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Thank you to all the students and instructors who went to the September Kenpo camp in Las Vegas Nevada this past weekend. I hope that you learned a ton and had a great experience. I particularly enjoyed when we were all able to go out for Sushi at the Bellagio Hotel.

My favorite part is always watching my instructor Mr. Mills on stage. The longer I’m with him, the faster he becomes and also the harder he hits! It’s truly amazing witness and experience. As usual, I learned a ton and will bring back the knowledge and insights to the studio. More on that soon.

I also enjoyed having the privilege of teaching two seminars at the camp. One was on the American Kenpo Karate International’s Centerline Set (basic version) and the other was on one of our exclusive internalization patterns that connects our techniques, sets, forms, freestyle and drills. It was fun to run everyone through and see some light bulbs “turn on.” I think I will continue that seminar and do a “part 3″ at the March 2007 AKKI camp.

Speaking of the March camp - it will be a milestone event for many reasons. Mr. Mills will be turning 60 … he will have been in the art of Kenpo for 40 years … and the 10th anniversary of the founding of the American Kenpo Karate International association will have been reached. If I had to guess, this will be a must attend event!

I also wanted to take this time to congratulate Mr. George Thomsen on his promotion to second degree black belt. His advancement was definitely well deserved and he earned every bit of it. I seriously couldn’t have been more proud of him. He got out there and moved with precision, explosion and 100% control. For not having known he was going to test, he sure ended up having a great time and made it look easy.

Christine and Jess also jumped out during the first test (by jump I mean I told them to get out there) and did a great job representing our studio on their way to brown belt. Glad to see you two get out there, make things happen, and have some fun. Great work to both of you as well!

This just goes to show why it’s important to keep up with your training and to always expect the unexpected. If you keep diligent in your training - treating each lesson as if you might be tested - you won’t have (as many) worries when you’re actually told to get out there in front of 30+ black belts.

The road trip back home proved to be an adventure as we had to take the back roads to get around a horrible car accident that blocked both lanes going into and out of Las Vegas. I have no idea how long people had to sit there before getting through. All I know is that we didn’t sit there and wait for it to clear up and found an alternate route. It felt good to get back home about 8 hours later (usually a 5 hour trip).

I will be posting photos here in the next few days once I get them from Jess. Stay tuned!

All AMAS Students,

As a reminder, our instructors and some of our students will be attending Paul Mills’ Las Vegas International Kenpo Camp at Sam’s Town this Thursday - Saturday. With that said, my plans have changed and I will not be leaving until Friday morning which means we will have class this coming thursday at the normal time.

While not a requirement, I do ask that you make every effort to make it to at least one camp a year to expand your knowledge and abilities. It’s defintely worth your time and the expense to get there. Start planning and saving for the March camp now. Many students drive together and share rooms to cut down on costs. We can talk more about money saving ideas after the camp to help you prepare.

See you Thursday!

Hi everyone. Just wanted to give you a quick update on the dates for the September Las Vegas International Kenpo Camp:

September 21st-23rd.

Reserve your room:
Sam’s Town
5111 Boulder Highway
Las Vegas, NV 89122
(800) 634-6371

To receive the room discount ask For “The Paul Mills Karate Group.” There is only a limited number of discounted rooms in this block so call now to reserve you room! You can always cancel later if you can’t go.

A camp schedule will be posted shortly with all of the times, costs and seminar titles you can attend. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope to see you there!

For those who haven’t downloaded the March 2006 Paul Mills International Kenpo Camp schedule from AKKI.com yet, here you go!

March 2006 Camp Schedule.

To learn more about the camp - including times and dates - click here.

I hope to see you all there!

It’s that time again for the bi-annual Paul Mills International Kenpo Camp held at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas, Nevada. Camp dates are March 16-18, 2006.

As always, I highly recommend you attend this camp. But don’t delay - call now to get your room reservations and airline tickets as things tend to sell out early. With over 22 seminars to choose from, there will be a variety of material covered. Everything from techniques to forms to ground work to weapons will be covered and more.

For the budget conscious, I highly recommend you drive together as a group and share a room so you can take as many seminars as you can with the extra money you’ll save. If you plan on flying, I would make your flight reservations now as flights tend to sell out early and get more expensive the longer you wait.

Reserve your flight here:
Delta
Southwest

Reserve your room:
Sam’s Town
5111 Boulder Highway
Las Vegas, NV 89122
(800) 634-6371

Sam’s Town Room Rates:
Sun - Thurs = $49.99/night *Updated 1/25/06
Fri - Sat = $110.00/ night *Updated 1/25/06

To receive the room discount ask For “The Paul Mills Karate Group.” There is only a limited number of discounted rooms in this block so call now to reserve you room! You can always cancel later if you can’t go.

A camp schedule will be posted shortly with all of the times, costs and seminar titles you can attend. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope to see you there!