[Rick]

Man, it’s going on a year since I started this journey! I have a class in Central Florida. Adults only, meets on Saturday mornings. Here’s a promo vid I did and will change soon…

[Rick]

Cool, I look forward to seeing this. I’ve started to work work slowly on I Shing Po and Lanka Tiga, but I stay in progress…

[Rick]

Good a place as any to address this here. About the American portion of AKTS.

Where do we really go for study of material and what to present on testing video for American level 4? I know that with Malabar you would go on to work with Lanka Monyet and applications. As for American, well, I’m a little lost.

For American Style, should we study Uncle Bill doing the Po Qua Zen, Tai Kei, Pak Steve doing the Bill Chang Internal, or do a random combination of all. The internal stuff is harder, for me at least, to follow. I know what a punch and kick are and can follow those easily, but these other hand gestures and full body turns are a bit harder to both read and understand. I am working on it though. Without a live teacher detailing the nuances it’s tough.

I don’t see anyone else in the certification program having done American, everyone is doing Malabar. Personally I want to do both, but the Malabar course has more…I can see Jonathan Pyndus and Estevan demonstrating the material for those levels in their tests but where are the American tests.

[Rick]

PS.

I know how to zoom in now on the vid software, will do.

[Rick]

Thank you for the feedback Pak Steve.

Just something to show you I’m working on stuff, not just trying to learn like a took a Matrix pill and got it all downloaded into my mind… Gonna take a little more time before the next level test in American. Seems there’s a lot more subtlety involved there than just plain ol punching and kicking, so I gotta observe a lot more closely, work through those finer movements and try and see the essence, that’s a lot for a slow learner like me! But I like the challenge, the work.

I’m also inspired by a couple of my KTS brothers on site, Estevan and Jonathan. Estevan puts out stuff he’s doing in addition to the curriculum, and Jonathan does things like a fine technician. Each also has a style and flavor of their own so it’s not something you can copy, but stuff you can draw from.

Again, I gotta mention how great it is that you make so much available all at once, I’m still coming across stuff on your sites by Uncle Bill and your early students that inform some of the other stuff and give you different angles, speeds, body types and levels to examine for yourself and learn from.
I know there’s other participants on the forums, there should be a lot more activity exchanging info and idea. Everyone, Don’t be shy, I need y’all!

“A moker,” “lean forward,” “pretzel position,” “Umph.” Got’em! More work.

Back to practice, I know a little bit of how to punch and kick, but this Po Kwa Zen stuff requires a little energy and movement. I may have some questions on the finer details.

[Rick]

Excellent, Thank You Christopher.
I want to put a script together of what to do in what order to video instead of just winging it and in the process missing something. I will review and compare the vimeo videos, thanks dude!

[Rick]

I’ll start at training group in Central FLorida after I test and have some of the material in a presentable manner.

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