New Instructor in the School - JP

We proudly promoted JP to Instructor level on Thursday night.  Congratulations JP!!  The only question we have is whether or not you wore the new belt to work.  

Sparring Videos From Last Tournament

Here are some videos that one of the CCKSF group posted on Youtube from the last tournament. Those in my class will notice a few familiar people in here.

Praise from the Pres

For those of you that were not in class when I spoke about it, we got some great praise from the President of the CCKSF recently. He had video taped all of the fighting in the most recent tournament and after watching it was very impressed with one of our competitors (J.P.) In fact, he said he has been waiting for 10 years to see this type of progression in the fighting division. For years there has been the hope that fighting would progress away from standard exchange of punches and street fighting to a more refined style of fighting. To finally see effective use of counterattacks and resistance of the urge to just throw fast punches even when the opponents are doing it was very enjoyable for him to watch. We have discussed this in class over the years and we definitely see that fighting properly is not the ideal in these fighting situations but I have a strong belief that the ones that stick to it will eventually be the better Martial Artists.

We seem to have the attention of the President and have him thinking of ways to get the rest of the competitors going in the same direction. Way to go JP and the rest of the competitors that have tried to fight the way we teach in class.

JP - Our Newest Black Sash

I am very happy to announce our newest member to our instructor team. JP Gionet has successfully completed extensive testing activities over the course of 2 weeks to attain the rank of Black Sash or "Instructor in Training" as it is known in our school. Although we cannot post pictures taken during the activities, we can definitely post some before and after shots as well as the award ceremony.

Praying for mercy before it begins?



Relaxing after the fighting is done.



The Award Ceremony: