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| Special training at Sensei Thompson's - Sunday, June 13, 2010What: Special martial arts training.
Where: Parkesburg, PA (Sensei Thompson House)
804 West Seventh Ave.
When: Sunday, June 13, 2010 ... ~ 10am - whenever you need to stop.
Attire: Old street clothes; jeans, sneakers, t-shirts .. Note: if you wear shorts, you will be on the ground at times .. grass gets very itchy.
Gear: Bring protective gear just in case: mouth piece, cup, sparring gloves if you have them.
Rain Date: If it rains I will reschedule, do not have a rain date yet. I have to figure out my work travel schedule.
Note: Please eMail Sensei Thompson a couple of days a head of time to let him know you will be attending: mark@bell-enterprise.com |
| Training with Sensei Lemus 5/6 - 5/8 - Friday, May 07, 2010We have been experiencing some good training with Sensei Lemus. We have reviewed, improved our Naifanchi Kata using Koryu mentality (including Hara and Osae). Along with this we have worked on our three step. Along with the students from our school, other Senseis and some of their students also participated:
- Angel Lemus (Sensei)
- Phil Nudleman (Student of Angel Lemus)
- Mark Thompson
- Kelly Worbock (Student of Mark Thompson)
- Bill Goebel (Sensei)
- John Hughes (Sensei)
- Sean Hughes (Student of John Hughes)
- Abbie Bartels (Student of John Hughes)
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| Mike Salomone making speedy recovery - Monday, April 19, 2010Mike had heart surgery on 4/19/2010. Everything went well and he is making excellent progress. Hopefully he'll be out of the hospital by the end of the week. We wish him well. |
| Promotions from Ralieigh, NC - Sunday, March 14, 2010Chris Moulinier from Jordan Laster (Shidoin) school in Raileigh, NC was promoted to SanKyu on 3/14/10. |
| Ed Takae (Sensei) passed away today - Saturday, March 13, 2010"It is with heavy heart to inform you that Sensei Edward Takae passed away this morning 03-13-2010 at around 9:30 Eastern time. Sensei Alvarez is trying to make arrangements for the services this coming Friday 03-19-2010.
Joe Hussin" |
| Promotions as of 3/13/2010 - Saturday, March 13, 2010
Promotions
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Brooke Lyons
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3rd Kyu (San Kyu)
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Mike Conrad
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5th Kyu (Go Kyu)
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Darren Saxton
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5th Kyu (Go Kyu)
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Will Pizii
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4th Jr Kyu
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Jagmeet Ashta
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10th Jr Kyu
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CJ Doorey
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13th Jr. Kyu
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| Sept 2009 - Jim Pizii trains in Hawaii - Monday, September 28, 2009 Sensei Jim Pizii travels to Hawaii to train with Sensei Angel Lemus.
I spent a full week training with Sensei Lemus on the beautiful island of Oahu. Most of the training was in his garage. I also had the opportunity to also train at his Dojo on Coconut Island plus meet some of his fine students. Along with this I was honored to traing with Pat Nakata (Sensei) at his Dojo and Alan Lee (Gojuryu) at his Dojo. What a great experience and eye opener for me. |
| Black Belt Promotions - Saturday, July 11, 2009Senseis: John Hughes, Mike Salomone, Andy Rodriguez, and Mark Thompson were promoted to Yondan (4th Degree Black Belt). All four of these Senseis bring a special blend of talent to the Zentokukai organization. After many years watching these men train hard and intelligently, it gives me great pleasure in promoting them to a very high and significant level in our organization.
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| 2009 NorthEast Zentokukai held in West Chester, PA. - Thursday, July 09, 20097/9/2009 - 7/11/2009
OVERVIEW
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• We are focusing every aspect of our training to develop effective and lethal Karate.
• We are cutting the fat, eliminating redundancies, training smarter.
• We will develop stronger bodies with this methodology, you will get a better physical workout with less time, and less effort, your body will feel as if you just did a 2 hr light-weight lifting class.
• Eliminate the preoccupation with SPEED as the measure of good karate for it is not. You will replace speed with character and timing.
• You will learn how to develop, true power in your techniques, you will hit harder than you have in the past.
• You will learn proper timing, develop it to intercept the fastest punch anyone can throw at you, and you will NOT DO IT with speed.
• You will finally learn and understand the principles necessary for proper posture, and power generation, they are:
a. Proper breathing
b. Koshi (hip rotation, mostly the timing)
c. Hara, this one has always been a gray area, NO MORE.
d. KIME, the proper concept and timing of this.
e. Finally applying KIKOMI, or penetration.
These 5 elements need to be understood and mastered.
• KATA- doing it at a proper pace (walking pace), utilizing smart execution of power, develop timing, Osae and spacial awareness.
Explode with kime on every technique with the 5 principles named above to back it up.
• Learn how to FIGHT through your practice of Kata.
• Utilize the knowledge from Kata and apply to fighting, by learning how to "close in to your opponent", understanding MA.
• Walking in to your opponent with confidence, control, and from a superior advantage.
• Develop a fearless fighting spirit, dig down into your Hara, move and see everything from there.
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| John Hughes and Mark Thompson travel to Hawaii for training. - Friday, May 15, 2009Sensei Thompson and Sensei Hughes travel to Hawaii to train with Sensei Lemus. During the month of May 2009, Sensei John Hughes and Sensei Mark Thompson had rare opportunity to travel to Hawaii and train with Sensei Lemus with a special focus on improved methodology in training. These two gentlemen were a significant part in the North East Seminar. Their leadership and guidance made the seminar quite a success. |
| Promotions Announcement - Saturday, March 21, 2009
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New Belt Rank |
| Will Pizii |
5th Jr. Kyu |
| Chetan Ashta |
9th Jr. Kyu |
| Jacob Lehman |
9th Jr. Kyu |
| Jasleen Ashta |
11th Jr. Kyu |
| Tyler Lehman |
11th Jr. Kyu |
| Jagmeet Ashta |
12th Jr. Kyu |
| Clinton Rehrig |
13th Jr. Kyu |
| Logan Constable |
14th Jr. Kyu |
| CJ Doorey |
14th Jr. Kyu |
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| Angel Lemus (Sensei) visits West Chester Dojo - Friday, January 16, 2009Sensei Angel Lemus visited the West Chester Dojo Friday Jan. 16th through Sunday Jan. 18th, 2009. Major areas covered were: Empi Kata; Generating more power in punching techniques; Two additional moves in the two man 13 count (now 15 count) Kata; Bo Kata.
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| Special Class and Promotions - Tuesday, December 30, 2008We held a special class and recognized two Shodan promotions. Promoted to Shodan was Ken Holt by Sensei Andy Rodriguez. Promoted to Shodan was Greg Hassler by Sensei Jim Pizii.
Attending the special class were: Sensei Bill Goebel, Sensei John Hughes, Sensei Mark Thompson, Sensei Mike Salomone, and Sensei Andy Rodriguez and some of their students.
I gave every black belt an opportunity to run any two man routine of their choice. They had to demonstrate it and explain it, and it's objective.
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| Visitor - Saturday, November 15, 2008 Former student Michele Sika (NiKyu) came down from upstate NJ to train with us on Saturday (11/15/08). He's been out of training for a while, but surprisingly he wasn't too rusty. It's always a pleasure of mine when former students return to visit and/or train. Michele is doing well in his health and job. Hopefully he'll be able to come down more often.
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