December 2002 International Dragon Kenpo Association 2.3 DRAGON S LAIR

December 2002 International Dragon Kenpo Association 2.3 DRAGON S LAIR W IDKA NEWS e welcome the following new members: Dr. Mihails Pupinsh Founder International Combat Martial Arts Union Association & Eco Do 2 nd Dan Dragon Kenpo 10 th Dan Soke, Independent Combat Martial Arts 8 th Dan Eko Do Kempo Karate info@icmaua.com http://www.icmaua.com/ Dr. Allen Carpenter Founder & President Eagle Tiger Martial Arts Federation 3 rd Dan Dragon Kenpo 10 th Dan Soke Shodai Zendo 5 th Dan Master Tae Kwon Do 4 th Dan Tiger Ki-Ju Jitsu 1 st Dan Aikido 1 st Dan Yoshin-Ryu Jujitsu allencarpenter@yahoo.c om http://www.eagletiger.co m/ Dr. Steffanie Carpenter 2nd Dan Dragon Kenpo 1st Dan Zendo Eric M. Kaple 3 rd Dan Dragon Kenpo emkaple@hotmail.com www.idka.org dragonkenporegister@yahoo.com Melvin Erikson 5 th Dan Dragon Kenpo disabledvet1974@aol.co m Rick Gommert 3 rd Dan Dragon Kenpo bushido@loxinfo.co.th Associate Members: Dr. Berbd Hohle Headmaster Of Martial Arts Association- International 33 rd Generation Inheritor Of Shaolin Lohan & Kung Fu System Grandmaster Soke Nai Dai, Budo-Ryu Jiu Jitsu Bujutsu headmaster@maa-i.com http://www.maa-i.com/ Logan Lee 3 rd Dan American Freestyle Kenpo leeskarate@hotmail.com www.leeskarate.com Dragon Kenpo Promotions: Mr. Ron Pfeiffer (IDKA Membership Director) has been promoted to 4 th Dan Black Belt in Dragon Kenpo by Rodney M. Lacey 8 th Dan (IDKA Director of Operations). This promotion was on Sept. 8 th 2002. The Black Dragon Clandestine Combatives Institute Of The Dragon Kenpo Karate Consortium is proud to announce the promotion of; Mr. Andre Rushing to Advanced Blue Belt in Clandestine Black Leopard Dragon Kenpo Karatejutsu. Liberty University Yellow Belt with three stripes Perry Mundy Micah Houck Yellow Belt with two stripes Bill Alvis Melody Cassidy Ryan Massey Dane Nelson Rachel Quagliariello Angela Stewart Jed Zaffke

2 New Members Cont: Grandmaster Frank Schneider Founder World Street Combat Systems Organization 10 th Dan Soke Shodai, Street Combat Karate 9 th Dan Soke Shodai, Yosaishikaikan Budo 9 th Dan Hanshi, Nihon Kempo Jui-Jitsu 9 th Dan Hanshi, Kempo Karate-Do 9 th Dan Sijo, Chinese Kempo 8 th Dan, Kyoshi, Okinawan Kempo Karate/Kobudo 5thDan, Master American Kenpo Karate directorwscso@aol.com http://www.expage.com/ wscso Promotions Cont: Yellow Belt with one stripe Gary Biggs Emily Boone Matt Bowman Alicia Davis Seth Dean Ricky Edwards Kimberly Forch Kylene Helman Linda Jeune Carly Mason Clarissa Rucker Morgan Stikeleather Carrie Sumner Alicia Taylor Jon Vance Yellow Belt Elisabeth Black Adam Carter Cynthia Cormier Rebecca Crawford Amy Moxley Chris Okuley Alejandra Pinedo Jennifer Roe Jessica Schemely Paul Sheese White Belt with three stripes Brit Engbrecht In His Service, James E. Schoffstall Assistant Professor Liberty University Health Sciences and Kinesiology Dept. 1971 University Blvd. Lynchburg, VA 24502 434-582-2882 http://www.bodymindand soul.biz IDKA News Cont: The Black Dragon Clandestine Combatives Institute Of The Dragon Kenpo Karate Consortium is Honored and Proud to Announce that; Shihan Reginald Hoover of the Dragon Kenpo Karate Consortium and International Dragon Kenpo Association has been sanctioned and awarded the rank of 10th Degree Black Belt, Grandmaster Shodai Soke First Generation Headmaster of Butokutsuru Ryu Kenpojutsu, and confered the title of Dr. Of Budo by the Eagle Tiger Federation Sokeship Council. Grandmaster Hoover's 10th Dan ranking, Soke Shodai is also sanctioned and recognized by the Martial Arts Association- International Board Of Grandmasters and MAA- I International Security Service; Soke Bernd Hole President. Soke Reggie Hoover's 10th Dan Soke Shodai ranking is again sanctioned and recognized by the World Street Combat Systems Organization Grandmasters Sokeship Board; the Nontraditional Martial Arts Branch of the World Nibukai Budo Federation and World Head Of Family Sokeship Council Member. Soke Hoover is listed as one of the WSCSO's Technical Advisors; Soke Frank Shneider, President World Nibukai Budo Federation (WNBF) and World Martial Arts Masters Society. DKKC New Dojo Members; welcomes the new additions of; Mrs. Harolyn Smith Ms. Joanne Scales, as its newest dojo members. The DKKC Salutes You Both! DKKC New International Members; Welcomes its Newest International Members; Dr. Brend Hole, MAA-I Grandmaster, Soke Ni Dai Dr. Allen Carpenter, ETF Grandmaster, Soke Shodai Dr. Steffanie Carpenter, Professor ETF University. Dr. Mihails Pupinsh, IMACUA Grandmaster, Soke Shodai Professor Frank Schneider, WSCSO / WNBF Grandmaster, Soke Shodai, Sijo DKKC October - November Grandmaster Of The Month; Karate Consortium Honors And Salutes; Grandmaster Rodney Lacey 10th Dan Black Belt, Hap Ki Mu Sul 8th Dan Black Belt, Dragon Kenpo Karate IDKA Director Of Operations DKKC October- November Master Of The Month; Honors And Salutes; Master Lawerence Valadez Founder, Valadez Kenpo Ryu Valadez Kenpo Association President DKKC October- November Instructors Of The Month; Honors And Salutes; Sensei Ron Pfeiffer, Wisconsin Dragon Kenpo Sensei John Paul Corrigan, Snows Combatives Sensei Eduardo Lugaro, Dragon Kenpo de Puerto Rico Sensei Beverly Sotile, BS Dragon Kenpo Karate Academy Sensei James Schoffstall, Dragon Kenpo Liberty University

3 News Cont: DKKC November Student Of The Month; Honors And Salutes; Mr. Andre Rushing The Wisconsin Dragon Kenpo Academy and the Geneva Lakes Self- Defense Club are on the grow! The "Y" has asked Instructor Ron Pfeiffer to add a Kids Karate class. He has and it starts Dec 3rd. The class filled immediately with over 15 students ages 5 to 11 and has a waiting list. We're also adding an advanced class, which will meet the needs of serious continuing students. Training will include expanded sparring drills, weapons training and instructor development and will be held right after the kids class. We would like to welcome our New Member's. Klye Womack Mark Keinast Distance Learning Jeff Hatzenbeller Recent Promotions Yellow Belts Kathrine Brugger Cara Janikowski Purple Belt AnnMarie Janikowski Assistant Instructors 3rd Degree Brown Belt Kenneth C. Hansen Joe W. Chambers This is an update for persons interested in the growth and continuing development of Dragon Kenpo Karate and the International Dragon Kenpo Association (www.idka.org). Since it's inception in November of 2000 the IDKA has listed over 40 members on the Member List Page at http://.www.nunchaku.8 m.com/idkamlp.html. Besides being taught privately by a number of individuals Dragon Kenpo Karate (or a derivative thereof) is being utilized by instructors in a number of Community Center type programs and in at least one-college credit course that we are aware of. If you have news, information or questions of interest to the Dragon Kenpo Community contact any of the Members of the Board. They are available to assist the members with any number of issues as needed. Ron Pfeiffer Director of Membership dragonkenporegister@y ahoo.com The Geneva Lakes YMCA Self Defense Demo Team is scheduled to appear for the Lakeland 4-H Club at the Annex across from the Lakeland Nursing Home on County NN. On Dec 9th the Team will demonstrate a number of self-defense techniques, weapon exercises, traditional forms and discussion on how to avoid a confrontation. Polished Arrow Christian Martial Arts Network is offering a free video CD of Kenpo Techniques and Combative Techniques for those who are involved in Christian Martial Arts Ministry. This CD includes both words and pictures of all techniques. Many of the techniques are variations of those created by Ed Parker. Again this is being offered free to those who desire to use the material for Martial Arts Ministry. $1.00 is asked to assist with postage but is not necessary. For more information, contact Pastor Jim Garrett, 3rd Dan, at jgarrett1958@hotmail.co m (Editors Note: I have my copy of the CD and feel it is a bargain at twice the price. Please let God guide your donations to Pastor Jims Ministry) IDKA Webring http://dir.webring.com/cg i-bin/login or contact Ron Pfeiffer at dragonkenporegister@y ahoo.com On February 7 th, 2003 the Defensive Arts Academy will hold another Wet & Wild Workout. The workout will be from 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. in the swimming pool at the Mercy Medical Centers Wellness Center located at 1111 6 th Ave. - A level Des Moines, Iowa 50314 For more information: 515-247-3066 or 515-360-9192 or defensive_arts_academ y@yahoo.com RESOLVE: By Kip Marsh (From the Mountain Dragon Newsletter with permission) Last time I talked about rank and what it takes to earn it. Some of the things discussed were the importance of practice and training. I explained that training is what you receive from your instructor and practice is what you must do on your own. As a student you have to commit yourself to your training and your practice. A student also has to have the ability to stick to it or persevere. There will be days when you do not feel like going to class and even more often not feel like practicing. Overcoming these feelings are as much a part of your training and practice as techniques, forms and sparring.

4 Resolve Cont: Overcoming these feelings are how you train your mind to focus, persevere, and ultimately to triumph. Think about New Year s resolutions. People resolve to lose weight, run a faster mile, lift a heavier weight, read a book, work as a volunteer ----and the list goes on. However, by the end of January, the resolution is forgotten and the rest of the year proceeds with no change being made. The root word for resolution is resolve. This word can be defined as making a decision to be totally and utterly committed to obtaining an objective. It can also be defined as a character trait that someone possesses. That trait, resolve, is a persons unshakable commitment to a decided upon course of action, belief or objective. Martial arts training can help a person to develop resolve in themselves. This can only be accomplished by training and practicing---- even when you do not feel like it. By the act of making yourself go to class and then practice what you have learned regularly (daily) you overcome the mind and body s inclination to remain in their comfortable place where they are not challenged. Yes, martial arts training and practice is a physical and mental challenge. If you commit yourself to this challenge you will not only learn a system of self-defense, you will develop a trait in yourself that will make it easier to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. Accept the challenge that you have set for yourself. If you have not set a goal in the martial arts allow me to suggest this one---- attain the Black Belt. It is attainable, and the way to it has a wealth of hidden benefits. Self Defense by Doug Turner There are many reasons why an individual may choose to learn a martial system. Physical health, mental health, spiritual growth, self-defense, cultural study and socialization are a few of the most common. In looking for a system, the individual should take into account the systems design and the instructors focus. A person is able to lift weights or take aerobics if they wish to work on their physical health, spiritual growth and to socialize. One may take a language course at a college or school to study a culture and increase their mental health. The study of the martial arts is unique in its capacity to teach selfdefense. It has been my experience that selfdefense is what attracts most people to the study of a martial system. I ve not studied the martial arts for very long, approximately sixteen years, but in that time I ve discovered that selfdefense is taught in a very limited capacity. We are taught how to physically prepare ourselves for conflict. We are taught how to form our hands, feet and minds into weapons. The majority of martial arts instructors teach how to become skilled at conflict. Little is done to curb violence so that conflict can be avoided or never encountered. The leading cause of death in the workplace is not accidents. The leading cause of death in the workplace is violence. 1 in 3 women will be raped. The perpetrator is more likely to be someone that they know. I am not sure of the statistics, but the vast majority of all murder is at the hands of someone that the victim knows. Why is it that most instructors teach you how to be prepared for random encounters: Encounters that only comprise a small percentage of the violence that a person is likely to face? BEGINNING RELATIONSHIPS It is a sad fact that there are some stereotypes that are completely true. A woman rarely says what she means. A man rarely hears what he doesn t want to hear. When you place those two together you wind up with abuse, stalking, rape and murder. It is a tragedy that you can t say that a man or woman who commits domestic violence is a deviant. A deviant is defined as one who differs from the norm. I know very few women who have not been physically or verbally abused in one form or another. This must stop! You may ask how this applies to you since the majority of the people in your class are men.

5 Self Defense Cont: This issue applies to both men and women. Women must learn how to defend themselves from those that abuse them and the men need to learn how to treat all people with proper respect and restraint. Have you ever read a romance novel or watched a romantic movie? Whether this type of entertainment is a product of our culture or influences our culture, it shows that some drastic changes need to occur in the way men and women think. The basic plot of a majority of these stories goes something like this: A guy meets a woman and becomes interested in having a relationship with her. The girl is not interested in a relationship and is often involved in a relationship at the time. The guy then stalks or otherwise harasses the girl and causes dissention between her and her boyfriend. The girl finally becomes interested in the guy and they live happily ever after. What does this teach people? It seems that romance has become a game. Women are afraid of speaking their mind because it will be seen as rude. Men don t understand what is said because the woman is too afraid of being rude that she doesn t say what she means and so he thinks that she is just playing the game. This needs to stop! Both men and women need to learn how to be assertive. Say what you mean and mean what you say. I am currently studying the Indonesian language and I found it very interesting that the word for NO is rarely used because it is an absolute negative. It means that it didn t happen in the past, that it isn t happening in the present and that it won t happen in the future. That is what NO is supposed to mean in our society. When the word NO has been said, do not expect for it to be negotiated because there should be no negotiation. If you are a woman and a guy is interested in a relationship with you or doing something with or for you that you are uncomfortable with, say NO and mean what you say. Do not allow that to be negotiated with. If that guy persists, do not give in because he is demonstrating that he does not respect you. He is making it clear that he doesn t respect your decisions or what you think. If you give in and do negotiate an absolute then you are showing that you can be manipulated with persistence. Which would you rather: A guy thinking that you are a rude and disrespectful person for denying an invitation to a relationship, or would you rather get involved in a relationship and being abused and used because it doesn t mean anything when you say no. Do not play games with the guys. Women are taught to be coy and to appear off limits to a guy in order to make themselves more desirable to him. When they do that they are only enforcing the fact that NO doesn t mean NO and can be negotiated with, which in turn makes guys demonstrate unwanted persistence. Guys, don t show your lack of respect for the person you are interested in by ignoring the word NO or similar signs that she is not interested. If you truly care for this person then you will respect her wishes and put her own desires above your own. Understand that she knows best for her and makes her own decisions. ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS I ve heard that many spiritual leaders advise abused women to stay in the relationship. I find this disturbing. There is no reason to stay in a relationship if you are abused. I repeat, THERE IS NO REASON TO STAY IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU ARE BEING ABUSED. Last week a friend of a friend was murdered by her husband. Everyone knew that she was in an abusive relationship and advised her to get out of the relationship. She decided to ignore their advice and remain with the man because her child needed her. Let me put it simply. Would you rather be there for your child somewhere else or would you rather not be there at all where the child no longer has anyone?

6 Self Defense Cont: When you advise someone to leave an abusive relationship, make sure that you understand that the majority of domestic homicides occur because restraining orders or divorce papers have been filed. These legal procedures make the abusive party feel as if murder is an option because s/he no longer has anything left to lose. When the decision to escape is made, make sure that the escape is thorough. Do not let the abusive party know where you are and don t go stay with a family member or with someone who is known to be associated with you. Deliver the divorce papers through a second or even third party. You are better off in a new and strange environment than in the familiar but dangerous environment of an abusive relationship. SHOW RESPECT TO ALL Violence generally occurs because someone feels as if they were shown a general lack of respect and consideration. When you file a restraining order, ask for a police visit or call a couple cronies to threaten the person, which damages a person s ego. This makes violence more acceptable in their mind. Treat all people with consideration but don t give them so much attention that you attract problems. Just as in dealing with a beginning relationship, make your point clear and then be absolute about it. If you are not interested in a working relationship, friendship or romantic relationship, make that clear and break off all contact. If you say, I don t wish to speak to you again and speak with them again saying the same thing over and over, you are demonstrating that you are willing to speak with them again. Break it off completely. Respectfully make it clear that you are not willing to communicate with them again and then don t. They will continue to write and perhaps even threaten for a while, but eventually they will leave you alone. If their actions elicit a response from you, they will look for more. Give them an inch and they ll try to take a mile. Don t let them. Be assertive. Don t meet him or her with hate and anger. If you do you will be playing by their rules. Just as in a physical conflict, you don t wish to play on their playing field. You need to take them out of their environment and be what they aren t. Be respectful, be considerate, be resolute and assertive and you will be able to avoid most conflicts. Other bits: IDKA member list page http://www.nunchaku.8m.com/idkamlp.html/ be sure to check your listing and contact Membership Director Ron Pfeiffer at dragonkenporegister@y ahoo.com for any changes. Dr. Giovani Acevedo now has a website for The International GoJu Kempo Federation http://www.expage.com/i gkf And also has a new undertaking The World Union of Sokes http://www.expage.com/ soke We wish him the best in his new endeavors. Editor s note: There has been a great deal of input for the newsletter. Thank you and keep it up. If your article is not used immediately, be sure that it is being saved for future use. Without Input There is No output! Please submit articles, school news, sayings, etc. to Rodney Lacey defensive_arts_academ y@yahoo.com This is a newsletter for the membership. Opinions expressed in articles written in the Dragon's Lair, belong to the authors and may not represent the official opinion of the IDKA.