Sacramento Kenpo Karate

We have been having a ton of fun at the new school. Last Saturday, Tara and I went down to Dr. Porter's school in Santa Rosa and played with their people there. We reviewed some terminology and techniques for the yellow and orange.

We look at the four ranges: Out of range, In range, Contact penetration and Contact manipulation.

We talked about the three zones: Height, width and depth and how you need to cancel at least two of them in any technique to make them effective.

We discussed the Line of Action vs. the Path of Action. You always use a path of action to block a line of action.

Recently, in the kids' class, Noah, Jessica, Connor, Jadon and Jacob all earned a stripe for being able to recite the kenpo creed. They were very excited and very proud.

Last class was small, but we had fun working on shoulder rolls and how to slap out when you fall. More work is needed when everyone is healed.

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

New Equipment for the School

A student was kind enough to donate two large kick pads and four smaller punching pads to the school. We really appreciate it and it has made a big difference in class. The last two classes were a lot of fun. On Tuesday, we had Chris, Josh, Tricia, Aaron and Matt in the adult class and Jacob and Noah in the kids' class. They were joined by Connor, Jessica and Jadon.

We're going to start working on sparring in the coming weeks and we have been working on some of the new techniques for the 5.0 material.

On Thurs., Robert came back to visit us after his surgery and we look forward to working with him in the near future, after his rehab.

Our school is growing in leaps and bounds and we are thrilled with the students we have. It really feels like family and Tara and I are both always happy to see each and every student show up every class.

Note to all students: Bring your sparring gear if you have it. We're going to start it as soon as we can. :)

--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.