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S.L.4 IRELAND SEMINARS with Dr R. CHAPEL', Mr R. ANGELL & Mr K. MILLS

On friday 10th october, myself, mr kevin mills, mr amrik singh & mr stuart dean flew to Ireland for a weekend of S.L.4 KENPO seminars. For those of you who do not know what S.L.4 represents it :

"What is SL4-Kenpo?"

"In American Kenpo there are principles and theories which are the fabric that binds American Kenpo together, and what sets it apart from 95% of other Martial arts that are around today.

One of these theories is The Four Stages of Range. It is important to understand these ranges when being applied to combat. In order of proximity they are:

  1. Out of contact range
  2. Within Contact range
  3. Contact penetration
  4. Contact manipulation

Many then go on to say that range 4, contact manipulation, has a sub level to it, a hidden or more advanced level and that this is where the very elusive Sub level 4 can be found. If this assumption were correct then explaining SL4 would be easy.

SL4 is not “contact” manipulation, it is “control” manipulation at a sub level of all of the 4 ranges of contact. It covers many aspects including, nerve activations, striking manipulation, structural alignment and mechanisms designed through natural body mechanics to increase the effectiveness of not only American Kenpo but indeed any martial art."

we had a fantastic weekend of seminars and social events together with making new friends and expanding the "family" a truely excellent weekend. Check out the pictures and the blog on my sister web site.   jf