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Lee Wedlake’s Karate Newsletter February 2015
What’s here? Online lessons, The Kenpo Karate Compendium, Wonder Valley Kenpo Camp, KenpoTV updates, podcasts,
The Kenpo Karate Compendium My book came out on schedule and has been well-received. Signed copies can be ordered on my website. I got 60 copies here on Monday, all were gone by Tuesday. I have more coming and should have them by the second week of February. If you’d like it faster you can order it on Amazon or through Barnes and Noble’s websites. It is available in paperback and e-book versions. I will have some with me at Bob Whites event to benefit the Royal Family Kids Camp in March and at Graham Lelliott’s camp in Fresno in May. Thanks to all who bought the book.
Kenpo History Video Got this via Mr. Ron Chapel. Bill Ryusaki video explains a little about Kenpo in Hawaii. This e-mail exchange was triggered when someone sent me a video by a man who states in it that Ed Parker never got in a fight. Why would people follow someone who never fought? , he says. On page 25 of the October 1976 issue of Karate Illustrated magazine, an interview with Ryusaki describes his first meeting with Ed Parker. He says “I actually saw him really take care of himself. He was literally piling these guys up…” So much for the claim that Ed Parker never fought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kUvXcgW7M
AKSC Instructor Certification Program The reborn American Kenpo Senior Council will offer instructor certification. I have written the manual and exam and it is now done. It’s being beta tested. More details on what you need to do in order to become a certified Kenpo instructor will be forthcoming. You can see our page on Facebook for more info. https://www.facebook.com/AKSeniorCouncil?ref=hl
Kenpo TV If you’re not familiar with my website, I have uploaded over 1,000 instructional videos with everything from the basics to the high forms and a section for instructors. Beginners can take advantage of the site for $20/mo and have access to basics, forms, drills, the freestyle techniques and 42 self-defense techniques. This, plus everything else, is $45/mo including the Instructing for Instructors and extensions is also available. A week-long trial is only $1 and you can cancel anytime. Pay by credit card or PayPal. kenpotv.com Use the Photon app if you want to watch on your iPad. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photon-flash-player-for-ipad/id430200224?mt=8
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. “ Milton Berle
War Made Us Smarter? This is an interesting article, theorizing that we learned to fight other groups before we learned to co-operate within our own. In my seminars I’ve said humans are good at developing ways to kill other humans and this article touches on that. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/war-made-us-smarter/story?id=27418057
Upcoming Seminars Details on my page at kenpotv.com/leewedlake/seminars-2 March 20-21 Goose Creek, SC. Changed from Mar 21! March 13-15 Esslingen, Germany March 28-29 Colleyville, TX w/John Sepulveda April 24-26 New England May 22-25 Wonder Valley, CA Sept 18-20 AKF Camp, Austin, TX See John Sepulveda’s schedule at http://www.akts-js.us/Js%20Seminar%20Schedule.htm
WRBBOF I am on the Board of Directors of the World Registry of Black Belts, Organizations and Federations (WRBBOF). It’s run by Barry Moyer in Indiana, whom I have known since the 1980s. The organization is non-political and not a certificate factory. Take a look. http://www.wrbbof.com/
January Premium Subscriber Article Last month the article was on multiple definitions for the same thing used in the system. Every month I post a new article for Premium Subscribers. It’s $29/yr and includes access to everything previously published. Here’s a list. https://kenpotv.com/leewedlake/articles/. Here’s how to subscribe. https://kenpotv.com/leewedlake/join-lwks/
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same amount of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Einstein.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Lessons With Me Via The Web The web can be a wonderful thing. I have been teaching via video to individuals and groups for about a year now. One school has me do a group class for them from time to time. This is not limited to school owners and more people are jumping on this. You can do it with your desktop, laptop, iphone or iPad. I’ve been told you can use a Skype app on your Apple device, too. You can schedule a block of 5 or 10 lessons running about 30-45 minutes each. I can arrange single lessons too, but the block saves money. Here’s what you do. Pick a block of lessons. Schedule a time slot. Pay by credit card or PayPal. Select the subject(s) you want/need to cover. Off you go! I’ll send you notes on the lesson by e-mail afterward. If you’re interested, please contact me at lee@leewedlake.com. My schedule is filling, so if you’re interested you should act now. By the way, the protocol would be to make sure it’s ok with your teacher, if you have one.
In the online store My new book, The Kenpo Karate Compendium, is available in my online store. $24.95. A combo deal with Lessons with Ed Parker saves some money, too. I have two copies of Amy Long’s Kenpo Continuum, Vol. 2 book left. Lessons with Ed Parker is still available. Should be back up on Amazon soon. Technique manuals, form videos and t-shirts available.
2015 Wonder Valley Camp May is coming fast. I have been told space is about run out and people are booking hotel rooms in town. This will be a big one. Graham and Jaydean Lelliott host a great kenpo weekend in the Fresno, CA area on Memorial Day weekend. Graham tells me he and I will teach along with Steve White, Ingmar Johansson, Paul McMurray, Ian Harris, Marty Zaninovich and others. If you think you’d like to go to the 2015 event (it’s bi-annual) click the link here for info. http://www.jotform.com/form/2270931241
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius
Podcasts I posted new ones in January on my website in the articles section instead of the iTunes page. This is due to problems with the podcastmachine website that links to iTunes, which I’m still working out. They have horrible support and it’s taken months and months to get anywhere. I have over 130 to hear with more coming. Hear them at https://kenpotv.com/leewedlake/articles/ or at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=381705015
Forty Ways to Less Stress Robert Wallace is one of my 7th degrees. He sends out a free “Daily Dose of Motivation” e-mail. 143 of them! You can get on his e-mail list by contacting him at wallacekenpo@ gmail.com. Prof. Wallace also does a string on stress reduction.
Kenpo Senior Conference Steve White and I have selected some dates for the 2016 conference, which should be in late April or mid-May that year. Location is now narrowed to two cities (either Austin, TX or Tucson, AZ). It’s looking like Austin, though. More to come.
Studio Relocation Mont Vernon Karate in Mont Vernon, NH is moving to Amherst, NH after 23 years in one location. Jim Peacock’s school was the only business in the small town and the city wanted his space. You’ll find him on Rt 101 in the Salzburg Square starting March 2nd.