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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