True2Kenpo
Purple Belt
Fellow Kenpoists,
First, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for and as I have posted else where, I am grateful to be a part of this wonderful Kenpo family!
Secondly, I thought I would just give a brief review of this past weekend when Prof. White visited the UPK and conducted the 2003 Fall Kenpo Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA.
On Nov. 21st, Mr. and Mrs. Bob White flew in from Costa Mesa, California and they were greeted by unusually warm weather. I think they brought some Cali weather with them, unfortuately I think they also took it with them when they left!
In anycase, we arrived back from the airport and the night began with a Meet and Greet Session, where participates of the camp could introduce themselves and we could all get to know each other. This turned out to be a great aspect of the evening, giving each student the opportunity to learn more about Prof. White.
Then about 6pm, we hit the mat and began the intense training Prof. White is known for. I will be the first to say these next two days, where the most physical I have ever experienced and we all were pushed to give 110%.
Some of the topics covered throughout the evening were the 3 T's to stretching (Time, Temperature, Tension), proper execution of kicks (front, side, roundhouse), CANI (Constant and Neverending Improvement), some fighting drills integrating the lessons of the kicks, and much more...
We ended the evening around 8pm with some questions.
After closing, we headed back to the hotel and grabbed a bite to eat, where we extended our conversations from earlier in the evening.
Saturday came around and we arrived at the facility in the afternoon to begin the Main Clinic. Some visitors were in attendence including Mr. Jason Santiago from York, PA and Mr. Chris Morgan and Mr. Tim Hysell from Ohio. They also brought a few students. (Thank you for your support!)
Again, Prof. White began his intense warm-up preparing us for the vast amount of material that was to be covered.
Some highlights were the integration of principles from Swinging Pendulum and Obscure Wing into some fighting sequences, a nice chokeout manuever, a great parry/ hand drill, sweeps and takedowns, propering falling technique, great sport analogies and motivations, and so much more... Looking back it is amazing how much material was covered.
The entire four hours of training were intense and kept an increasing level of physical activity.
To close, we again had a question session and a review of the material that was covered throughout the day. We then had a picture session for the group.
Pictures can be viewed by following this link below-
www.unitedparkerskenpo.com/UPKPics3.html
In conclusion, the weekend was one of the best experiences I have been involved in. It was such a learning atmosphere and no one left without having more than enough to keep us working hard and reanylzing our training. Prof. White emphasized that we must look at our Art with "new pairs of glasses" giving us different perspectives at times.
I would like to thank Prof. White and Mrs. White for their time and also a big thank you to all of you able to support this event. We look forward to the next opportunity to have Prof. White back to Pittsburgh.
Good journey to all!
Respectfully,
Joshua Ryer
IKKA
UPK Pittsburgh
First, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for and as I have posted else where, I am grateful to be a part of this wonderful Kenpo family!
Secondly, I thought I would just give a brief review of this past weekend when Prof. White visited the UPK and conducted the 2003 Fall Kenpo Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA.
On Nov. 21st, Mr. and Mrs. Bob White flew in from Costa Mesa, California and they were greeted by unusually warm weather. I think they brought some Cali weather with them, unfortuately I think they also took it with them when they left!
In anycase, we arrived back from the airport and the night began with a Meet and Greet Session, where participates of the camp could introduce themselves and we could all get to know each other. This turned out to be a great aspect of the evening, giving each student the opportunity to learn more about Prof. White.
Then about 6pm, we hit the mat and began the intense training Prof. White is known for. I will be the first to say these next two days, where the most physical I have ever experienced and we all were pushed to give 110%.
Some of the topics covered throughout the evening were the 3 T's to stretching (Time, Temperature, Tension), proper execution of kicks (front, side, roundhouse), CANI (Constant and Neverending Improvement), some fighting drills integrating the lessons of the kicks, and much more...
We ended the evening around 8pm with some questions.
After closing, we headed back to the hotel and grabbed a bite to eat, where we extended our conversations from earlier in the evening.
Saturday came around and we arrived at the facility in the afternoon to begin the Main Clinic. Some visitors were in attendence including Mr. Jason Santiago from York, PA and Mr. Chris Morgan and Mr. Tim Hysell from Ohio. They also brought a few students. (Thank you for your support!)
Again, Prof. White began his intense warm-up preparing us for the vast amount of material that was to be covered.
Some highlights were the integration of principles from Swinging Pendulum and Obscure Wing into some fighting sequences, a nice chokeout manuever, a great parry/ hand drill, sweeps and takedowns, propering falling technique, great sport analogies and motivations, and so much more... Looking back it is amazing how much material was covered.
The entire four hours of training were intense and kept an increasing level of physical activity.
To close, we again had a question session and a review of the material that was covered throughout the day. We then had a picture session for the group.
Pictures can be viewed by following this link below-
www.unitedparkerskenpo.com/UPKPics3.html
In conclusion, the weekend was one of the best experiences I have been involved in. It was such a learning atmosphere and no one left without having more than enough to keep us working hard and reanylzing our training. Prof. White emphasized that we must look at our Art with "new pairs of glasses" giving us different perspectives at times.
I would like to thank Prof. White and Mrs. White for their time and also a big thank you to all of you able to support this event. We look forward to the next opportunity to have Prof. White back to Pittsburgh.
Good journey to all!
Respectfully,
Joshua Ryer
IKKA
UPK Pittsburgh
. Anyhow I'm looking forward to them coming to class next week with their notebooks in hand.
