By the end of the weekend, most of the talk around the AKF will probably be pertaining to the kids and how the tournament went. But I don’t want a small piece of history to go unnoticed…

We have a rule at the AKF that says if you hit the ceiling or the lights with any equipment, that’ll cost you 1,000 burpees. The idea is to encourage students to stay in control of their actions.  It used to be 100 burpees, but then students got used to doing that many for a workout, so it became less of a deterrent. So we cranked it up to 1000.  1000 burpees is good motivation to stay in control with throwing a ball, swinging  a staff, etc., inside the school. Since then, I can probably count on 1 hand the number of adults that have had to do this.

History was made yesterday when CT hit the ceiling not once, but 3 times (!!!) in one class. We had a small class so kickball was the conditioning game for the end of class. CT just couldn’t rein in the power of her kicks, it seemed. 3 made their way into the rafters! In the interest of time, I usually have students do their 1000 burpees outside of class, on their honor, so that we can focus on the drills at hand. Same with CT. But since this was such a remarkable amount of work, I asked CT to keep track of how long it takes her to finish 3000 burpees.

Please post your guess to comments section!

Headed to Kung Fu Movie Night at the Hollywood Theater? Hit up Mark H. for some free tickets to tomorrow night’s show. Can’t beat free! Tickets are courtesy of Sifu Sean Kelly – thanks Sifu!

Starting this Friday, May 4th, new class time is now from Noon-1pm. Please note this on your training calendars.

Here’s some shots of the afternoon GM Dacascos came to town. Huge thanks to Sifu Kevin Jackson for making this event happen. Great material to work on and remember the attitude that makes Kajukenbo the powerful Art that it is.

Vira Lata runs Capoeira Ijexa out of the Academy of Kung Fu. He and his instructor, Maestre Urubu Malandro, worked with the students of the AKF on skills Capoeira uses that can be translated over to Kung Fu. This short seminar gave us a glimpse into another Art that while seemingly unrelated to Kung Fu, held many similar principles for handling business. Thank you to Vira Lata and Maestre Malandro for a fun evening!

Led by Sifu Patty O’Linger, the focus for this workout was “Low Kicks.” Technique, timing, and targeting were all stressed as critical components to making low kicks work for a trainer. Thank you to Sifu O’Linger for reminding us of the importance of these basics!

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My Irish, Boston born wife sent me this. Seems like an appropriate time to post for the start of Game 7. To me, the video isn’t about hockey, its about a mindset!