Martial Arts Training Tips, Ideas, and Random Thoughts
About the Author: Ryan Wheaton has been teaching American Kenpo since 1991 and is the chief instructor at Arrowhead Martial Arts Studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is an internationally certified 6th degree black belt and personal student of 10th degree black belt Paul Mills. Mr. Mills was a former direct student of Mr. Ed Parker. Ryan authored a free guide for adults on How to Choose the Right Martial Arts School, produces a monthly newsletter, and also offers a free martial arts trial program for one week. In addition, he sits on the Board of Directors for the American Kenpo Karate International (AKKI) and is also a regular seminar presenter at AKKI National & International events.
Welcome to the Arrowhead Martial Arts Studios blog. We're located in Salt Lake City, Utah and exclusively teach adults the martial art of AMERICAN KENPO. If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Be sure to also sign up for our monthly newsletter and our free trial program. Thanks for reading! -- Ryan
These are some great clips put together on what not to do in the martial arts and what happens when you take your eye off your target.
These people must be horrified that 1) it’s on YouTube.com 2) It’s being sent around and posted to blogs 3) it was likely on America’s Funniest Home Videos. I hope to NEVER make this reel!
I wasn’t 100% happy with the information on “The Art of Kenpo” page of our site and wanted to provide more definition for potential students. So, I added a lot more information to it that I thought would be useful. Read about the martial arts system of AMERICAN KENPO we teach and what you can expect to learn here.
I get this question a lot: “Do You Require Sparring in Your Class?” - particularly from people with previous experience looking to train here. So, I decided to add it to our frequently asked questions page.
An excerpt: “Our focus is street oriented self-defense and therefore do not focus on tournament point fighting commonly found in many studios in town.
That said, we do a varietry of situational based training senarios and do spar in the sense that we want to train against a “live” opponent who doesn’t want to get hit but does want to hit you (with control) using all of their natural weapons. In turn, you learn to defend yourself spontaneously using all of yours.”
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