Team Bergamo captivates Atlantic City audience with their latest demonstration, Mirabile Visu II

January 2004

Demo team members watch attentively as fellow members practice their parts for Mirabile Visu II, the demonstration featured at the Action Martial Arts Trade Show and Expo Mega Martial Arts Weekend in Atlantic City. Pictured, from front to back: Jessie Kennedy, Matthew Hall, JT Markette, Sarah Kulenski, Sharon Turret, Kenneth Cruzado, and Christopher Guzoski. Master Serrano is sitting and Colin Thompson is studying his role in the demo. Kelly Pearce and Jonathan Hardwicke execute their intricate stick fighting routine as Master Bergamo, having just finished Tai Chi Sword, gets ready for the next part of the demonstration. Raphael Velez, being suspended by Colin Thompson, ready's himself for the impact of a 2" closet pole across the abdomen, being swung by Earl Douty. The break was part of the Team's January 17, 2004 demonstration at the Action Martial Arts Trade Show and Expo Mega Martial Arts Weekend in Atlantic City, NJ. Finale of Mirabile Visu II. The Team poses to the applause of the audience. Team members: Master Bergamo, Clinton Murphy, Colin Thompson, Raphael Velez, Earl Douty, James Palmer, Jonathan Hardwicke, Sean Anderson, Kenneth Cruzado, Kelly Pearce, Samantha David, Christopher Guzoski, Jessie Kennedy, Matthew Hall, Sharon Turret, Sarah Kulenski, and John-Tyler Markette.

On January 17, 2004, the Team Bergamo Demonstration Team performed at the Action Martial Arts Trade Show and Expo Mega Martial Arts Weekend at the invitation of event promoter Alan Goldberg. The thousands in attendance were treated to a weekend filled with seminars by the top Martial Arts competitors and Masters in the World. There were over 50 booths with vendors displaying their newest merchandise and concepts for the Martial Arts community. The Team Bergamo Demonstration Team was slated as the finale to the 2-day event held at the Tropicana hotel and casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The 17-member team had prepared for over 48 hours for the intricate demonstration, and it showed as the team executed a near flawless performance. The demonstration, Mirabile Visu II, was the latest in a long series of the team's unique and one of a kind demonstrations that incorporate Extreme Breaking, Self-Defense, Gymnastics, Weapons manipulation, and forms choreographed to music. The 8 and half minute demonstration Mirabile Visu II was choreographed by Master Serrano to Creed's "Who's Got My Back". From the opening of Tai Chi sword performed exquisitely by Master Ralph Bergamo, to the intricate fighting stick routine executed by Jonathan Hardwicke and Kelly Pearce, to the smashing of piles of concrete by Earl Douty, Raphael Velez, Colin Thompson, and Clinton Murphy, audiences were wowed by the nonstop action. Ending as it began, with Tai Chi Sword, the music died and the team was greeted with cheers and applause from the hundreds in attendance. After leaving the stage, team members were approached by many for autographs and future show information. Team Bergamo will next travel to Columbus, Ohio in March for the Arnold Martial Arts World Games, one of the largest tournaments in the World. The team will be competing in a multitude of divisions as well as performing a demonstration in front of the tens of thousands that are estimated to be in attendance. Master Serrano and Master Bergamo, along with senior team members, are also in charge of running the Breaking Divisions, which will be held on Sunday.