Kite School of Kenpo Martial Arts

A very successful grading 🎉🥋

Well done to those that graded yesterday, for all the hard work you have all been putting in over the last few months, we are super proud of you.

Merry Christmas have a lovely break, we will see you all back again in January 🎄

What an amazing grading, every student put 💯 %.
Best yet!!
Well Done everyone 👏 🎉

We hope you have all had a restful break.
KSK is back on Wednesday 8th January.

We are on the lookout for students who would like to try something NEW.
We have spaces to take on students in both our Wednesday and Saturday classes.

Check out our website for more if and to book your FREE TASTER session.

You'll find us at Paston Church Hall (just off Paston Ridings).

We are back Wednesday 4th September
6pm-7pm

Looking forward to seeing you all

WOW!
What an amazing grading ceremony we had on Saturday.
We had a total of 20 students taking their grading all the way from White Belt up to Black Belt and all those in-between.
All of our students passed with flying colours!!

A special mention to our youngest 1st Degree Black Belt at Kite School of Kenpo, Well Done Molly.

We hope you've all had a lovely Easter break.

Wednesday class starts back tonight 6pm, we look forward to seeing you all.

Any new students are warmly welcome to join us.

👊🏻 Meet The Instructors 👊🏻

Brendan O'Neill
3rd Degree Black Belt

You will fund Brendan our Senior Instructor at both our Wednesday and Saturday classes.

I was born and have spent my life living in Peterborough. I have trained in Kenpo Karate since I was in primary school, which makes it almost 2 decades, possibly just reaching that mark. I remember before doing Kenpo I had done other styles but felt slightly embarrassed at that young age having to do things like the splits or try to kick above my head, which I was never capable of doing and felt somewhat unnecessary based on my experiences at school. I first discovered Kenpo when my sister and I saw a flyer in a shop window and asked our parents if we could go to a class. To our surprise, turning up to the first class, my dad instantly recognized my new instructor as the man who had taught him and my grandfather when they were younger. Whilst they were reminiscing about old times, I was stood in awe of the speed and ferocity of the students practising before class had begun.

After training under many incredible instructors for roughly a decade, I successfully and rather painfully graded for my Junior black belt, at which point the hard work really began, it would be another 6 years before I graded for my Senior black belt which is possibly the hardest and most rewarding thing I have achieved yet.

Now an instructor and helping out teach for Black Kite Kenpo and Red Kite Kenpo which both belong to the Kite School of Kenpo family.

👊 Meet Our Instructors 👊

Alun Griffiths
6th Degree Black Belt
Professor

• Alun is the instructor at our Saturday class •

I was born in a village near Llanelli, South Wales, called Bynea. As a young boy I played Rugby, and learned to Box at the same club my father was taught, Trostre Amateur Boxing club. I knew nothing of Martial Arts at that age.

I was introduced to Martial Arts by my old Art teacher, Mr Meurig Evans. He allowed us to watch a classic martial arts film starring the Bruce Lee called “Enter The Dragon”. From that point on, I was hooked. Over a number of years as a teenager, I tried many styles, but never truly found a style that fitted. So I put Martial Arts on hold and focused on rugby and my education.

In 1986, I attended university to study for a computer science degree. During my first year at university, my Martial Arts fascination was reignited when a Shotokan Karate club was established at the university. I trained at the university Karate club and thoroughly enjoyed my time there and developed an ambition to one day earn my Black Belt. The club eventually folded due to lack of members.

After completing my Degree, I found myself living in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. I discovered there was a local karate class every Monday night. I visited that class, and I was amazed how relaxed the students were, and how much fun everyone was having. Very different to my Shotokan days.

In January 2002 I started training in American Kenpo Karate. In March 2006 I changed my job and had to take a break from training due to the travel involved in my new role. I started training again in February 2008 thanks to one of my instructors, Mr Keith Birrell. I had a warm welcome from everyone upon my return, and I pretty much picked up where I left off and realized how much I’d missed the training. From then on, I tried my utmost to attend as often as I could, work permitting.

In 2012, I gained my 1st Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo Karate. It was a special day, shared with some great friends, and will be long remembered. I have learned so much from my instructors that it’s difficult to put into words. My instructors were teaching all the time, even when they weren’t in class. They were constantly sharing their knowledge and life experiences.

American Kenpo Karate is a devastating Martial Science. With its linear and circular movements and deadly effectiveness. It’s an incredible art form to behold. It’s also very contagious, it gets in your blood. I also count myself lucky to have been embraced into a large Kenpo family, and have been fortunate enough to share this incredible martial science with all three of my daughters. Two have achieved the rank of brown belt and my youngest daughter is currently a green belt. Having achieved a lifelong ambition of earning my Black Belt, I am constantly searching for what's next. I believe that my journey has only just begun, and giving back to my students and other members of our association is a perhaps a great way to continue my journey.

✨️ OUR NEW HOME ✨️

We are super excited to announce that our new training sessions are now held at QUEEN KATHARINE ACADEMY.

We have two fabulous training rooms.

🏅Our Wednesday class is held in the mirrored wall activity studio. The ideal place to learn and perfect those kenpo self defence techniques.

🏅 Our Saturday class in the multi-functional sports hall with an amazing space for sparing and putting in to action those practiced techiques.

We now have plenty of capacity for brand new members.

We also do not charge upfront fees like many other clubs. We are very happy for you to pay as you go.

Should you like to try out our Kenpo Self Defence Martial Arts, please book via our website www.kiteschoolofkenpo.co.uk or drop us a message here via our page.

👊🏻 THANK YOU 👊🏻
to Seven Hair & Body Werrington, for letting us drop our flyers off to you 👍🏻