World Karate & Kickboxing Council (WKC) Provincial Tryouts

This past weekend, four of my students qualified for the Canadian WKC Championships by winning at the Provincial Tryouts in London, Ontario. Ryan Welsh won 1st place in Black Belt fighting, 2nd place in Chinese Forms, and 3rd place in weapons; Dana Broadhead won 1st place in Advanced Chinese Forms and 2nd place in Advanced fighting; Jenn and Vince Brock both won 5th place in Forms, and both had to compete against Black Belts despite being Advanced Purple Belts. All four will now advance to the Canadian Championships in Saint-Hyacinth, Quebec, May 18-20th.

CKF Advanced Seminar

On Saturday, June 16th 2012, Senior Professor Sean P. Kelley will be conducting advanced seminars at Michael Miller's Kenpo Karate school in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The seminars are open to any CKF adult Green Belt or higher and will consist of 5 hours of training.

The seminars will run from 11am - 1 pm and from 2-5 pm. Topics for these seminars include Long Form 3, and the following self-defense techniques: Leap from Danger, Broken Gift, Twirling Sacrifice, Kneel of Compulsion, Intercepting the Ram, Glancing Spear, Thrust into Darkness, Deceptive Panther, Gathering of the Snakes, Dominating Circles, and Parting of the Snakes.

The cost of the event is $100 U.S. (cash only at the door).

This is an event you do not want to miss.