The
Weekend of the 6th was a moment in time when Three 10th Degree
Black Belts, Larry Tatum, Dave Hebler and Richard
"HUK" Planas came together and taught for two days at Mr. Sean Kelley's
Kenpo School in West Palm Beach Florida. A long with these Masters were
Master's Sean Kelly (the host of the camp). Rainer Schulte (the person
that established Kenpo in Germany) and Master David Stanley (brother of
Elvis Presley). With all their combined effort they united almost 100
Black Belts and a number of lower ranks into one unified weekend of
learning and fun.
Their wasn't a moment when the mats weren't full of
excitement as
these Masters expounded on the Art they love so much and
took the
participants on a Journey into the heart of
Kenpo.
Talking with Mr. Tatum and Mr. Palanis they both told us
that this
was the first time that the two of them have taught together
in over
30
years.
On Saturday night Mr. Kelly
gave a special awards dinner banquet for the Masters and teachers from
other schools. Plaques of appreciations were given out to all the teachers
with two very special presentations. A special patch designed
by Elvis Presley before his death, (The TCB Patch ) meaning Take care of
Business. Elvis loved Kenpo and wanted to have his own Kenpo
Patch. This was the third time in history
that this patch has been given out in recognition for outstanding
achievement in the Kenpo world. This Patch was presented to Mr. Larry
Tatum by David Stanley who with Mr. Heebler had a hand in the design a
long with Elvis.