October 2007
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
