Pete Mills School of Isshin-ryu Karate 2008-11-21T13:41:17Z http://blog.petemillskarate.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast Miss Me? tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-11-14:e74bd15e-09b9-42d6-a04c-cc3c5dfdb3b3 Mike Allan 2008-11-14T10:23:25Z 2008-11-14T09:55:00Z
We've had some great classes this month with Master Mills taking the time to give some one on one time with as many students as he can ....

Evan and I are still banging away with the sticks and happy to have Stacy and Wayne showing some true interest and promise ....

Kumite has really picked up this month ... not sure if everyone is trying to get out all of their frustrations before the Holiday Breaks or if someones put a bounty on me head but either way it's been great to see the dedication and improvement especially from Wayne, Robbie and Kevin "the Maniac" Gentry.

Great seeing Master Tolliver at North Knox Monday night ... Let's keep him in our prayers as he starts his shoulder rehab and have him back swinging as soon as possible.

Don't forget Family Night at Halls on the 20th .... Alas I'll only be with you in spirit for my daughter is going to dazzle me with her first band concert that night but I hope to see you all at the Christmas Banquet if not before.]]> Upcoming Events tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-31:2d813e2e-282c-406a-886a-e1669e94d9a7 Mike Allan 2008-10-31T10:59:59Z 2008-10-31T10:50:00Z If you haven't check out the updated events page http://www.petemillskarate.com/events.htm 
here are a couple dates to mark on your calendar ...

Family Night Halls Dojo ... November 20th ....
Master Mills will be giving a presentation on his recent trip to China.

Family Christmas Banquet ... North Knox Dojo ... December 18th ... Pot-Luck Dinner, Presentations and Promotions.
More details to come .........]]> Family Night @ Lewis Dojo tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-24:4d06a531-9f0e-4e9b-a84a-d7b22e693b18 Mike Allan 2008-10-24T09:25:37Z 2008-10-24T08:48:00Z I had extremely high expectations on returning to the Lewis School for our Family Night ... and those expectations were exceeded!!!

Sensei Lewis and crew started the night off with a great seminar on the "Transition of Traditional Weapons to Everyday Items" including brooms, belts, keys, soda cans, magazines and varies tire irons, while the younger students worked some basic self-defense.  Great format!!

Wonderful Job!!!  Very informative and thought provoking!!!  

Next came Team Point Sparring ... Great Fights!!!  Awesome Techniques!!!  And a Brotherly Attitude that made me proud to be a part of this gifted Family!!!  

Those dearly missed last night were Master Mills, Master Seiber, Master Tolliver and Sensei Hembree ... Hope to have all back in the fold and kicking soon!!!!

Big Thanks to Sensei Lewis for making it a night to remember and for reminding me to NEVER chase an opponent!!!

Thanks to all who bowed in across from me .... everyone of you pushed and tested me,  I love seeing the leaps of improvement you guys make from one family night to the next .... I couldn't be more proud of every one of you!!!!!

Special Thanks to Sensei Baird for again demonstrating to all of our students the excellence you can achieve through dedication and hard work!!!

Next Family Night November 20th Halls Dojo

]]> Just a Reminder ..... tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-21:77194171-dff9-4aed-8105-adcf5def3ff4 Mike Allan 2008-10-21T09:26:33Z 2008-10-21T09:23:00Z Thursday Night Oct. 23 Family Night @ Lewis Dojo


]]> Great Week Of Training tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-17:392e6d77-f155-427e-859e-3e8ec0909859 Mike Allan 2008-10-17T09:42:07Z 2008-10-17T08:10:00Z Woke up this morning sore, battered and bruised but with a smile on my face!!

They say be careful what you wish for because it might just come true, well in a previous post I requested more and varied seminars and this week my aching body got what it wished for …..

Monday night Master Bowers and I worked some advanced cane locks and controls at North Knox … Painful but very informative.

Tuesday Night at Halls Master Mills surprised us with a wonderful seminar on what I would call Ground Fighting for the Street  …. This wasn’t your run of the mill grappling class. This was serious technique for when you find yourself on the ground!!!   Let me recommend to you that any chance you have of working street technique with Master Mills jump on it!!!  If you have never made the mistake of getting to close to Master Mills where he can get his hands on you … you don’t know what power is!!!!

Thursday Night at Halls I was just expecting to get my weekly beating from Brad (he did not disappoint me)when in walks Master Seiber and Sensei Baird with a bag full of tricks and some new ways of thinking.

I’ve been training now for over 35 years and in that time you get a little to set in your ways … I know which of my techniques are high percentage and I watch and study every fighter in the dojo for their strengths and weaknesses but sometimes it takes a new perspective to move to the next level and relight the fire.  That’s where a GREAT TEACHER like Master Seiber comes in.  He has a unique ability to not only arm you with some wonderful techniques but to see the specific roadblocks you have placed within your training and help you remove them. 

And Sensei Baird, what more can I say, we’ve all seen his ability family night after family night …..

Guys, we are blessed to have such exceptional martial artists in our family and it’s to your own disservice if you do not take advantage of every opportunity you have to learn from them!!!

 

]]> Sensei Chris Hawkins Returns to Halls Dojo tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-10:bbd66f5a-dc7f-4319-a3d9-8d68ab29ec42 Mike Allan 2008-10-10T10:23:55Z 2008-10-10T10:13:00Z
]]> Welcom Back GrandMaster Mills tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-09:b2389a75-2460-4e72-8d2a-764f74048f89 Brad Walker 2008-10-09T08:30:56Z 2008-10-09T08:27:00Z
Welcome Back Sensei!
]]> UPDATE - Ocotber Family Night & Events Page tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-08:9adf6e3f-9abd-4e75-8d4d-3aba3e3a706d Brad Walker 2008-10-08T14:43:24Z 2008-10-08T14:40:00Z
Family Night for October will be hosted by The Lewis School of Isshin-Ryu.  It will be held on October 23 at the Lewis Dojo.  The main topic will be Practical Self-Defense and of course this will be followed up by sparring!!!

The Events page on the Pete Mills Karate site has bee updated with a couple photos from Wheelers Tournament this past weekend.
]]> Email from Master Mills tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-07:82176883-de5b-438f-a743-7296b31e15a5 Mike Allan 2008-10-07T14:12:37Z 2008-10-07T14:11:00Z Hello From China:

 

It has been a fast and fearious trp.  Took about 30 hours to get here.  Last night I trained with the TaeWondo club.  We did small circle, Standing to ground, Jit Jutisu.  I have caused a lot of curiosity with the local people and I am getting many calls to teach in local hgh schools.  Remember, they are all required to do P. E. and I have been teaching in their schools.  Isshinryu is definitely getting well know here.  The sudents are very serious about the martial arts. Tahe TaeWondo club traineds twice a day seven days a week.  The first workout is at 5:00  A. M. and it is a very hard conditioning class.  They train again from 9:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. each night.  This is their technique and sparring class.  They are TaeWondo, but they really do much better cross training here than in the states.  There are no giving belts for $300.00 here.

 

I was in Beijin on Friday and Saturday and we got to do many pictures of the "Heavenly temple" which is where the Empure lives.  It is on a 1500 acre track of land and most of it is a park for the people to train in.  TaiChi is everywhere!!  I made some karate shots there.  Ofcourse we visited Tenman Square where their equilvent of of our Chapital is.  You know that Beijin is the capital of China. It is the head of all government for China there.

 

I am getting a lot of good karate shots and training .  I hope all is going well for you folks.  I will be here until Friday morning, which is Thursday night for you. If you have and questions about China let me know and I will try to find them out.

 

Remember, Keep your head high and kicks low!!

 

Your Seisan,

 

Pete Mills

]]> OCT 4TH Cage fights in KY. tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-06:ef860e7d-3db1-493f-a0a6-0db9928ef59a Gregg McMahan 2008-10-06T20:37:31Z 2008-10-06T20:22:00Z
Brandon won his fight against a very well trained grappler, by rear naked choke in under 2 minutes. Scott also beat a BJJ brown belt by armbar at 3 minutes of the first round. Thats pretty good considering both these young men are Isshinryu Black Belts with limited ground time.

To read more or to watch these fights visit my web site and go to the Hard Knox MMA page.

                                                    Gregg]]> Family Nights tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-10-03:91a84410-1630-489b-b633-94f5fa8b5fa6 Mike Allan 2008-10-03T09:56:01Z 2008-10-03T09:28:00Z
I don't know about you but I like to be exposed to new techniques or new ways of looking at the old ones.

We are fortunate in our Family to have a diverse group of exceptional black belts all with different interests, training methods and abilities ... and I'd love to have the opportunity to learn from everyone of them ...

I'd like to see more of Sensei Lewis's street techniques (great family night in the park) , Sensei Cofer's Bunkai, Master McMahans Sambo (even though I don't want to be on the ground seems I end up there more and more), Sensei Walkers stand up ( no one better to have at your back), Sensei Baird gave us a brief look at kata techniques in kumite that opened my eyes to alot of possibilities and I hang on every word from Master Seiber and Master Tolliver because I learned something new or improved a technique with every conversation I've had with them .....

That's just a few examples of what we have available, not to mention what Mark, Tyler, Shane, Devon and the rest of our up and coming black belts will have to offer.

So What do you guys think ...

What would you like to see?]]> Weapons Training tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-29:a9d3f144-709b-4e14-bc80-bdb8e3efb8c5 Mike Allan 2008-09-29T15:13:21Z 2008-09-29T15:09:00Z
What are your thoughts on weapons training?

Do you think it's worthwhile or obsolete?

]]> Cross Training tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-29:2a79252b-77c4-437c-91cb-f478de180651 Mike Allan 2008-09-29T12:53:08Z 2008-09-29T12:47:00Z
Are you in the cross train from the start camp? 

or the 

Cross Train after the basics of Isshinryu have been mastered camp?
]]> MMA tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-23:e475dcc6-11ca-4e8a-9817-9534dfa51929 Mike Allan 2008-09-23T10:56:52Z 2008-09-23T10:48:00Z
What if any changes do you feel we need to make in our training?]]> Karns Family Night / Joe Hess Seminar tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-19:7aa014b2-db22-4fde-8fb1-6c845f3e5c31 Mike Allan 2008-09-19T08:50:27Z 2008-09-19T08:20:00Z
What can I say guys?  Joe Hess is impressive!!! 

I'm suffering from information overload this morning from the drills and combinations that were squeezed into our hour and a half time frame.  As you know I just love that up close work .....

So what did you guys think?  

]]> What's the good word... ? tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-14:5630a2d2-2ef0-450e-870a-ca349c3088d1 Mick Boven 2008-09-14T12:26:17Z 2008-09-14T12:24:00Z So what's the "word" on Shane's MMA fight...

I had planned to go but got "hooked" in to helping with my son's Birthday Party...

Mick   (o:]]> Good Class Tonight... tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-11:397fea88-5c8e-450e-aa5a-51e497ce2476 Mick Boven 2008-09-11T23:25:59Z 2008-09-11T23:21:00Z Great Class tonight Bradley...

I was so sweaty... it looked like I had been caught in the rain...  and many parts of my body are sore...

... great turn out too...]]> Kumite Uniform tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-11:f9c303ff-2f70-4530-b431-78169bca83b3 Mike Allan 2008-09-11T11:10:27Z 2008-09-11T11:07:00Z If you happen to be lucking out there, what's the name of the kumite uniforms you guys wore at the north knox tournament and where can you get them?

Thanks ...]]> Death In The Family - Halls Dojo's Tuesday Night Class Cancelled This Week tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-09-08:39bf9548-abef-48a4-acc1-a2f74af4b129 Brad Walker 2008-09-08T12:12:58Z 2008-09-08T12:04:00Z
Directions: 1-40 to Exit 402 - Midway Road.  Left on Midway Road.  Midway will dead end into Thorngrove Pike.  Turn Right on Thorngrove and Thorngrove Baptist Church is approximately 1/2 mile on the Right.
]]> Shane Hill Fan Club tag:blog.petemillskarate.com,2008-08-29:c3320c7a-9445-419d-95e8-2a7abf4b35b5 Mike Allan 2008-08-29T09:29:01Z 2008-08-29T09:18:00Z As most of you already know Shane's got another fight coming up September 13th at the Expo Center ....

Stepping into that cage for a second time takes guts so let's do our part to help motivate his training and attitude!!!!

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