Kenpo Karate

Hi All,

A few things going on at our school.  First of all, we have at on of new kids joining our class and they're doing a great job.  We love teaching the kids.  It's great to see some come out of their shells, like Sierra, and others start to get greater leadership abilities, like Amari.

In the adult class, we've been working on increasing the effectiveness of our orange belt techniques, specifically, that I've been working on with my instructor.

Ron has been a great asset to the school and we always enjoy when his brother Rich (a fourth degree black belt) is able to attend as well.  Aron also is able to come at least once a week and he has a wonderful perspective (and really long legs.)

Michael has joined us and Greg, recently promoted to yellow belt,  has continued and both are a lot of fun to have in class.  Chad and his brother Kirk have made it to yellow and are working hard on their kenpo.

We have two new students, Alicia and Rachelle, who just got their uniforms and are doing great.  It's nice to have some female students back in class.

Bryan is doing a great job on his twist stances and we look forward to promoting him to second brown in the near future.

We also look forward to having Eugene come back to class, once work allows for it, as well as having Robert re-join us when his wrist heals.  (We didn't do it!)

I had another great lesson with Dave Crouch, my instructor, and we look forward to having him come up our way again in the near future.  I always learn a ton from Dr. Dave.

Ron and I plan to attend the Wonder Valley Camp in May, hosted by Graham Lelliott.  It's going to be a fabulous kenpo weekend. (www.glkenpo.com)

Oh, and Lee Wedlake has a new book out called 'Lessons with Ed Parker.'  It's available through www.leewedlake.com.  Great book!  

--Amy (et. al)

American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.     

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Ron Nakamoto is joining Sacramento Kenpo Karate!

We have some big and wonderful news!

Ron Nakamoto has agreed to come to Sacramento Kenpo Karate full time! He is bringing his student, Thomas, and later Thomas' daughter, Nicole, with us as well. With that, we'll be getting Johny back with us, even if only part-time.

Ron will be coming with us to train Tues and Thurs for the regular class and Wed for the advanced class.

As a general announcement, I will not be attending Wed. night workouts for the month of December. If the rest of you would like to get together at Mather on those Wednesdays, you are more than welcome to, but Ron and I need a little break.

We've been looking forward to having Aron come back. He's been out for a little bit and class isn't the same without him.

We've also enjoyed having Kevin Bates come to class and share his knowledge and good nature with us.

We would like to Welcome Ron and his students with great enthusiasm. He is a wealth of information and is an all around good guy. We're delighted to have him join us.

--Amy

American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.     

Sacramento Martial Arts

Seminar with John Sepulveda

Yesterday, Ron, Eugene and I went to see John Sepulveda in Elk Grove at Sher Khan karate.

As always, it was a pleasure to see him. I first met him when I was about 12.
He was very good friends with my first instructor.

At any rate, he went over a variety of techniques with the extensions and did some double stick work.

I know Eugene had a good time, as did Ron.

It's always great to work out with different martial artists and it's also a good check to see where we need to improve and where we can smile secretly to ourselves knowing that we did a good job.

While we all recognize that doing kenpo is for ourselves and that we shouldn't compare our skills to others, it's hard not to. :)

It's also a great learning experience to work with people who've had different instruction and have different ways of moving. Anyway, it's was a great time had by all.

We all appreciate Chris Tanaka for the invitation and will gladly return anytime Mr. Sepulveda is in town.

I was glad to see him getting around so well after his back injury almost a year ago.

Next week is Mr. Lee Wedlake. :)


American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.     

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Happy Halloween! We had some new people come in last night for intros. It was a husband and wife team, Tony and Brooke. Tony has had some training, on and off, at another school (or several schools) in Livermore. We hope they enjoyed their lesson and look forward to seeing them again. Several of us are going to see John Sepulveda at a seminary in Elk Grove this Saturday. Below is a picture of Amy and Ron with Mr. Sepulveda at the Internationals in August. We have some other changes coming up, and we'll keep you posted as they happen. I believe Tara will start keeping us updated on the kid class. We have some great new little students who are doing a wonderful job. --Amy American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.

Sacramento Kenpo Karate

More Promotions

More promotions at Sacramento Kenpo Karate. Chad and Kirk got their yellow belts! Woot! They have been practicing hard and they look really good. It has been odd not to have Eugene in class, but his work schedule doesn't permit him to be there. Ron and I met in Ron's garage on Sunday and the three of us smacked each other around for a few hours.

The following day, at Ron's school, Johnny got his orange belt! His schedule changed too, so he hasn't been able to come to our class, so he switched to Ron's, which is on opposite days. He has been looking really good and we were most pleased to kick him into his new rank.

--Amy

American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.    

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Jeff Lane was Promoted!!

Last class, we had a promotion! Jeff was promoted to orange belt. He was not expecting it, which is what made it all the more fun. We did our normal warm up for class, then I told everyone to go stand by the wall.....except for Jeff. The look on his face was priceless! It was a 'what? who me?' look. Then I announced that Jeff was going to perform long form 1 for us. We all commented on what looked good and what needed improvement. Then, I sprang it on him. Lots of fun.

We have several new students since last posting. Two white belt brothers, Chad and Kirk, who have been a lot of fun. Another new student, Greg, comes from a Tae Kwon Do background and he's been great to have in class.

Most recently, we had a brown belt visit, Don, who we hope to have join us. He's been on a long break from kenpo, but like the rest of us, can't stay away. His instructor, Kevin, may also be dropping in from time to time to workout with us. Black belts are always welcome to come in and workout with us.

Kenpo Camp happened this last weekend too. Johnny was the only one able to go. I ended up having work, Steve hurt his wrist and Tara got strep throat at the last minute. But Johnny went to represent. :)

Due to his change in schedule, he isn't able to come to our class anymore, but Ron's class runs opposite days, so Johnny is able to go there. His class is at No-Limit Fighting and I go there to train with him on Mondays, just as he comes to our school on Tuesdays. It's great to have another school to work with that way.

I've been working with Dr. Dave Crouch for the last few months and we've been working on form 4. I've been able to pass on the new stuff I've learned to both Bryan and Eugene and everybody is benefiting from it.

More as it happens.....

--Amy

American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.    

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Sacramento Kenpo Karate

We have been having a lot of fun, as always, at Sacramento Kenpo Karate. Ron Nakamoto has been visiting our school regularly and bringing a wealth of knowledge with him. As a 'returning the favor' thing, he took me to his school where I got to watch Arnie Inouye teach form six. He and I had a wonderful chat and he is welcome at our school anytime, as are any/all of his students.

In a week, we're going to have the pleasure of having Dave Crouch come to our school and teach us a thing or two about Kenpo. He has agreed to be my new instructor and I'm greatly looking forward to what he has to share.

Rich Hale may be coming to Santa Rosa soon and I hope to get down there to work with him. If anyone reading this is in the Sacramento area and would like to see Dave Crouch on Wed May 7th, please email me at kenpokaratechick@gmail.com for further details. :)

--Amy

American Kenpo Karate is a hard/soft style of martial arts, created by Ed Parker, designed to promote good self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, excellent defensive skills and is a lot of fun. If you want to learn the ultimate in self defense, we teach Kenpo Karate in Rancho Cordova at Mather Sports Facility.