October 2010
Yayyy!!!! Instructor AMY LONG has been promoted to 3rd Degree Black, a full instructor of the arts. Please congratulate her, if you have not. Gary Arnold has been promoted to Green and Morgan Shaw was promoted to Yellow belt, make sure you congratulate them as well.
Ask us about upcoming seminars.
KENPO 101 –
Lemniscate (Lemniscate of Bernoulli)–
Most of us recognize this symbol as the infinity symbol, a figure 8, and in some cases as the ouroboros. This symbol has been at the forefront of our training lately.
Torque -
"Moment" is the general term for the tendency of one or more applied forces to rotate an object about an axis (the concept which in physics is called torque). Rotational analogues of force, mass, and acceleration are torque, moment of inertia, and angular acceleration, respectively.(Taken from Wikipedia)
SKK Monthly Update –
Wow! Our children's class is growing. We are now up to 18 children. If you have not had a chance to say hello to our new children, please do so. SKK would like to thank Tyler1, James, Matthew, Gianah, and Joshua for their help in class.
We have a handful of students out there that have not shown their bright and cheery faces these past few weeks or even months. You know who you are, and know that you are missed.
SKK REMINDERS
- All students must wear a karate uniform or workout clothes. Male students must wear a groin protector.
- Hygiene is a good thing. Please make sure your karate uniform is clean, finger and toe nails are trimmed, and do not wear jewelry in class. These reminders are for the safety of your fellow students. Thank you.
- Let us know by phone or e-mail if you cannot show up for class.
- Ms. Long's information
- Cell – 916-690-1682
- Email – kenpokaratechick@gmail.com
- Mr. Nakamoto's information
- Cell – 916-832-2882
- Email – ronnak4967@gmail.com
- Dues paid by the 10th of every month.
- We charge a $10.00 belt fee for all belt promotions.
- The SKK patch is on sale for $10.00 each or $16.00 for two.
- Karate uniforms range from $20.00 to $25.00 depending on size.
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.
