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MAX's Mission

MAX has been created to foster greater communication between different styles of martial arts and to raise awareness of martial arts on the East coast while creating a positive image of martial arts in general.

MAX is not a business — it is simply a group of volunteers who understand that all true martial arts have some common threads and that together we can accomplish great things!

How it came to be

In July of 2003 JD Lepeta and Craig Constantine became involved in some limited demonstrations at the 7th annual SportsFest in Allentown PA. Their involvement began at the last possible second, and they dove in with little preparation. It was there that they met Sensei Rodney Guignet who had already paved the way for the demonstrations at SportsFest 2003.

The demonstrations were coordinated by the organizers of the body building competition at SportsFest; The various down-times during the competition were filled with short demonstrations. The response from the audience was very positive. As the day progressed, it became clear that everyone from the represented martial arts schools would be interested in doing demonstrations again at SportsFest in 2004.

By the end of the summer we had spent considerable time discussing how the next year's demonstrations could be improved for SportsFest. Everything seemed to hinge around somehow getting the martial arts schools in charge of coordinating the demonstrations. This led to discussions with Ray Atiyeh about wether a larger martial arts presentation at a dedicated venue fit within SportsFest's mission.