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Kenpo Budokan Karate: Beige Belt/Black Stripe: Lessons: 2 – Reviewing, Maintaining, and Moving Forward
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: Beige Belt/Black Stripe: Lessons: 2 – Reviewing, Maintaining, and Moving Forward“Martial arts is a marathon, not a sprint” For many people entering the martial arts arena one of the early questions I usually hear is “when will I become a master”.…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: Beige Belt/Black Stripe: Lessons: 1 – Welcome to 9 Kyuu
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: Beige Belt/Black Stripe: Lessons: 1 – Welcome to 9 KyuuCongratulations and Welcome You made it over the hump. There is a saying in the martial arts – the hardest students to teach are white belts and black belts. White…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 25 – Getting Ready for 9 Kyuu
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 25 – Getting Ready for 9 KyuuGetting Ready for 9 Kyuu Ready. Set. Go. Great job. You’ve made it past your first hurdle and completed the full lesson set for the white belt material! Now it’s all…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 24 – Practicing, Perfecting, Patience
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 24 – Practicing, Perfecting, PatiencePracticing, Perfecting, Patience In the martial arts we have a mnemonic that we use to help students understand where they are in their studies. We call this the 3 P’s…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 23 – The Master 8 Fold Form Introduction
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 23 – The Master 8 Fold Form IntroductionThe Master 8 Fold Form Introduction Instructions See the walk through of the master 8 fold form here. White Belt Focus You’ll notice that our curriculum does not cover many…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 22 – Side Kick
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 22 – Side KickSide Kick Our second fundamental kick in kenpo is the side kick. This kick is designed to strike out your opponent’s legs, as well as being used to push the opponent…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 21 – Front Kick
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 21 – Front KickFront Kick Ahh – the front kick. The quintessential basic kick of most all martial arts styles. Kenpo has it’s front kick which is similar to 99.9995% of all other…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 20 – Range of Attacks/Defense
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 20 – Range of Attacks/DefenseRange of Attacks/Defense “If you can Touch it you can be kicked” What separates a beginner from an intermediate student? Is it the total number of techniques and forms they can…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 19 – Environmental Awareness
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 19 – Environmental AwarenessEnvironmental Awareness In our previous lesson on situational awareness, we discussed the need to understanding your surroundings to ensure that you don’t walk into a situation which requires you needing…
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Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 18 – Push Pull Motion
Read Now →: Kenpo Budokan Karate: White Belt: Lessons: 18 – Push Pull MotionPush Pull Motion Welcome to the world of the One Inch Punch When I first became interested in martial arts, Bruce Lee was one of the key influences on my…