Kenpo Dragons

Kenpo Iron Body & Internal Power Conditioning

Saturday, November 15, 2025 • 10 AM – 11:30 AM

Condition the body. Strengthen the spirit. Refine the art.
This fast-paced workshop combines Kosho Ryu Kenpo principles with Iron Ball and Martial Chi Kung training — integrating traditional internal energy methods with modern self-defense conditioning.

Participants will practice:
• Iron Ball exercise, movement, and spirals for hand, wrist, and shoulder strength
• Breath and fascia-driven coiling mechanics for power generation
• Rooting drills for stability and shock absorption
• Kenpo defensive forms infused with Chi alignment

“In true Kenpo, energy is never forced — it is released.”

Train to expand your physical, energetic, and mental capacity as a martial artist.

Instructor: Dr. Gregory T. Lawton, 9th Dan Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu

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Martial Arts Class: Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Breathwork, Kenpo Jujitsu

Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Focused training in Yang-style Tai Chi, martial Chi Kung, breathwork, and Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu. All levels welcome. Message to RSVP for location.

Instructor: Gregory T. Lawton, 9th-degree black belt in Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu and Karate, teacher of Yang Tai Chi Chuan, student in the line of Yang Shao Hou through Professor Chi Kwang Huo. Teaching for more than five decades with an emphasis on peace, protection, and service.

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Cleansing in the Current

Long before ice baths became a trend, martial artists and monks purified body and spirit through cold water training. Under the guidance of Korean monk Tom Kwak, founder of the art Hap Do Sool, I learned that water itself is a teacher. When approached with discipline, it forges both courage and compassion.

In my younger years, I followed the rivers of northern Minnesota to a great waterfall. With a rope tied around my waist, I pulled myself through the freezing torrent to stand beneath the falls. There, I performed martial Chi Kung - breathing, rooted, unshakable as the water hammered down. The practice was not about proving strength but refining it - learning to remain centered in the storm.

True martial arts are not born in the comfort of the dojo. They are forged where breath meets element - where fire is born in the heart of cold.

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Honoring Dr. Dan Nuzum on his achievement of Seventh Degree Black Belt – Nanadan (七段) and his appointment as a Certified Rank Examiner in Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu. A true dragon spirit in service to the martial and healing arts.

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Contact Heather Leonard if you are interested in attending this workshop.

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Yesterday's Building a Healing Community workshop on vacuum decompression therapy, clinic scraping, and pressure point therapy.

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This workshop—Self-Care and Self-Protection—is not just a continuing education class. It is a call to awareness, a practice of peace, and a shared circle for those who give their hands, their time, and their hearts in service to others.

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Upcoming personal protection and self-defense class with Dr. Lawton.

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The mission statement for our Tai Chi Chuan, Dao Yin, and Chi Kung program at the Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts & Sciences.

The latest edition of Lift Hands Magazine has been released and is available to read at this link. My article on the history and purpose of Kenpo is in this latest edition. Many thanks to Lift Hands editor Nasser Butt!

https://issuu.com/nasserbutt/docs/lift_hands_volume_29_march_2024?fr=sYzBhZDY2MjQ1MjY&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2x5A1DWcZw_RGguIyknxK-kD9plkWnNqJiA690-0mx6k0ejhW9DYDfSjE_aem_AdIq9XNUEZd4lg13vu-gFO6m3iXlHLIg0Qj6TB4HRJVkz82Y5dr8KD5JzKM4IxhN5Y09Gw7JATuOV2AD39yb4E5M

Lift Hands Volume 29 March 2024 - The Multi-Award Winning Martial Arts Magazine Lift Hands - The multi-award winning magazine - Voted Magazine of the Year 2019 by The British Martial Arts Awards 2019. When one really thinks about Lift Hands, you’ll discover that it is not just an isolated posture from one of a myriad of martial arts available around the globe. Just as we lift...

Kung Moo returns with new wisdom to share.

It is here! It has arrived! What you ask? The latest edition of Lift Hands Magazine and my continuing series on Asian medicine, The Way of Chi and The Human Body. This is Part Three of a continuing series on Asian medicine and completion of the series leads to certification.

Check it out here -

https://issuu.com/nasserbutt/docs/lift_hands_volume_27_september_2023_?fbclid=IwAR3X5DkguE7NG-15WXyfvb0YzYdPR33n_23Q5WgNscxVbffPg7ydMukMB6Q

Lift Hands Volume 27 September 2023 - The Multi-Award Winning Martial Arts Magazine Lift Hands - The multi-award winning magazine - Voted Magazine of the Year 2019 by The British Martial Arts Awards 2019. When one really thinks about Lift Hands, you’ll discover that it is not just an isolated posture from one of a myriad of martial arts available around the globe. Just as we lift...