On Sunday 13th December, 5 Brisbane Kenpo 5.0 junior students tested successfully for their advanced Black Belts. That brings the total number of Junior Advanced Blacks in Brisbane to 7. In sweltering conditions and under the watchful eye of Mr Tony Angus from Melbourne (Mr Speakman's most senior Australian Instructor ) they completed Kids Forms 1-9, sets, over 50 self defence techniques and also stand up and ground fighting. Jeff Speakman demands the highest standards for his Black Belts and this was certainly the case on the day. Congratulations to Lee Cable, Dan Woods, William Tsai, Demi Nguyen and Sam Timcke. They join fellow students Rachel Woods and Blake Brook who are now making their way through the adult 5.0 system.

Australia now boast some of the best Junior Black Belts in the world with several students at Martin Gosling's Narellan school also on the advanced Black level. Cameron Hunt (ADV Black) became the overall Oceania Champion of Champions recently in Auckland New Zealand.

On behalf of all our Australian Instructors we would like to congratulate ALL our students who tested to Black Belt levels throughout the year. Well done and see you all back next year!

American Kenpo version 5.0 is the hybrid of the last generation version of American Kenpo taught directly from Senior Grand Master Ed Parker to Jeff Speakman and cage and ground fighting. Approximately 31 new techniques have been created and replacing out dated or redundant existing techniques. In addition another 20 techniques have been altered in varying degrees to accommodate the same thinking.

It is important to recognize that this is not grappling or cage fighting but an expanding philosophy of Kenpo and the Kenpo ground system coupled with training drills and sparring techniques. It is modifying the existing 4.0 system while remaining completely within the combat models and thinking of American Kenpo to address this increasing and prevalent void in the Kenpo world. By keeping within these models of Kenpo we have been able to develop a system combining the best of these two worlds to give our students the maximum ability to deal with the very real possibilities of becoming involved in these kinds of altercations. In addition it allows us to continue to develop ourselves within the mind-body-spirit paradigm to reach a higher level of individual performance and sustained excellence therefore strengthening the group as a whole.

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