The Karate Institute of America has always been blessed with an exceptional
clientele throughout its history, now spanning five decades.
From our archives we see a young Eric “E.T.” Tan sharing his exquisite piano
skills during his Black Belt coronation ceremony in 1992.
Eric was a driven young man. He began his KIA studies around age 7 and
achieved a fully ranked adult first dan Black Belt rating as a young man.
Continuing his studies, he achieved a second dan Black Belt rating before heading
off to Stanford University.
Featured this week are Nicole “Goldilocks” Hackler, her husband Warren, an
heroic Marine who served America with honor and distinction for 26 years (now
retired), and their loves—Clyde (the red male Shiba Inu) and Kiba (the black
and tan female Shiba-Japanese for “Fang!).
Goldilocks was one of the movers and shakers of the Karate Institute of
America during her time with us. She achieved a 2nd Degree Brown belt rating
before her husband was reassigned to another state so, unfortunately, she was
not able to reach Black Belt, although she would have done so had she been
able to stay in the area, no doubt.
The Karate Institute of America is proud to announce that we have a California
State Archery Champion within our martial arts family. She is Rose “Renegade”
Hoberg, the 12th Black Belt of the Kiado-Ryu (1990). Rose is the current
California State Indoor Champion in the Masters 50 Recurve division.
Husband Kurt “Raphael” Hoberg is the 21st Black Belt of the KIA and an archer
as well. It is extremely satisfying to see our KIA family members so
dynamically active and successful. Congrats, Renegade! Next step, “Robinette
of the Hood!”
Paul Daniels is the 34th Black Belt of the Karate Institute of America and one
of its most talented martial artists in our now 36 year history. Paul’s
original call sign was “Electron” because of his blinding speed and quickness.
That quickly morphed in his shorter call sign “Tron.”
Defending yourself successfully requires more than simply thinking you’re
tough. It requires knowledge of what to do, how to do it, when to do it and
even when not to act.
Neutralizing an adversary with a punch requires more than pumping your fists
or flailing your arms. To have a powerful punch mandates knowing the physics
of power, how to construct a fist that won’t collapse on impact and much more.
If you want to have dynamic and devastating power, King’s Karate POWER
PUNCHING SERIES, VOLUME 1 - SECRETS OF DYNAMIC POWER will give you the
knowledge you need.
When having to seriously injure an attacker is your only option to survival,
all things being equal, the first target is the eyes. Drum this into your
psyche: eyes, eyes, eyes! No one who gets hit in the eyes enjoys the
experience, quite the contrary. Eye strikes with the fingers, pens, pencils,
credit cards or other implements with either points or edges will all be
devastating to an attacker.
