Sacramento Kenpo Karate

New Black Belt at the School and Stripe Promotions

Tonight (Wed.), we had a smaller class. Tara was unable to make it, but we did have Mitch, Aaron, Mario, Corrina, Claudia, Keylan, and Kayla. Trish was there, but her daughter her hurt finger, so she had to leave. Chris hasn't been able to come to class because he's been working, but he did ask me to pass along his salutations. He hopes to get back to class soon.

The orange belts worked on the next couple of moves on short 2 kata. We did some spontaneity drills and did some other drills with kicks and punches in lines.

We had black belt class before the 7:30 class and we have a new black belt who joined us. His name is Garth Cobb and he and his daughter are going to be joining us at our school. They're transferring from another kenpo school and we're glad to have them both.

We also awarded some stripes tonight. Mario got his second orange stripe. He knows the material pretty well -- we're just trying to get him to hit with more intensity. Kayla and Keylan also received stripes. They each got their first yellow stripe. They know their short one fairly well and are getting the hang of the techniques. They can be real proud of themselves!

On a side note, I (Amy) will be gone for the next 3 weeks and Mr. Liner will be teaching my class. I'll be visiting a school in Oregon, then heading to Baltimore for the Kenpo Karate Championships. (I'm just going for the seminars -- I won't be competing.)

I look forward to seeing you all when I get back.

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.