Enjoy a short video presentation of some of the belt graduation!
Visit us at www.DinotoKarate.com to find out when our next belt graduation is!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September 2009 DKC Belt Graduation!
Congratulations to all DKC students and their families for a great belt graduation.
Enjoy a short video presentation of some of the belt graduation!
Enjoy a short video presentation of some of the belt graduation!
Friday, September 25, 2009
DKC Tiger's Belt Graduation!
Congratulations to all our Tigers (tots) and their families for their belt promotions!
Here is a short video and pics of the Tigers' belt graduation!
Here is a short video and pics of the Tigers' belt graduation!
Remember to visit DKC website for your child's next belt graduation! @ www.DinotoKarate.com !
Monday, September 21, 2009
Parent's Night Out Video
Hi families,
Here it is, our "Bad Karate Movie"!
NOTE: This was a huge success. Everyone had fun making believe! It amazed me how much the kids really enjoyed hamming it up! Oh, by the way, I found it very interesting that everyone wanted to be the "bad" guy! hmmm, makes you wonder...:)
Anyway, enjoy this horrible karate movie! :)
I would like to thank everyone for a great Parent's Night Out aka KIDS NIGHT OUT!!!
The event was was an outstanding success. I had such a great time with all of you.
A huge thank you and recognition goes out to all parents and family members who supported their children in this event.
Your children are truly beautiful kids...and I was very impressed with their ability to listen and pay attention.
I would like to give a special thank you to Ms. Becca LaRosa for all her help and hard work. She did a great job helping with the kids. Thank you.
I would like to thank Mr. Chris Peone for assisting in the event and showing what black belt LEADERSHIP is about!
I would also like to thank my wife Renee Chambers-Liciaga (1st degree black belt) for her energy and help with making sure this event flowed! Thanks babe!
ps...parents, please share your thoughts about this evening and, if you like, what you did...:) @
Parents Night Out via our Comments/Testimonials Form
pss...please feel free to share this blog with all your friends and family members.
Yours truly,
Master Liciaga
masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com
Here it is, our "Bad Karate Movie"!
NOTE: This was a huge success. Everyone had fun making believe! It amazed me how much the kids really enjoyed hamming it up! Oh, by the way, I found it very interesting that everyone wanted to be the "bad" guy! hmmm, makes you wonder...:)
Anyway, enjoy this horrible karate movie! :)
I would like to thank everyone for a great Parent's Night Out aka KIDS NIGHT OUT!!!
The event was was an outstanding success. I had such a great time with all of you.
A huge thank you and recognition goes out to all parents and family members who supported their children in this event.
Your children are truly beautiful kids...and I was very impressed with their ability to listen and pay attention.
I would like to give a special thank you to Ms. Becca LaRosa for all her help and hard work. She did a great job helping with the kids. Thank you.
I would like to thank Mr. Chris Peone for assisting in the event and showing what black belt LEADERSHIP is about!
I would also like to thank my wife Renee Chambers-Liciaga (1st degree black belt) for her energy and help with making sure this event flowed! Thanks babe!
ps...parents, please share your thoughts about this evening and, if you like, what you did...:) @
Parents Night Out via our Comments/Testimonials Form
pss...please feel free to share this blog with all your friends and family members.
Yours truly,
Master Liciaga
masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
See a video message from Master Liciaga below!
Press Play to Watch a video of our last exciting event!
Sign up your child for our Parent's Night Out!
NEW START TIME AT 5:00pm
NEW PICK UP TIME AT 8:00pm
Visit us at Parent's Night Out to register
EVENING OF FUN!
- Door Prizes!
- Karate Games!
- Make A Karate Movie! Students
- create their own movie!
- Mega Obstacle Course Challenge!
- Mini-Board Break
- Challenge!
- Snacks & Soft Drinks!
- Fun!
- Excitement!
- Free-time for Parents!
Visit us at Parent's Night Out to register
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sample Script from "Bad Karate Movie".."who took my thing?" "Did you?" "ARRGGGHHH!" sign up @ http://ping.fm/eX6CS
I am making a fun "Bad Karate Movie" this fri in our Parent's Night Out. KIDS ONLY! Register @ http://ping.fm/bgUrn
Just finished a great boot camp class! Good sweat everyone! See you on Wednesday! Register @ http://ping.fm/UGwPu
Happy Mon Everyone! 9:30AM boot camp @ DKC.... sign up @ http://ping.fm/32Iuu or just come by @ Dinoto karate!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
What is "Parkour"?
A couple of years ago I heard a couple of terms from a of my teen students. "Parkour" and "free running".
I thought that I would do a little research and share that here...send me your thoughts.
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What is Parkour?
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement[1] (English: the art of displacement) ) is a physical discipline of French (Paris) origin in which participants attempt to pass obstacles in the most efficient way possible as if moving in an emergency situation, using skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of many suitable public structures that are accessible to most people, such as buildings and rails.
Parkour is an art of movement in which you train the body and mind to overcome obstacles. A parkour practitioner, called a traceur (male) or traceuse (female), uses their surroundings to improve their ability to move in space. By interacting with obstacles, be they urban architecture or the natural environment, the practitioner becomes more comfortable controlling his body and navigating any terrain.
The meat of parkour is the discipline of daily training, physical and technical, to heighten the body’s natural movement elements such as strength, speed, balance, coordination, precision, power, and endurance.
The application of parkour is efficient traversal when circumstance necessitates it, such as being chased, or needing to reach a destination. While this is the practical application of the training, one could do parkour their entire lives and not ever have to use it in this way, similar to a martial artist never getting into a fight. Though it may never have to be utilized in this way, the benefits of parkour are far reaching. Being that parkour is made up of a lot of movements that are natural to the human animal, the body is strengthened evenly and synergistically, meaning all the parts of the body learn to work together. This helps to balance the body and improve all movement in general.
Aside from the physical benefits, many people find training parkour develops mental clarity, confidence, self-discipline, the ability to deal with fear, and many other mental gains.
What isn't Parkour?
Parkour is not acrobatics, tricking, stunts, recklessness, or jumping off high objects for no reason. It is not any movement or activity that doesn't fit in the above description "What Parkour Is". It is also not "What you make of it" ... it is predefined and has a purpose, if something doesn't suit that purpose, it is not Parkour.
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What is Free Running?
Free running was meant to start out an anglicized term for Parkour. It was first suggested to Sebastien Foucan during the filming of Jump London. Free Running has grown to be descriptive of a sort of "cousin" activity to Parkour - Free Running is more expressive and creative in nature, with moves such as acrobatics, flips, and spins added for flair, creativity, or just because someone wants to.
The main difference then between Parkour and Free Running is that Parkour is defined by purpose "get somewhere quickly and efficiently using the human body", and Free Running is defined by the activity or art of moving through your environment however you want, moving your way, following your own path.
Here is an extreme example of parkour/free running
I thought that I would do a little research and share that here...send me your thoughts.
---------------
What is Parkour?
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement[1] (English: the art of displacement) ) is a physical discipline of French (Paris) origin in which participants attempt to pass obstacles in the most efficient way possible as if moving in an emergency situation, using skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of many suitable public structures that are accessible to most people, such as buildings and rails.
Parkour is an art of movement in which you train the body and mind to overcome obstacles. A parkour practitioner, called a traceur (male) or traceuse (female), uses their surroundings to improve their ability to move in space. By interacting with obstacles, be they urban architecture or the natural environment, the practitioner becomes more comfortable controlling his body and navigating any terrain.
The meat of parkour is the discipline of daily training, physical and technical, to heighten the body’s natural movement elements such as strength, speed, balance, coordination, precision, power, and endurance.
The application of parkour is efficient traversal when circumstance necessitates it, such as being chased, or needing to reach a destination. While this is the practical application of the training, one could do parkour their entire lives and not ever have to use it in this way, similar to a martial artist never getting into a fight. Though it may never have to be utilized in this way, the benefits of parkour are far reaching. Being that parkour is made up of a lot of movements that are natural to the human animal, the body is strengthened evenly and synergistically, meaning all the parts of the body learn to work together. This helps to balance the body and improve all movement in general.
Aside from the physical benefits, many people find training parkour develops mental clarity, confidence, self-discipline, the ability to deal with fear, and many other mental gains.
What isn't Parkour?
Parkour is not acrobatics, tricking, stunts, recklessness, or jumping off high objects for no reason. It is not any movement or activity that doesn't fit in the above description "What Parkour Is". It is also not "What you make of it" ... it is predefined and has a purpose, if something doesn't suit that purpose, it is not Parkour.
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What is Free Running?
Free running was meant to start out an anglicized term for Parkour. It was first suggested to Sebastien Foucan during the filming of Jump London. Free Running has grown to be descriptive of a sort of "cousin" activity to Parkour - Free Running is more expressive and creative in nature, with moves such as acrobatics, flips, and spins added for flair, creativity, or just because someone wants to.
The main difference then between Parkour and Free Running is that Parkour is defined by purpose "get somewhere quickly and efficiently using the human body", and Free Running is defined by the activity or art of moving through your environment however you want, moving your way, following your own path.
Here is an extreme example of parkour/free running
This is DANGEROUS! Read the following if you are interested in parkour or freerunning.
How Old do I need to be to Start Training? advice from a parkour/free running practitioner
Its not age so much as attitude. When I was 14 I was very independent, but also very immature. I would have probably killed myself if I had either gotten the motorcycle I wanted so badly or if I had seen some of the Parkour videos out there!What's most important is your patience, and willingness to train correctly and safely.
There is NO need to ever go on a roof, and nothing about being on a roof that makes you any better at Parkour or Freerunning. What makes people good is practice, consistent, safe practice. Going big leads to injuries which leads to less consistent practice. Going too far outside your comfort zone leads to hesitation, leads to injuries, leads to less practice.
Parkour and Freerunning are not about "balls" or "guts", they are about honing your abilities so that more things are within your realm of safe possibilities. Even then there is a risk of danger, "even monkeys fall from trees". So, I can't tell anyone a specific age is right or wrong, but here's a guideline: if you are disciplined (yes, Parkour is a discipline, funny how bad words and good words are the same words ) enough to train for three hours a week by setting up a goal or plan and sticking to it without jumping off anything over your own chest height for a month straight, then you are suited for Parkour and Freerunning safely and will probably get good at it.
On the other hand, if you go out to train precisions, and ten minutes later you're jumping off 6' walls and rolling before you know how and doing running jumps, then Parkour and Freerunning are not for you, you will only end up hurt."
Don't go out training alone, and if you're less than 18 don't go meet "people from the internet" without at least a few friends or even a parent. There are a lot of other pieces of advice about starting to train that aren't included in this article but exist in others, like whether to start in a disciplined martial arts program with a credible instructor, a gymnastics gym with proper padding, training alone or with friends, etc.
Contact me and let me help you create a training plan to improve your skills! Call me at 856-235-0414 or email me at masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com . See you on the training floor!...
Master Liciaga
Friday, September 11, 2009
9-11 Remembered
Events of September 11, 2001 For a powerful and moving multimedia tribute to the heroes and victims of the attack on America, visit this link http://achieveezine.com/videos/attack.swf .
This is a large 7 MB Shockwave Flash (swf) file.Today is the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. It is a day of remembrance and commemoration. What are you doing today to remember the victims of 9/11?
Leave a comment.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Good Martial Arts Training Habits
Yesterday in class, Master Dinoto helped me improve my round house kick! First of all, thank you Master Dinoto. You would think that after 38 years of training I would have a "perfect" round kick. Well, with my body maturing (getting old!) and my natural instinct to take my natural abilities for granted, my technique has wavered a bit.
This is why I thought that it was a good idea to start the bootcamp at DKC! I found that I needed to set a new goal and create a plan to reach it. (visit our Boot Camp Blog to read what my goal is).
A good habit to get into is to incorporate some martial arts training outside of the karate school.
Incorporating martial arts training outside the dojang (karate school), is a really easy and a good idea if you would like to build your self defense ability, physical fitness level and your progression rate toward black belt mastery will be far greater than those who only attend class once or twice a week. At first ten minutes is good time to start with. It’s no time at all and everyone can spare ten minutes each day, even if it means putting on the electronic brain reducer (tv) a little later!
Practice all areas of skills and mix your training, shadow spar, bag work and partner work.
Fit you training in with goals, so decide where you want to be “begin with the end in mind”, which is called personal Leadership and then begin to marry your goals with your daily actions which is called personal management. Remember it’s foolish to want something and do nothing about it. So if you want to increase your kicking abilities start putting a plan of actions together, regular sparring, pad sessions, conditioning, weight training and so on.
Remember martial arts are about self discipline - which is, having the ability to teach yourself to do what must be done to accomplish what must be accomplished! - so be strong and stick to your goals, don’t fall into the trap of “I’ll do it tomorrow”. Remember practice doesn’t make perfect it makes improvement, never get to the stage where you feel that you’ve got it and it can’t improve. If you get to this then there is no room for improvement. There’s always space to practice, there is always room for improvement. After all even the undefeated world champion practices, so why not you?
If you need a little help getting started, contact me and we can schedule a short private lesson (15 minutes). Within that time I can create a realistic plan of action for you. Just email me at masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com . See you on the training floor!
This is why I thought that it was a good idea to start the bootcamp at DKC! I found that I needed to set a new goal and create a plan to reach it. (visit our Boot Camp Blog to read what my goal is).
A good habit to get into is to incorporate some martial arts training outside of the karate school.
Incorporating martial arts training outside the dojang (karate school), is a really easy and a good idea if you would like to build your self defense ability, physical fitness level and your progression rate toward black belt mastery will be far greater than those who only attend class once or twice a week. At first ten minutes is good time to start with. It’s no time at all and everyone can spare ten minutes each day, even if it means putting on the electronic brain reducer (tv) a little later!
Practice all areas of skills and mix your training, shadow spar, bag work and partner work.
Fit you training in with goals, so decide where you want to be “begin with the end in mind”, which is called personal Leadership and then begin to marry your goals with your daily actions which is called personal management. Remember it’s foolish to want something and do nothing about it. So if you want to increase your kicking abilities start putting a plan of actions together, regular sparring, pad sessions, conditioning, weight training and so on.
Remember martial arts are about self discipline - which is, having the ability to teach yourself to do what must be done to accomplish what must be accomplished! - so be strong and stick to your goals, don’t fall into the trap of “I’ll do it tomorrow”. Remember practice doesn’t make perfect it makes improvement, never get to the stage where you feel that you’ve got it and it can’t improve. If you get to this then there is no room for improvement. There’s always space to practice, there is always room for improvement. After all even the undefeated world champion practices, so why not you?
If you need a little help getting started, contact me and we can schedule a short private lesson (15 minutes). Within that time I can create a realistic plan of action for you. Just email me at masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com . See you on the training floor!
Arnold Chon - LA martial artist/movie stuntman
Video of my friend Arnold Chon. Arnold is a stuntman out of LA. I worked with him on "the last airbender" movie.He is incredible as a martial artist and a great friend.
NOTE: you can see a longer version of his reel on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5epAUPNBhAk .
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Have a great Labor Day! Fitness Boot Camp Starts Wednesday at 9:30 AM! Sign up NOW! @ http://ping.fm/WuFxR
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Enjoy your family and friends. Have a great Labor Day weekend. Fitness Bootcamp Weds 9/9 ! Info @ http://ping.fm/nbCVq
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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