 771 Golf Link Road
Ancaster, ON
Cineplex
Odeon Niagara Square
Cinemas
7555 Montrose Road Niagara Falls, ON
SilverCity Windsor Cinemas 4611 Walker Road
Windsor, ON
Cineplex Odeon South Keys
Cinemas
2214 Bank Street Ottawa, ON
QUEBEC
Cineplex Odeon Brossard Cinemas 9350, boul. Leduc
Brossard, PQ
Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy Cinemas 1200 Boul.
Duplessis Ste. Foy, PQ
Scotiabank Theatre Montreal 977 Ste-Catherine
West Montreal, PQ
About OBBWC:
The
OBBWC’s brainchild is Grandmaster Werner
Leuschner, President of Wing Chun
&
Escrima
International and executive of seven different
companies, which vary from land development to
import/export. His goal is to unite all martial
arts in friendship and to promote the sport to
gain the same recognition as other world class
events like boxing and the UFC.
About Cineplex Entertainment
LP:
Headquartered
in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex Entertainment LP
owns, leases or has a jointventure interest in
132 theatres with 1,329 screens serving
approximately 60 million guests annually.
Cineplex Entertainment LP is the largest motion
picture exhibitor in Canada operating the
following brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous
Players (including Coliseum, Colossus,
SilverCity), Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres.
The units of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, which
owns approximately 75.7% of Cineplex
Entertainment LP, are traded on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (symbol CGX.UN). For more information,
visit us at
www.cineplex.com.
For
more information, please
contact:
Alex
Leuschner OBBWC Communications Wing Chun &
Escrima International Ltd. Phone: 519-746-9984
Cell: 519-573-1015
kungfu@rogers.com
www.obbwc.com
Georgia
Sourtzis Manager, Communications Cineplex
Entertainment 416-323-6728
georgia.sourtzis@cineplex.com
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