Please forgive me for not blogging for some time. It is not for lack of interest or care, it is lack of downtime.

My travel and teaching schedule has been insane. I love every minute of it. In just the last month alone, I’ve had courses in Louisville, Las Angeles, Michigan and just this weekend New York City! So there has been no rest for the weary!

I am very happy and proud to now have some very high caliber teachers in NYC representing the IKFF methods and teaching philosophies. Every group is impressive, and this group was no exception.

Ken and I had the privilege to work with a great group of folks, and work we did. In the midst of many, may reps we also had a lot of fun, good food and shared laughter. Fortunately, I have been doing pretty well with my training, having realized that with my travel schedule, the only way I can guarantee to get in enough volume to improve or at least maintain my own fitness, is to train intensely with the student in the courses. I and we had plenty of reps this weekend, doing numerous sets, including an 18:00 set of Cleans, 12:00 set of Jerks, 6:00 set of OH Squats and so on. These are all done as one set, no putting the bell down for the entire time. Sounds imposing and it sure isn’t easy, but when you have a good education and logical progression and the willingness to exert effort, the seemingly impossible becomes quite possible. I am really proud that all of the students were able to tough it out through the grueling sets. They are stronger, more fit and with feeling of great accomplishment as a result, as am I.

Every person in attendance is special, and it was a real treat to meet some incredible new friends/students such as Howie Brewer, who has a cool blog here:
howztraining.blogspot.com/2008/08/ikff-certified.html

It was great to see some old faces as well, such as Dan and all the other exceptional students.

I want to give special thanks not only to the extremely hard-working newly certified IKFF teachers, but also to your gracious hosts, Terri Parker and Dean Dufford of Red Barn Fitness in CT and DD Fitness in NYC. Without their perfect venue and help, this first NYC course would not have happened. We are grateful.

Thanks also to my dear friends Jonathan Lewis, who came all the way from London to take part and help out, and Big John Wild Buckley, who was extremely helpful in assisting the students while Ken and I administered the pleasure. So many of the students commented on how helpful and kind he was, as well as preternaturally strong.

Every single person in attendance has our respect and support, and Ken and I know that the IKFF exists to serve them, and not the other way around. There is really no better ‘job’ in the world then to be able to interact with progressive, entrepreneurial-minded individuals who wish to help the world by helping themselves via strength and vital living.

Now the ’storm’ begins, with the next global portion of the IKFF schedule. On Wednesday I leave for Asia—Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong, where I will be teaching some private training, workshops and certification courses.

I am making some long overdue upgrades to the Full KOntact and IKFF websites to add more content and various video clips aimed to get as much valuable training information available as possible.

Thanks for bearing with me through this busy time. I will give some reports from my various stops in Asia and do my best to get some photos up as well.