I spent this past weekend at Marc Sigle's studio in the Stuttgart area. I did a weekend of seminars for Marc's people from Esslingen and Saarbrucken, Germany as well as Austria.
We kicked off the seminar with the formal promotion of Mike Haselwanter to black, he having tested the night before.
It was a very nice group of people of all ranks from white to black. Some of the white belts had studied Shotokan and were picking up the kenpo quickly, even though we were doing some complex material. Saturday the focus was on the knife techniques, with the changes from one attack line to another emphasized. On Sunday we worked on how to improve forms, finished the knives, and went into family groupings.
The days went by fast. We had some interesting conversations at lunch and dinner both days, and everyone was very friendly. Marc took time in the seminars to translate, and I beleive it helped everyone's understanding.
In addition, we had a special guest. Mr. Albrecht Pfluger, who is considered to be a pioneer of German karate came by to watch my class. Mr. Pfluger wrote the first text on karate in German almost 40 years ago, and has since written many more. I thought it was nice of him to stop by and be introduced to myself and the class.
Marc gets around to most of the European kenpo events and comes to the US fairly frequently. Stop and say hello to him if you get the chance.
No comments:
Post a Comment