Summary of Sean Kelley Seminars in London, Ontario

Last weekend, Sean Kelley conducted three Kenpo Karate seminars in London, Ontario. In the first seminar, Mr. Kelley taught the self-defense techniques “Obstructing the Storm” and “Capturing the Storm” and broke each of these club self-defenses down with a lot of detail. He also taught various lock and flow drills, as well as some give-and-take drills utilizing Wing Chun Kung Fu. In the second seminar, Mr. Kelley spent 2 hours on the self-defense technique “Glancing Lance” and showed how the common way this technique is taught is flawed and dangerous. Instead, Mr. Kelley provided a more realistic way of making Glancing Lance work. Finally, in the third seminar, Mr. Kelley taught on kickboxing. Students had the opportunity to work various punch, kick, punch-kick, kick-punch, and footwork maneuvers on partners. A special thanks also goes out to Steve Beecroft for allowing me to conduct the seminars at his school. Below are a couple of photos from the event:

Congratulations goes out to Dana Broadhead, a 3rd Degree Brown Belt under me in American Kenpo Karate, who just won the Gold Medal in Women's Chinese Forms at the 2010 World Karate & Kickboxing Council World Championships in Albufeira, Portugal. Dana performed the American Kenpo form, "Long Form 3".



Jamie Seabrook
Chinese Karate Federation (CKF)
www.jamieseabrook.com

Sean Kelley Seminars in London, Ontario, Nov 12-13th

Sean Kelley Seminars in London, Ontario, Nov 12-13th

Hi Everyone,

This is to inform you that I will be having my instructor, CKF President Sean Kelley, come teach seminars in London, Ontario the weekend of November 12-13th. The seminar registration package is attached to this email. As can be seen below, participants save a lot of money if pre-registered by October 22nd. Since the Berkshire Club has been previously booked for a wedding, the seminars will take place at the Spiritual Martial Arts Center, 186 King Street (Park Tower, basement level) in downtown, London, Ontario. The seminars are open to all styles of martial arts, and to people with all levels of experience. The seminar topics are as follows:


Friday, November 12th


6:30-8:00 pm – Club Self Defense Techniques



Saturday, November 13th


10:00-10:45 am – Kids Self-Defense

11:00 -12:00 – Glancing Lance (Knife self-defense technique)

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm – Kickboxing (t-shirt only and bring gear)



Fees:

$25 for 1 adult seminar (by Oct 22nd or $30 after Oct 22nd)

$40 for 2 adult seminars (by Oct 22nd or $50 after Oct 22nd)

$50 for ALL 3 adult seminars (by Oct 22nd or $65 after Oct 22nd)

$15 for children’s seminar (by Oct 22nd or $20 after Oct 22nd)

(Note: Child blue belts and higher can attend the child or adult seminars, or all 4 for just $55 by Oct 22nd!)


Hope to see you all there!

Jamie Seabrook
CKF Canadian Representative

www.jamieseabrook.com

My New Red Belt

As some of you may know, on Saturday, September 11, 2010, Mr. Kelley presented me and my good friend Kevin Kuliga with a new red belt for each of our ranks. For those wondering, I am still a 6th Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo Karate, but all CKF black belts who are 5th Degree and higher are going to be wearing red belts with the corresponding black bar and number of stripes (to show the reverse of what is typically done in American Kenpo – a red bar and red stripes on a black belt). To be awarded this new belt from Mr. Kelley was a big honor, as we want to be different in the CKF, especially considering how the typical black belt has been so devalued in recent times as people jump through the dan ranks like candy. For more information about the history of the Red Belt, please see Bill Larson’s article at:

http://chinesekaratefederation.com/2010/06/the-history-of-the-red-belt-or-red-sash/

Summary of the CKF Seminars in Bradford, PA, September 2010

I have said this before, and I will likely say it again – Sean Kelley’s seminars just get better and better. Mr. Kelley taught Short Form 2 and Long Form 2, as well as the “what-if” phase of Kenpo on the Friday night. Mr. Kelley taught the theme of Long Form 2, how and why the universal block breaks the order of the inward, outward, upward and downward sequence, how Kenpo is taught as a category completion system as evidenced by the single and dual setups through the dictionary forms, and how Kenpo is a study of motion. He also showed how the basics from the isolations at the end of Long Form 1 are contained in Long Form 2. Although we typically use a neutral bow when striking with the front hand, and a forward bow when striking with the rear hand, Mr. Kelley explained how it is not necessary to move to a forward bow when executing the eye pokes since the target is soft anyway. Also, understanding the timing separation of “distance with rotation” and then “rotation with distance” in Long Form 2 is a critical aspect to the form.

On the Saturday, Mr. Kelley taught seminars on the Storm (club) techniques and on kickboxing. He taught Evading the Storm and Checking the Storm, and showed how Checking the Storm really teaches what not to do, and why Evading the Storm is a much more logical and practical technique. The kickboxing class including hand drills, kicking techniques, leg sweeps, leg buckles, and pad drills. Matt Trejo, John McDonald and I were all there for the seminars and had a fantastic time.

Jamie Seabrook - Double Dragon Short Stick 1

New Videos and UFC 118 Predictions

As mentioned over several blogs, I am in the process of putting up several weapons forms on you tube. Here is my most recent video of me performing ‘Double Dragon Short Stick 1” (Surng Longe Doon Gwan Yut Lo), a Green Belt Weapons Form in the Black Dragon System of Kung Fu, of which I am also a Black Belt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHBc7iVJdNI


In addition, here is another video of me sparring with Chris Newsome, one of my Green Belts in American Kenpo Karate, who will be promoted to 3rd Degree Brown Belt in the next few weeks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkAebtq2loA


As for UFC 118, there are really three big fights that I am interested in. In the main event, I predict we will see a much better and more prepared challenger in BJ Penn, and that he will regain the title that he lost from Frankie Edgar in his last fight. I think the fight will be a close one, however, as Edgar wants to prove that he can beat Penn again. In retrospect, I truly don’t feel like Edgar did enough to win the title in their last fight, but that is what can happen when fights go the distance and to the score cards. In the semi-main event, I predict Randy Couture will beat James Toney, especially if the fight goes into the second or third round. Clearly, Couture is going to want to take Toney down to negate Toney’s stand-up boxing strikes. At the same time, Couture needs to be very careful in that first round not to get clipped hard by one or several of Toney’s KO shots. Finally, despite the tremendous success of Kenny Florian, I think that Gary Maynard will beat Florian, most likely on the ground or possibly by decision.

Sean Kelley Seminars in Bradford, Pennsylvania

Hi everyone. I wanted to let all of you know about some awesome Kenpo Karate seminars being taught by Senior Professor Sean Kelley, 7th Degree American Kenpo Karate Black Belt, held in Bradford, Pennsylvania September 10-11th, 2010. The seminars will be run at Michael Miller’s Kenpo Karate Dojo, 443 East Main Street.



The seminar topics are as follows:



Friday, September 10th





5:00-6:00 pm – Long Form 2

6:30-8:00 pm – “What If” Phase of Kenpo





Saturday, September 11th





1:00-3:00 pm – Storm Techniques (Ideal Phase – “Real Deal” Phase)

(Checking, Evading, Calming, Obstructing, Defying)



3:30-4:30 pm – Kickboxing (ghi pants & t-shirt only, bring boxing gloves)





The cost for this weekend of training is only $50 U.S.



Payments can be made to Michael Miller at:

443 East Main Street, Bradford, Pa 16701