AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָֹה אֶל משֶׁה רֵד הָעֵד בָּעָם פֶּן יֶהֶרְסוּ אֶל יְהוָֹה לִרְאוֹת וְנָפַל מִמֶּנּוּ רָב

DanF: only after they heard God’s voice directly, they got scared.
Jon and Neta Shermister met at the 3rd World FMA Festival in Tagaytay in 2006 where he was invited to be a guest instructor at the event. Neta stayed on in the Philippines to pursue training in LSAI under the tutelage of Jon through which they developed a strong friendship which grew into a relationship and partnership in training and their lives together. 
Jon and Neta opened Lightning Scientific Arnis Israel in 2008. Lightning Scientific Arnis Israel seeks to promote the Filipino Martial arts through classes, demonstrations, talks and other media events and to provide information and awareness about the Filipino culture.
Jon currently resides in Tel Aviv. 

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.