03.25.06 - Saturday Practice
Preempted!
Sifu met Walt and I at the door this morning as I arrived and informed us that our work out space had been set aside by the complex manager for a meeting. Unfortunately at this time, this means that our work out was cancelled. However, we did salvage the time by going up to Bill’s place and we all discussed the Kenpo in the Carolinas seminar from just the weekend before.
Bill started us off by describing what Vic LeRoux is kicking around for next year. He is considering a two-part format: The first part being an open competition for self-defense and the second part consisting of a seminar and instruction. Of course, this is still way early in the planning stages so we just sort of discussed what good or bad would come out of a different format.
One thought was to get together on the Friday night prior for sort of a general workout. When Sifu, Walt, and I went to California for the West Coast Kenpo Confederation, the night we arrived was much like this in that everyone just got together and ran a technique line, talked, and just generally got to know one another. It was a nice warm up to the seminar the next day.
Less talk, more action. That seemed to be something that was universally acknowledged with everyone in the room. We all love to hear Vic’s stories, and we know that he is fully capable of everything he tells us but I think pretty much everyone wanted to actually do the different items that Vic was describing.
We had some brief talk about some of the equipment that may need to be available for the next seminar. Items such as the Ultraman Dummies, kicking shields and mats were high on the list. Apparently there were at least a couple of people that commented on their desire to work the dummies at this seminar and we never did.
Merchandising is another big area that will be more fully exploited next time. An official seminar shirt is being planned, as well as having other shirts, posters, videos, etc. available to anyone who wants them. This could seriously help offset costs next year as we may have to move to a different venue.
After getting these ‘hard’ items out of the way, we all just had a general discussion about Vic and the time he spent here. Based on the general mood of most everyone there, I think this seminar was not only a success, but it seemed to open the eyes of several people as to what Kenpo is, what is attainable, and who is steering the ship of the I.K.C.A. – and we weren’t the only ones impressed. There were two new school charters that came from this seminar in the week that followed, including some jumping ship from American Kenpo.
All in all, a great seminar and I’m looking forward to the next one.
Sifu met Walt and I at the door this morning as I arrived and informed us that our work out space had been set aside by the complex manager for a meeting. Unfortunately at this time, this means that our work out was cancelled. However, we did salvage the time by going up to Bill’s place and we all discussed the Kenpo in the Carolinas seminar from just the weekend before.
Bill started us off by describing what Vic LeRoux is kicking around for next year. He is considering a two-part format: The first part being an open competition for self-defense and the second part consisting of a seminar and instruction. Of course, this is still way early in the planning stages so we just sort of discussed what good or bad would come out of a different format.
One thought was to get together on the Friday night prior for sort of a general workout. When Sifu, Walt, and I went to California for the West Coast Kenpo Confederation, the night we arrived was much like this in that everyone just got together and ran a technique line, talked, and just generally got to know one another. It was a nice warm up to the seminar the next day.
Less talk, more action. That seemed to be something that was universally acknowledged with everyone in the room. We all love to hear Vic’s stories, and we know that he is fully capable of everything he tells us but I think pretty much everyone wanted to actually do the different items that Vic was describing.
We had some brief talk about some of the equipment that may need to be available for the next seminar. Items such as the Ultraman Dummies, kicking shields and mats were high on the list. Apparently there were at least a couple of people that commented on their desire to work the dummies at this seminar and we never did.
Merchandising is another big area that will be more fully exploited next time. An official seminar shirt is being planned, as well as having other shirts, posters, videos, etc. available to anyone who wants them. This could seriously help offset costs next year as we may have to move to a different venue.
After getting these ‘hard’ items out of the way, we all just had a general discussion about Vic and the time he spent here. Based on the general mood of most everyone there, I think this seminar was not only a success, but it seemed to open the eyes of several people as to what Kenpo is, what is attainable, and who is steering the ship of the I.K.C.A. – and we weren’t the only ones impressed. There were two new school charters that came from this seminar in the week that followed, including some jumping ship from American Kenpo.
All in all, a great seminar and I’m looking forward to the next one.
posted by Bonzai at 3/25/2006 12:00:00 PM
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