from the July, 2015 issue of Kiai!

Special Training in Lansing Draws Women & Girls from TW


A group of eleven women and girls from Thousand Waves traveled to Lansing, Michigan July 15-19 to attend Special Training, an annual event put on by the National Women's Martial Arts Federation. If you are a long-time reader of Kiai!, you may remember our coverage last year of PeaceWorks, which was TW's version of this camp, organized by Sei Shihan Nancy and Senpai Amy. This year members of the TW group were able to simply enjoy a weekend of intensive martial arts training (except for Sei Shihan Nancy, Jun Shihan Sarah, and Sensei Martha Thompson who each taught a few classes).


All the NWMAF Special Training trainers gathered for a group photo.


Jun Shihan Sarah taught a few classes in her first art, Kajukenbo.


Master Su returned to teach more of her popular Chinese martial arts classes, including this one for Young Martial Artists.

Young Martial Artists of all styles perform together at the Saturday night demo. That's Senpai Ana in the center.


Sensei Martha Thompson co-taught a multi-session course on the empowerment self-defense model course with Alena Schaim of IMPACT Personal Safety, New Mexico. This photo is of the last session.