Back to Home Page
|
MVKS News, Views and Clues |
|
|
Vol 7 Issue 4 |
April 2008 |
LAST MONTH ...
Black Belt Candidates Pass 1st Exam, Move On
Congratulations to Peyton Dannewitz, Jack Granfors, Raju Gandhi, Mackenzie Peacock, Spencer Sottile, and Elisabeth White. They passed their 1st of three Black Belt tests last month and have been living, eating, and breathing Kenpo for last 2 months. I have been very impressed with their work. It seems like every night there have been at least two candidates in the back room working out. Please wish them well if you see them, or better yet, offer to help them out if you see them in the back room practicing.
2 Man Set seminar
Last months rank specific special was for the Red, Brown and Black Belts. We cancelled classes on a Wednesday night for a special class on the Kenpo 2 man set. 10 of you came down for an interesting class on this unique form, which is practiced by two people. From what I understand it was a Kung Fu form taught to Ed Parker by a man named Jimmy Wang Woo from California back in the late 50’s/ early 60’s. Apparently Ed Parker liked the concepts behind the movements and adopted it into his system. It’s a lot of fun to do, and I think it would make for a great demo form at this years’ Spring Gala. I’ve been practicing this form in my bi-monthly class with Mr. White for the last few months and thought it would be neat to share it with our advanced students.
Our School Has Grown, And So Has Our Teaching Staff!
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, our schools enrollment has increased, with almost 25 new members since last December. That’s an increase of about 25%. Thank goodness for our teaching staff, which has welcomed back some old friends in John Coughlin and Jamie Davison, and welcomed in new teachers Michelle Dion, Shannon Hayes, and Doug Kolb. This has brought our number of teaching assistants up to 18. These dedicated students understand that true growth as a student comes from their ability to know their Kenpo well enough to teach it. Let me remind you that all of these people donate their time to help on a voluntary basis, and fill in for each other so that our classes aren’t short on teachers. In addition to that, they also maintain their training requirements, and attend monthly teachers meetings with me. Their generosity shouldn’t be overlooked, and our school couldn’t make it without them.THIS MONTH ...
Martial Arts Picture Day!
Kickphotos USA will be at our School Tuesday, April 15th for our yearly martial arts picture day. You can get an order form from me for this event and reserve your time slot for pictures on the bulletin board. Pictures will be taken in the back room during classes, and our staff photo is scheduled 1st, at around 6:00. I kindly ask all of our staff to attend in a clean, fully patched uniform. If you need patches, see me, as I’ll be picking up a bunch very soon.
Kenpo
Clues: - Kenpo Questions to Help You Along Your Journey
In the technique Shielding Hammer
For Beginners: What move do you do that prevents a follow up punch with the rt?
For Advanced: This technique is for a hooking punch. Why wouldn’t it work against a roundhouse punch?
Happy
Birthday!!!
- Another year older and wiser…..
4/ 08: Kathryn Hulick
4/ 15: Brian Murphy
4/ 16: Tyler Martin
4/ 23: William Ruggieri
4/ 30: Joey Brisson
Welcome New Students!
Beginner Kids: Joey Altobello, Jed Jones, Nick Lorman, Tyler Martin, Daniel Trzepacz
Beginner Adults: Felicia Drewniak, Tim Trzepacz
New Ranks!! Please join me in congratulating these fine students for earning their new belts!
Red Belt: Dylan Amadon, Jacob Georgoulakos, Ethan Trzepacz
Green Belt: David Teed
Blue Belt: Spencer Cloutier, Kyle Hooker, Ryan Quinn
Orange Belt: Jake Horrell
Yellow Belt: Joey Brisson, Seamus Othot,
White Belt ( from Tigers ) : Andy Olson
Tiny Tiger Yellow: Spencer Desmairais, Taoighan Othot
Coming in May!
The annual Mont Vernon Spring Gala Parade and Karate Demonstration! More info to come next month!
The NECKF Kenpo Camp! I am very pleased to announce that Mr. Gary Ellis, a 7th degree Black Belt from Plymouth, England will be joining the lineup of teachers at this years’ Kenpo Camp! Mr. Ellis was Mr. Parkers’ England Kenpo representative for the IKKA when Mr. Parker was alive. Anyone who has met Mr. Ellis will agree that he alone is worth the price of admission. - JP
Thought for the month:
In the thousands of years that the sun has provided heat and light for the Earth, it has never said to the Earth “ You owe me .“
- Dr Wayne Dyer
What's New