Last Updated on Wednesday, 20th August 2008
Ed Parker Jnr in Australia
The
son of Ed Parker, the founder of American
Kenpo, will be in Australia later in the year running a number of seminars on
nerve strikes and alternative self defence solutions. See the image to the
right for more details.
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SuperFight Australia
Another MMA and Professional Boxing event (Shooto 4) took place on Sunday, 15th June, 2008. This featured Connel from the MMA class in a heavyweight war.
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New Female Self-Defence & Cardio Class
A new weekly Female Self-Defence & Cardio class has recently been added to the training calendar. This class teaches a skill-set for female self-defence and addresses the likely scenarios for assaults on women. The 1 hour training sessions also develop functional fitness. Click on the hyperlink above for more details.
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Visiting Kenpo Black Belt
During March 2008, Tony Billman, the instructor from Melbourne's Australian Kenpo Concepts school visited our club to teach at some of our classes. An open invitation exists between our several of the other Kenpo schools around the country.
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King of the Cage
Western Australia hosted its first King of the Cage (KOTC) event at the Perth Convention Centre on 5th October 2007. The main event featured local MMA star, Soa “The Hulk” Palelei who will be making his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut later in the year.
From
our
Mixed Martial Art (MMA) class, Connel fought an opponent 12kg heavier
and won via choke in the first round.
Also, Steve fought well against Elvis Sinosic trained fighter, Steven Micallef, but lost via strikes on the ground.
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Melbourne Kenpo Concepts Seminar 2007
At the beginning of September I took part in a Melbourne
Kenpo seminar
organised by the head of
Australian Kenpo Concepts (AKC),
Tony
Billman. The event involved 6 Kenpo Black Belts (including Ian Sampson, also
from our Perth dojo) teaching a number of students in 30 minute segments. I
wrote a submission for the AKC newsletter with my positive feedback from this
event:
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Pre-Conflict Tactics
The 2007 Kenpo in WA syllabus upgrade sees the introduction of the “Pre-Conflict Barricade”. This is a progressive set of tactics learned at each belt level. Pre-conflict tactics are designed to create a physical and/or psychological barrier with the intention of avoiding a conflict. The various types of barricade are also designed to create an advantage if an attack is inevitable.
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Larry Tatum Kenpo Seminar
During September 2007, 10th Degree Kenpo Black Belt, Larry Tatum will be making his first trip to Australia while holding a number of seminars on the east coast of the country. Enlarge the picture to the left for further details.
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New
Club Patch
Kenpo in WA now has its own axe-shaped Kenpo patch which can be worn on uniforms or any casual clothing. A limited number of these patches are available from the club. Show your support for Kenpo in WA and get an axe!
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John Will Seminar
John
Will held a seminar at the club on Sunday, 4th March 2007 covering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
(submission wrestling), Mixed Martial Arts and pre-conflict tactics. This was run
by our "Submission Factory" dojo partners and was open to all Kenpo
in WA members. John Will who is
Australia's head coach and national director of Machado BJJ. This was once again
a great opportunity for improving our grappling and ground
fighting skills with a world-renowned instructor. He visits Perth around
4 times a year.
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Rigan Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Seminar
Rigan
Machado is one of the legendary Machado brothers - a family with some of the most
proficient submission specialists in the world. Rigan is a 3 time BJJ Champion, Abu Dhabi Champion and 7th Degree Black Belt in
BJJ. On Sunday, 24th September 2006, the Submission Factory
hosted his seminar at our dojo.
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John Ward Kenpo Seminar
Kenpo 6th Degree
Black Belt, John
Ward held a "hands on" seminar at the Kenpo in WA school on Thursday, 6th April
2006. Mr Ward is from Dublin, Ireland and has taught in many countries
around the world with over 30 years of Kenpo experience, including time spent
with the system's founder, Ed Parker.
He also has a background in several other martial arts. The seminar covered
the practical application of pressure point strikes while using Kenpo concepts and
principles. Mr Parker said it best:
To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.
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Maurice
Smith Seminar
Maurice Smith has 7 different world titles behind him and spent 11 years as the #1 World Kickboxing Association Champion. After he retired from kickboxing, he began his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career and became the first stand up fighter to win the UFC Heavy Weight title. On Sunday, 4th December 2005 he ran both MMA and Kickboxing seminars in Perth.
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Jeff Speakman is a 7th Degree Kenpo Black Belt. He was a personal student of Kenpo’s late Grandmaster Ed Parker, is an instructor to US government agencies such as the FBI and starred in the movie “The Perfect Weapon” (among others). On Saturday, 16th April 2005, he came to Perth for an afternoon seminar which was attended by many of the Kenpo in WA school, as well as some Goju Ryu Karate and Aikido practitioners. It was great to have a number of martial arts styles come together to train under an accomplished martial artists and skilled technician.
[Photos from the day are in the MEDIA section]
KENPO GRADINGS
Well done to Alan on grading to a long overdue Orange Belt on Thursday, 14th August 2008.
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There was a big grading held at the club on Thursday, 3rd July 2008. The value of persistence was shown by those now wearing new belts:
- Jo (Green Belt)
- Phil (Blue Belt)
- Jason (Orange Belt)
- Simon (Orange Belt)
- Ash (Orange Belt)
- Chris (Orange Belt)
- Dylan (Yellow Belt)
- Michael (Yellow Belt)
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Thursday, 1st May
saw a number of people successfully grade to their next Kenpo belts. 2008.
We now have a new Orange Belts (Leigh)
on the mat and several new Yellow
Belts (Serge, Ollie, Grahame and Alan).
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Well done to those who successfully graded to new belts on Thursday, 28th February 2008. On the mat we now have a new Purple Belt (Graham) and new Yellow Belts (Ash, Simon, Leigh, Jason, Chris).
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Well done to our newest Kenpo Purple and Orange Belts – Phil and Marc (respectively). On 17th April 2007 they took part in a small grading and demonstrated an impressive level of ability. As a relatively new element of Kenpo in WA gradings, their demonstration of skills during the pre-conflict scenarios was particularly notable.
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Check out the extra pictures and video clips in the MEDIA section.
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