Member section article

A new article is posted for subscribers to me website at http://www.leewedlake.com/ on cover-outs. Here's an excerpt.
Theories on the Origin of the Cover-Out


By Lee Wedlake

At a seminar in Chicago I was asked by a participant* if I knew if the cover-out (or cross-out) was always a part of the techniques. I had never thought to ask Mr. Parker that question and had to admit I didn’t know. But, like a good instructor should, I told him I would ask and see if I could find an answer.

I surveyed some of the higher-ranking instructors and came up with a variety of answers, some of which were the same as mine. After gathering information and thinking about it, this is what I came up with.

The seminar participant himself sent me a link to story about Joe Emperado, one of the brothers who had studied under Professor Chow and a founder of the Kajukenbo system. Emperado had been stabbed in the kidney during a street fight in 1958 and died two days afterward. The implication is that he didn’t see it coming. Of course, there is more than one version of how it happened but here is a link. http://hokkien.uuft.org/history.html

New article at my site

I have posted an article by England's Phil Buck on Pacific Fighting Arts. It's a quick read on Polynesian arts. You can find it at http://www.leewedlake.com/articles2.asp?articleid=137

Frank Trejo

Mr. Trejo went into the hsopital with a heart problem while on a seminar weekend in Fresno recently. I spoke with the gentleman who took him to the hospital and he said Frank was out and home by Weds. Let's keep him in our thoughts.

California seminars

I was out at the Valdez Dojo in Madera and Graham Lelliott's school in Fresno over the weekend. The turnout at both schools was great. The children's seminars were well-attended. Both studios teach good discipline and the kids were attentive, learned something new and we all had some fun. We did a little ground work and some two-man techniques for the adults. In the course of the evening, Mr. Lelliott promoted Pete Valdez to fourth degree black. David Jimenez was Pete's first instructor and he was present, too. It was a pleasure to be there with them.
   At Graham's the next day I did another seminar for children.The intermediates worked on more two-man and the brown/black group worked on Long Three. Amy Long was down from Sacramento, Armen George was in from Washington and many local black belts attended. Two of Graham's brown belts, Marty Sherwood and Doug Taylor were promoted to 1st black, too.
  Mr. Lelliott was celebrating his 30th anniversary as a black belt (on a date now shared with Mr. Valdez).
Congratulations to them all!
  Thanks to everyone who made the seminars a success.

New junior blacks

Mitchell Etheridge started as a Little Dragon and kept at it tenaciously. He recently tested for and passed his junior black exam. You can tell by his grin that he's excited to make the achievement.
  Maria Caamano was also promoted. She had just been elected as her class president at school. She's a good example of the scholar/warrior.
  Will Spearman is right behind these two, working toward his as well. He's our next candidiate.
  Congratulations to all of them!

Kenpo and Jeet Kune Do

http://www.leewedlake.com/articles2.asp?articleid=136

KenpoTV milestone

I've just uploaded video # 800 to http://www.kenpotv.net/. The newest ones are three for instructors on curriculum evolution, a principle video in Kenpo 201 and some 401 videos on extensions. I am almost done with the core material and will soon move into Phase Two, which is to illustrate and explain the terminology. Some of those videos are done and uploaded but many  more await.