Just a quick FYI: Mono Santoso has moved to SoCal and will be coaching at SGVBC full time. She's getting settled in right now but is available for coaching any time, all playing levels welcome. Mona speaks Indonesian and English. Mona charges $30/hour and can be reached directly at: 818-640-1472 or contacting The Club at: 626-307-4650. Mona brings yet another perspective of the elite Indonesia training and tactics to the U.S. I've taken a couple of lessons from Mona already and have seen a noticeable improvement in my defense and increased power in my smashes. I can't wait to see how I progress in the next few months. If you're interested, call for an appointment or come on by and see her play/coach 6pm - 12am. Thanks for your time.
Ahhhh good question, I forgot to include that in my original post. I asked Mona about that and she said no, she is not related to Simon.
ah, thanks for the info, Dan...Hmm, a bit surprise to hear her move down to So.Cal, as i thought she would be staying/coaching up north...Good thing for SGVBC to add another coaching staff member..And good to hear you are also taking a bit of lesson from her also.. Anyhoo, I'll try to swing by SGVBC and check her play/coach(i'd like to see her play with/against Trisna though..hehe)
LOL! Brandon, no way man, not even close. I was talking to Don V. the other day and he says one day we should drop by and get schooled by you and Sam.
Mona has already played with Trisna and Grace...waiting for Alex to come back from China...Mona and Trisna will play tonight.
..alright, that sounds cool.. *BTW, noticed that she will be playing with Albert S. at the upcoming 2006 UCLA Open as well(even pairing up with Larry R. in the same event??)..Noticed a few NorCal players coming down and joining the tourney..
Tell that bum Don to come over and we can all play One of these days...ill make my way to SGVBC, im too scared of all you guys. You guys all hit too hard
What's up Brandon? Mona's going to be having a (sort of free) training at SGVBC this Friday from 9pm - 12am on Center Court. You should come on by, same with Chris (CTJCAD), Vu (Virus), Sean (SCChang), et. al.
Dink, I've already seen Mona and Angie coach at GGBC. I know what you mean by tough drills. I'll come by and hang-out and watch you guys sweat it out and give some Jia You...... Maybe afterwards I can play mona a game of Singles.
..whoah, another SGVBC event sponsored by our own DinkAlot(last yr, it was the WC get-together)...hehehe....btw, do you know who will be training with her??..Is it open to the public to train with her??..ok then, i *might* swing by this Friday night, but most likely after 10pm though(if not too tired from playing).. **BTW, sorry, just curious, is that Brandon Taft(wickeddrop)??..
..yeah, tell me abt it, Dan(esp. with that "you wanna piece of me, then come and get it" look)...hehe
Wicked Drop = Brandon C. not Brandon T. Chris: come on by, you're welcome to come and train for free. Others training, probably Chris, Larry, Le, Tommy, Me, Balloon (aka Pom-Pom aka Mark), maybe Ba and a few others. We'll see.