My 2011 Martial Arts Training Log

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope all of you had a great holiday season and that 2012 brings you more blessings than you've ever experienced in your life.

To kick-start 2012, I am going to post my entire 2011 martial arts training log. For several years now, I have been trying to motivate my students to log everything that they practice on a daily basis. The advantage of doing so is that it motivates one to push their training to new heights, and to ensure that each person has not neglected certain aspects of his/her training routine. I know that at least a couple of my black belts have been logging their training routines for some time as well.

Here is my training log:

Days that I practiced martial arts: 339/365
Days that I taught martial arts: 211/365
Total number of classes that I taught: 576
Days that I sparred against a quality black belt: 63
Days that I worked on SPK Knife Drills – 35
Days that I worked on kickboxing pad drills: 52
Days of weight training: 91
Pushups – 3575
Sit-ups – 3655
Biking to and from work (22 km): 23.5
Yellow Belt Freestyle Techniques: 13
Orange Freestyle Techniques: 4
Blocking Set 1 – 121
Blocking Set 2 – 46
Kicking Set 1 – 61
Kicking Set 2 – 12
Finger Set 1 – 102
Finger Set 2 – 12
Coordination Set 1 – 43
Coordination Set 2 – 12
Striking Set 1 – 30
Striking Set 2 – 13
Stance Set 1 – 103
Stance Set 2 – 42
Two Man Set – 12
Staff Set – 13
Short Form 1 – 104
Short Form 2 – 134
Short Form 3 – 100
Long Form 1 – 55
Long Form 2 – 62
Long Form 3 - 26
Long Form 4 – 17
Long Form 5 – 12
Long Form 6 – 12
Long Form 7 – 12
Long Form 8 – 12
Random Kenpo Techniques (separate from techniques below)– 4657
10 Yellow Techniques – 12
12 Orange Techniques – 12
12 Purple Techniques – 12
16 Blue Techniques – 12
20 Green Techniques – 12
20 3rd Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 2nd Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 1st Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 1st Degree Black Techniques – 12
Orange Belt technique extensions – 12
Purple Belt technique extensions – 12
Blue Belt technique extensions - 12
Green Belt technique extensions - 12
Brown Belt technique extensions (CKF curriculum)- 12
Anyo Isa – 12
Anyo Dalawa – 12
Anyo Tatlo – 12
Anyo Apat – 12
12 Basic Strikes – 39
12 Basic Defenses – 15
Tapi Tapi (block, check, counter, check counter): 9
Six-count drill - 16
Trapping Hands – 5
Figure eight – 4
Reverse Figure eight – 36
Single Sinawali – 4
Double Sinawali – 3
Reverse Sinawali - 1
Single Stick Sparring – 3
Redonda - 3
Tiger and Crane – 3
Book Set – 2
Cross Path 1 – 7
Long Fist 1 – 1
Long Fist 2 – 4
Roaring Tiger - 3
Breathing Law 1 - 10
Single Dragon Short Stick - 7
Double Dragon Short Stick – 2
Wandering Dragon Staff - 9
Orr Fai Do Fa – 35
Tonfa Set 1 (NBD) – 6
Tonfa Set 2 – 1
Bando Knife Form - 8

Morgan Seabrook: 2nd Degree Brown Belt Promotion

This is a video of my daughter, Morgan, who was promoted to 2nd Degree Brown Belt in our children's system in American Kenpo on November 12, 2011. Thank you so much Vince Brock for making this video!!

I promoted Morgan after a 3-hour kickboxing seminar that I taught in Sarnia, Ontario, and that Morgan participated in. Morgan has been training with me for 6 years come January 2012 and must wait one more year before being eligible to test for 1st Degree Brown Belt, and then another year thereafter before being ready to grade for Junior Black Belt.

I am so very proud of her!! She's got some incredible skills.

Pictures from my Kickboxing Seminar

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying this holiday season. My family had a great Christmas, and I am looking forward to spending the next week with them and just hanging out. We will probably all hit a movie, Chantel and I will having a date night, and we will likely all to do some Boxing Day shopping today.

Anyhow, my friend and student, Vince Brock, sent me a bunch of pictures that he took from the recent kickboxing seminar that I taught in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, at the Dynamic Academy of Martial Arts school. I have uploaded a few here for your viewing.

Hope you all have a very happy new year!

2011 Belt Promotions

The following, partly for my interest but also for that of my students, shows a list of all belt promotions throughout 2011 for my Kenpo Karate students. Note that I have only included students who are still actively training with me.

January

Maia G: Advanced Orange

February

Miles B: Advanced White
Luke N: Yellow
Hannah M: Yellow
Chloe B: Orange
Claire H: Purple
Justin F: Advanced Purple

March

Jennifer B: Advanced White
Joseph L: Advanced White
Michael L: Advanced White
Christofer L: Advanced White
Maxime F: Yellow
Reese W: Advanced Orange
Feras A: Purple
Madison S: Purple
Neal F: Blue
Josh G: Blue

April

Joseph L: Yellow
Michael L: Yellow
Christofer L: Yellow
Miles B: Yellow
Luke N: Advanced Yellow
Tyler B: Orange
Vince B: Orange
Chris H: Purple
Jacob C: Advanced Purple
Serenah J: 3rd Degree Brown (Children's)

May

Ethan B: Advanced White
Jacob K: Advanced White
Maxime F: Advanced Yellow
Miles B: Advanced Yellow
Chloe B: Advanced Orange
Madison S: Advanced Purple

June

Hannah M: Advanced Yellow
Timothy B: Orange
Reese W: Purple
Maia G: Purple

July

Jennifer B: Orange
Vince B: Advanced Orange
Micah W: 3rd Degree Brown (Children's)
Chris N: 2nd Degree Brown
Dana B: 2nd Degree Brown

August

Ethan B: Yellow
Miles B: Orange
Maxime F: Orange
Joseph L: Orange
Michael L: Orange
Luke N: Orange
Christofer L: Orange
Jennifer B: Advanced Orange
Chloe B: Purple
Claire H: Advanced Purple
Reese W: Advanced Purple
Justin F: Blue

September

Darren W: Green

October

Jacob K: Yellow
Ethan B: Advanced Yellow
Hannah M: Orange
Miles B: Advanced Orange
Tyler B: Advanced Orange
Jennifer B: Purple
Tiffany B: Purple
Chloe B: Advanced Purple
Ross F: Advanced Blue
Neal F: Green
Josh G: Green

November

Chloe G: Advanced White
Tom G: Advanced White
Adam G: Advanced White
Timothy B: Advanced Orange
Joseph L: Advanced Orange
Michael L: Advanced Orange
Christofer L: Advanced Orange
Luke N: Advanced Orange
Vince B: Purple
Gavin M: Advanced Purple
Maia G: Advanced Purple
Justin F: Advanced Blue
Morgan S: 2nd Degree Brown (Children's)

December

Nina D: Advanced White
Mackenzie F: Advanced White
Harrison F: Advanced White
Jacob C: Blue
Crystal A: 3rd Degree Brown
Michael G: 2nd Degree Brown (Children's)

Code Words for Self-Defense Techniques

As one is learning the American Kenpo system, it can get challenging remembering all of the names of the self-defense techniques. Below you will find a list of code words and their definitions to help you in remembering the names of techniques:

Sword - chop
Destruction or Destructive - left side
Hammer - bottom of fist
Branch - leg
Storm - club
Mace - fist / punch
Kimono - shirt
Salute - heel palm
Talon, Falcon, Eagle - grab
Gift - handshake
Feathers - hair
Wing - elbow
Leaves - fingers
Ram - tackle or front of fist
Shield - block
Twig - arm
Pendulum - blocking arm that turns into a strike or block
Fan - parry
Lance - knife
Darkness - from behind or an unknown area
Rod - gun

Happy Birthday Madison!!

Tomorrow my beautiful daughter, Madison, turns 7 years old! We are having a big party at our house, jam-packed with lots of kids. Chantel, as always, has done tons of preparation work. Happy Birthday Maddie! I love you!!

Dana Broadhead Wins At WKC World Championships in Spain!

Dana Broadhead's success continues. Dana just won the Gold medal in Women's Soft Style Forms and the Bronze medal in Traditional Weapons at the 2011 WKC World Championships in Spain. In her forms division, Dana did Long Form 4, and in her weapons division, she performed a Kung Fu form called Orr Fai Do Fa. Dana is a 2nd Degree Brown Belt in American Kenpo Karate and is member of the Chinese Karate Federation. Way to go Dana!!!!