Sacramento Martial Arts

At Sacramento Kenpo Karate, we teach American Kenpo karate. We offer a warm and friendly atmosphere and we gladly take in kenpo orphans from all kenpo lineages. We are a quirky conglomeration of kenpoists. Please call or drop by.

Friday, April 03, 2009

Kenpo Karate

APRIL SKK NEWS
Hello all, 

Can you say, KABOOM! Wow! Our children’s class has grown now to twenty plus children. Needless to say the children’s class is really taking off. We have seen some rising new stars. We have seen some wonderful, bright, shiny personalities blossom during the past few weeks. It is truly a blessing to be able to teach such wonderful children. J.D. and his buddy Carlos are doing really well especially with helping their instructors and managing the smaller children. Omari is becoming a very solid young man and it is always a thrill to watch him work. Travis is moving along learning Kicking Set 1. Sierra is growing more confident by the class, soon her little sister will be joining us. Alyssa is a little dynamo and always impressing us.

To the parents out there we would like to extend our thanks. Without your help we would not have the children class that we now have. Thank you for working out with them and making sure they are getting their curriculum. 

In our adult class, we are still working on the BAM! and WHAP! Of the orange belt techniques. For those of you who have been unable to attend and get the new better upgraded material do not worry. We are always working on our techniques. Of course, everyone will always be working on those forms and sets.

Chris and Robert have come back from a long hiatus. Johnny is currently finished with night school and has also come back. We are happy to introduce Gary into our family of orphaned kenpoists, so if you get a chance go and introduce yourself. Alicia and Rashelle have each earned a stripe for getting their yellow belt techniques. 

It has come to our attention that we are not sparring enough, if at all. So in the near future if you have sparring gear do not hesitate to put them into your gear bag. We will start to have sparring sessions in the near future. Can’t wait, should be a blast, to do some sparring. It is really fun and talk about an aerobic workout, Whew! Bring out the oxygen! Hahaha…


Adult students! Especially upper belt, we need your help! On Thursday April 23rd Instructor Tara will be alone in teaching the enormous and always entertaining children class. If you could be so kind and let us (Amy, Tara, and Ron) know if you can come and help teach the children, that would be most appreciated. 

For those that are interested, there is a tournament on April 11th, 2009 the Capital City Classic at Inderkum High School 2500 New Market drive, Sacramento, for more information visit http://www.gska.net/.
Several seminars and camps are on the horizon so keep your eyes and ears and most importantly your schedules open for dates and times. 

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.     



Saturday, March 07, 2009

Kenpo Karate

Hi All,
A few things going on at our school.  First of all, we have at on of new kids joining our class and they're doing a great job.  We love teaching the kids.  It's great to see some come out of their shells, like Sierra, and others start to get greater leadership abilities, like Amari.
In the adult class, we've been working on increasing the effectiveness of our orange belt techniques, specifically, that I've been working on with my instructor.
Ron has been a great asset to the school and we always enjoy when his brother Rich (a fourth degree black belt) is able to attend as well.  Aron also is able to come at least once a week and he has a wonderful perspective (and really long legs.)
Michael has joined us and Greg, recently promoted to yellow belt,  has continued and both are a lot of fun to have in class.  Chad and his brother Kirk have made it to yellow and are working hard on their kenpo.
We have two new students, Alicia and Rachelle, who just got their uniforms and are doing great.  It's nice to have some female students back in class.
Bryan is doing a great job on his twist stances and we look forward to promoting him to second brown in the near future.
We also look forward to having Eugene come back to class, once work allows for it, as well as having Robert re-join us when his wrist heals.  (We didn't do it!)
I had another great lesson with Dave Crouch, my instructor, and we look forward to having him come up our way again in the near future.  I always learn a ton from Dr. Dave.
Ron and I plan to attend the Wonder Valley Camp in May, hosted by Graham Lelliott.  It's going to be a fabulous kenpo weekend. (www.glkenpo.com)
Oh, and Lee Wedlake has a new book out called 'Lessons with Ed Parker.'  It's available through www.leewedlake.com.  Great book! 
--Amy (et. al)
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.     

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

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Ron Nakamoto is joining Sacramento Kenpo Karate!

We have some big and wonderful news!

Ron Nakamoto has agreed to come to Sacramento Kenpo Karate full time! He is bringing his student, Thomas, and later Thomas' daughter, Nicole, with us as well. With that, we'll be getting Johny back with us, even if only part-time.

Ron will be coming with us to train Tues and Thurs for the regular class and Wed for the advanced class.

As a general announcement, I will not be attending Wed. night workouts for the month of December. If the rest of you would like to get together at Mather on those Wednesdays, you are more than welcome to, but Ron and I need a little break.

We've been looking forward to having Aron come back. He's been out for a little bit and class isn't the same without him.

We've also enjoyed having Kevin Bates come to class and share his knowledge and good nature with us.

We would like to Welcome Ron and his students with great enthusiasm. He is a wealth of information and is an all around good guy. We're delighted to have him join us.



--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.     

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Sacramento Martial Arts

Seminar with John Sepulveda

Yesterday, Ron, Eugene and I went to see John Sepulveda in Elk Grove at Sher Khan karate.

As always, it was a pleasure to see him. I first met him when I was about 12.
He was very good friends with my first instructor.

At any rate, he went over a variety of techniques with the extensions and did some double stick work.

I know Eugene had a good time, as did Ron.

It's always great to work out with different martial artists and it's also a good check to see where we need to improve and where we can smile secretly to ourselves knowing that we did a good job.


While we all recognize that doing kenpo is for ourselves and that we shouldn't compare our skills to others, it's hard not to. :)


It's also a great learning experience to work with people who've had different instruction and have different ways of moving. Anyway, it's was a great time had by all.


We all appreciate Chris Tanaka for the invitation and will gladly return anytime Mr. Sepulveda is in town.


I was glad to see him getting around so well after his back injury almost a year ago.


Next week is Mr. Lee Wedlake. :)



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.     

Friday, October 31, 2008

Kenpo Karate

Happy Halloween!

We had some new people come in last night for intros. It was a husband and wife team, Tony and Brooke. Tony has had some training, on and off, at another school (or several schools) in Livermore. We hope they enjoyed their lesson and look forward to seeing them again.

Several of us are going to see John Sepulveda at a seminary in Elk Grove this Saturday. Below is a picture of Amy and Ron with Mr. Sepulveda at the Internationals in August.

We have some other changes coming up, and we'll keep you posted as they happen. I believe Tara will start keeping us updated on the kid class. We have some great new little students who are doing a wonderful job.

--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.     

Kenpo Karate Internationals

 
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.     

Ron Nakamoto with Dennis Conatser at the Internationals in Long Beach 2008.

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John Sepulveda, Amy Long and Ron Nakamoto at the Long Beach Internationals.

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.     

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sacramento Kenpo Karate

More Promotions

More promotions at Sacramento Kenpo Karate. Chad and Kirk got their yellow belts! Woot! They have been practicing hard and they look really good. It has been odd not to have Eugene in class, but his work schedule doesn't permit him to be there. Ron and I met in Ron's garage on Sunday and the three of us smacked each other around for a few hours.

The following day, at Ron's school, Johnny got his orange belt! His schedule changed too, so he hasn't been able to come to our class, so he switched to Ron's, which is on opposite days. He has been looking really good and we were most pleased to kick him into his new rank.

--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.    

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sacramento Kenpo Karate

Jeff Lane was Promoted!!

Last class, we had a promotion! Jeff was promoted to orange belt. He was not expecting it, which is what made it all the more fun. We did our normal warm up for class, then I told everyone to go stand by the wall.....except for Jeff. The look on his face was priceless! It was a 'what? who me?' look. Then I announced that Jeff was going to perform long form 1 for us. We all commented on what looked good and what needed improvement. Then, I sprang it on him. Lots of fun.

We have several new students since last posting. Two white belt brothers, Chad and Kirk, who have been a lot of fun. Another new student, Greg, comes from a Tae Kwon Do background and he's been great to have in class.

Most recently, we had a brown belt visit, Don, who we hope to have join us. He's been on a long break from kenpo, but like the rest of us, can't stay away. His instructor, Kevin, may also be dropping in from time to time to workout with us. Black belts are always welcome to come in and workout with us.

Kenpo Camp happened this last weekend too. Johnny was the only one able to go. I ended up having work, Steve hurt his wrist and Tara got strep throat at the last minute. But Johnny went to represent. :)

Due to his change in schedule, he isn't able to come to our class anymore, but Ron's class runs opposite days, so Johnny is able to go there. His class is at No-Limit Fighting and I go there to train with him on Mondays, just as he comes to our school on Tuesdays. It's great to have another school to work with that way.

I've been working with Dr. Dave Crouch for the last few months and we've been working on form 4. I've been able to pass on the new stuff I've learned to both Bryan and Eugene and everybody is benefiting from it.

More as it happens.....


--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.    

Friday, May 02, 2008

Sacramento Kenpo Karate

We have been having a lot of fun, as always, at Sacramento Kenpo Karate. Ron Nakamoto has been visiting our school regularly and bringing a wealth of knowledge with him. As a 'returning the favor' thing, he took me to his school where I got to watch Arnie Inouye teach form six. He and I had a wonderful chat and he is welcome at our school anytime, as are any/all of his students.

In a week, we're going to have the pleasure of having Dave Crouch come to our school and teach us a thing or two about Kenpo. He has agreed to be my new instructor and I'm greatly looking forward to what he has to share.

Rich Hale may be coming to Santa Rosa soon and I hope to get down there to work with him. If anyone reading this is in the Sacramento area and would like to see Dave Crouch on Wed May 7th, please email me at kenpokaratechick@gmail.com for further details. :)

--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.