Kelloggs American Kenpo Karate

May 2019 | Newsletter

May is here already. WOW! Well, we have a full next couple of months. To begin with, we are starting our May off the best way we could think of. We have a Senior Master Bob White Seminar May 11th here at our studio from 1-3pm. That will be preceded by a belt promotion at noon on the same day. The seminar with Mr. White will be a “you donna wanna miss this one” kind of an event. Mr. White is who we recognize as the head of our system today. He is a world-wide renowned teacher and coach. We will auction off the poster, which Mr. White will personally sign to the winner. We will also have a few copies of his latest Book for sale “Life in session”. Mr. White will also sign these purchased books to you. The investment for the seminar is $35 of which $5 of every paid admission will be added to our Royal Family Kids Camp Fund and donated at the end of the year to the Royal Family Kids Camp.

Senior Master Bob White Bio

Passing up a professional baseball career at a young age, Senior Master Bob White has been contributing to the art of American Kenpo for over forty-years. On the tournament circuit he won numerous state, national, and international fighting championships. Bob White fought on the National All Star Black Belt Team, which went undefeated in 1973 and 1974. As a teacher and coach, he has consistently turned out some of the world’s finest karate fighters. Over the past 40+ years, Bob White’s Karate Studio has had many World Champion fighters and each year throughout the 1990s his students accounted for at least one of the Black Belt Grand Champions at the International Karate Championships. Bob White and his wife Barbara conduct seminars throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. They are both professional instructors who enjoy sharing their kenpo and being in service to their students. Bob White was involved in the original “Karate Kid” movie and appeared as a referee in the film. BWKS had over 50 students that appeared in the movie as tournament competitors. Mr. White was also involved in The Karate Kid Part 3 and worked to promote the new “Karate Kid” version with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Senior Master White along with his wife Barbara and a great team from BWKS promote an annual karate tournament, “The Bob White Invitational” that raises money for the Royal Family Kids Camp. Royal Family Kids is an organization that provides a week long camp for abused and neglected children. The Bob White Invitational began in 2005, and to date, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for RFK. Not only have hundreds of children been helped through the tournament, but the kenpo community throughout the world has gained an awareness of RFK, and a desire to become involved in this cause. This involvement of the kenpo community continues to grow, and contributions are coming in from all over the world. In the 1980’s Bob White was promoted to 7th Degree Black Belt by Senior Grand Master, Ed Parker. This was the highest rank that Ed Parker ever promoted. He was one of only a very few to earn that rank. Master White has been inducted into many different Hall of Fames and recently he was the 2012 Keynote Speaker for the Master’s Hall of Fame in Southern California. Bob White has been featured in various books including The Who’s Who in Martial Arts, The Journey, and most recently in The International Journey. He has also been interviewed on many television and radio shows. Besides Martial Arts, Bob enjoys game fishing, running, and is an avid tennis player. Bob, Barbara and their children live in Costa Mesa, California. Whatever rewards Bob White has achieved in his life, he owes to the grace of God and gives thanks to Him daily. For an even better understanding of this great Man read “Life in Session” which is one of the required reads for advancement, at the brown belt level. Always a good idea to be a step ahead, and learn about the legend that is Senior Master Bob White. Also being released in May is the next book in the Journey series from Mr. Tom Bleecker. This is another don’t want to miss out on read. This month we would also like to congratulate our Black Belt, Eric VanDruff on the release of his documentary at the Newport Film Festival, which I was blessed enough to be able to see at the viewing. The film is called “Surfing, Circle of honor”. If you have the chance, please go and support another member of our Kenpo Family.

Senior Master Bob White Seminar

You do not want to miss this great opportunity to be apart of a Seminar with one of the greatest Kenpoist, Senior Master Bob White. We hope you can join us for an excellent Seminar this Saturday, May 11th, 1pm – 3pm @ Kellogg’s American Kenpo Karate Studio. Hope to see you there!

Parent Meeting

We will be having a Parent Meeting on Wednesday, May 1st @ 7:00PM in the Studio. We will be discussing what we have planned for the next few months and this is also a great time to ask questions. We would appreciate for all parents to attend. Hope to see you then!

April 2019

Martial Arts Classes in Orange County - April 2019 - Kellogg's American Kenpo Karate.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new students. Thank you for joining our karate family. We look forward to getting to know you and learning this art with you.

We have a few special events coming up.

On April 30th at 7:00 pm, many of us will be joining Mr. White’s students for a fun time watching the classic karate movie, Billy Jack at Mr. Bob White’s Studio in Costa Mesa. Admission is free. This movie is not recommended for younger audiences. The movie was rated “GP” in 1971 but would be closer to a “hard” PG-13 or R rating by today’s standards for profanity, violence, and some very extreme subject matter. For more information about this movie (and one scene in particular), please ask Mr. Kellogg.

Second, coming soon is Karate Con (the name has been changed to Kellogg’s American Kenpo Kids Charitable Foundation). We will have more information as we get closer. This year we are not only raising money for our kids to attend Seminars, buy gear, and go to Tournaments such as next year’s Bob and Barbara White Invitational Karate Tournament, but we will also donate a portion of every event we have to the RFKC (Royal Family Kids Camp), so abused kids can go camping. We will write the donation check next year around February. Please be a part of this awesome community. The price of seminars will raise $5.00 this year with the extra $5.00 going to RFKC. Let’s do this so we can all help send kids to camp. For more information on the camp, you can go to bwkenpo.com or to the Royal Family Kids website.

Kenpo Karate BASICS

The philosophy behind karate is vast and complex. It stems from thousands of years of armed and unarmed combat. Techniques that were perfected hundreds of years ago are still being perfected over and over again by each new generation. Buddhism, Taoism, and the code of Bushido have all played parts in the development of the martial arts philosophy.

There are three stages of learning:

#1 Primitive: you still don’t know anything however you are beginning to learn the basic movements that appear in techniques and forms.

#2 Mechanical: You understand the mechanics involved in the execution of the techniques, but not necessarily the flow between techniques. You can neither react very instinctively to an attack or adapt the techniques to variations in the attacks (force of the attack, height, and weight of the aggressor).

#3 Spontaneous: You understand both the execution of the techniques and how they flow together. You react appropriately to an attack without having to think. If you do not have a solidly based stance, you will easily lose balance and nothing will work correctly.

• Keep distances: stay clear from the attacker and get off the line of attack.
• Control, disarm and execute the technique: The priority in an attack is to not get hit then control the weapon the aggressor may have. Once this is done, we can run the technique to eliminate the threat of a new attack.
• Strike and check: When we strike we must control and avoid, be it with an arm, hand or leg, the possible cons of our opponent. The check avoids vital areas to be exposed to the aggressor.
• An economy of movement: You must not squander energy with unnecessary movements and displacements.
• Action-reaction: Each action of the opponent must be followed by a reaction.
• Instantaneous acceleration: You must be relaxed right until the moment of the impact so that the power is maximum.

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