Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

IKKA 7th Dan 

After a long and arduous journey, I have passed the requirements for 7th Dan in EPAK Kenpo Karate.

If you’ve been wondering where the updates and additional lessons have been, it’s because I was working towards the test above. I’m going to start updating the rest of the site and continue creating the lesson materials. For those waiting for the online lesson updates, continue to reach out to me for the individual lessons, and I will continue to process your testing and rank advancement as I have been.

Good Morning Kenpoists and thank you for all your patience. Going forward I will be adding at least one new text lesson per day, and hopefully one new video lesson per week. There is a ton of content I still need to transcribe, but now that the old year is over, I hope to have a lot more time to get the rest of the materials up there.

As always, if you have questions or concerns feel free to reach out to me at any time.

With the summer behind us, and the upcoming workshop season fast approaching, I just wanted to update all the students on where the site is. Most of the resources have been diverted to in person and skype teaching over the past several months, but we look to start ramping back up our effort for the rest of the material in the coming months. We will be teaching a seminar in Detroit this coming Weekend and look forward to seeing many of you in person over the next week.

Keep up the training, and remember that daily practice is better than any short cram session.

1. Ready stance
2. Look to the left. Move the left foot to the left to 90 ° – dachi Hidari Zenkutsu / Hidari Gedan barai
3. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi chudan oi tsuki
4. Look over your right shoulder backwards. Right foot step backward, rotating 180 ° – dachi Migi Zenkutsu / Migi Gedan barai
5. Without moving your left foot, right draw – dachi Migi Kokutsu / Migi Tettsui coma kami
6. Turn on the right foot to the left to shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Hidari / Hidari chudan oi tsuki
7. Look to the left. Move the left foot to the left to 90 ° – dachi Hidari Zenkutsu / Hidari Gedan barai
8. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi Jodan uke
9. Turn on the right foot to the left to shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Hidari / Hidari Jodan uke
10. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi Jodan uke Kiai
11. Look over your left shoulder to the back. Left foot move inwards 90 ° – dachi Hidari Zenkutsu / Hidari Gedan barai
12. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi chudan oi tsuki
13. Look over your right shoulder backwards. Right foot step backward, rotating 180 ° – dachi Migi Zenkutsu / Migi Gedan barai
14. Turn on the right foot to the left to shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Hidari / Hidari chudan oi tsuki
15. Look to the left. Move the left foot to the left to 90 ° – dachi Hidari Zenkutsu / Hidari Gedan barai
16. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi chudan oi tsuki
17. Turn on the right foot to the left to shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Hidari / Hidari chudan oi tsuki
18. Turn on the left foot to the right with shuffle Zenkutsu dachi Migi / Migi chudan oi tsuki Kiai
19. Look over your left shoulder to the back. Left foot move inwards 90 ° – dachi Hidari Kokutsu / Hidari Shuto uke Mawashi
20. Turn on the left foot to the right to 225 ° with a shuffle – dachi Migi Kokutsu / Shuto mawashi uke Migi
21. Look over your right shoulder, step right foot backwards at an angle of 135 ° – dachi Migi Kokutsu / Mawashi Shuto uke Migi
22. Turn on the right foot to the left by 225 ° with a shuffle – dachi Hidari Kokutsu / Shuto mawashi uke Hidari
23. Naor (right foot remains in place, move back to the left)