Sacramento Karate

Amy Long's 2nd' degree black belt test

Hello!

Last night, on Monday night, Amy Long (me) tested for her second degree black belt. It was great to see Aaron, Matt, April, Trisha, Mitch and Claudia there for the test. Justin lent his assistance in the sparring section and Tara was a tremendous help being Amy's Uke.

The test started with warm up punches, then kicking combinations up and down the mat. Short one kata, short two kata, long three kata and form six. Sparring. Staff set, finger set, striking set, walking the dummy, short 3, more sparring. Techniques, techniques, techniques. More sparring. More techniques. Over an hour of fun.

Amy was beyond exhausted and spent a fair amount of time sucking wind. Tara and Amy sparred really well together and some clips will be posted. At the end, Mr. Liner felt she performed admirably and awarded her her second set of stripes.

 After class, her students were amazed at how much more they learned now that their instructor was so much wiser and knowledgeable. The second stripe brought with it amazing insights and valuable information. (Said with amusement, of course.)

During class, we smacked the bag with kicks and learned spinning rear kicks. Tara worked with our newest white belt, Kayla who is doing a great job. We hope her brother Keylan feels better soon.

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.