UPCOMING KETTLEBELL WORKSHOPS for the first half of 2009!

Wow... 2009's off to a seriously busy start. Boy, was I stupid to think that it'd be otherwise. A Chinaman's work is never done.

To answer a few of the e-mails that I've been getting lately requesting a blogpost of upcoming kettlebell or Functional Movement workshops where I'll either be teaching or appearing, here's what you asked for!

Hope to see you at one or more of them!

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2/20-22/09: San Jose, CA / Russian Kettlebell Challenge Instructor Certification Workshop

3/15/09: Irvine, CA / REBOOT! - Movement Patterning & Corrective Strategies Workshop, hosted by Kettlebells Orange County

3/25-29/09: Seoul, Korea / "Hanguk Hard Style" - Russian Kettlebell Challenge Instructor Prep Course - Contact Kenneth Lee at kettlebell@naver.com for more info or to register

4/5/09: Riverside, CA / "Hard Style, High Density" - Please visit www.east-wind.com for more info or to register. Contact Com. Gary Toppins, RKC at GTOPP@aol.com to register

4/17-19/09: Tempe, AZ / SFMA II w/Gray Cook

5/11-19/09: Copenhagen, Denmark / Russian Kettlebell Challenge Instructor Certification Workshop

5/27-31/09: St. Paul, MN / Corrective Kettlebell - Functional Movement Specialist (CK-FMS) Workshop w/ Master RKC Brett Jones and FMS founder Gray Cook

6/26-28/09: St. Paul, MN / RKC Instructor Certification Level 2 Workshop

Stay tuned for more info and upcoming dates and locations near you, including RKC event appearances! We're working on finalizing dates for Europe, the US East Coast, the Middle East, Hawai'i, and points in between. Man, every time I think I've listed all the locations that I'm supposed to be teaching in this year, I realize that I've left one off.

Hard Style at the Harris Academy - BJJ & Kettlebell Workshops in San Diego, CA

Think you know BJJ? JKD? Strength training? Think you know kettlebells?

Get ready to have your world rocked!

The Harris Academy is having 2 back-to-back days of seminars that will spin your whole world upside down and inside out.

On Saturday, 1/31/09, from 12noon to 3pm, Prof. Roy Harris will be personally teaching a seminar on leg locks. This is a no-gi seminar, so there's no excuse for you not to make it if you're in the area!

And on Sunday, 2/1/09, I will be teaching a workshop covering the 6 Fundamentals of Hard Style Kettlebell training (for RKC Certification) and Program Design. The workshop will go from 1-5pm. For more information, please view the associated post on the Harris Forum, and e-mail me at kettlebells.losangeles@yahoo.com if you'd like to pre-register.

Kettlebells for Rehab & Prehab

Just a quick FYI that I'll be teaching a special workshop on using kettlebells for injury rehabilitation & prehab at the Inosanto Academy this Saturday from 4-6pm.

If you'd like to get some insights into dealing with lower back pain and shoulder injuries, as well as a few other very common pain syndromes & conditions, come on by and jump in!

To register, visit the Inosanto seminar page. Looking forward to seeing you there!

INOSANTO ACADEMY Kettlebell Workshops

We've got 3 upcoming KB workshops at the world famous Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. Don't know about the rich history of the Inosanto Academy and its founder? Don't do martial arts? Doesn't matter. Come by anyway!

Here are the dates & topics:

1/19/08 - Kettlebells for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Grappling
--- And I've got a WICKED surprise for those of you who attend this one!!!

2/09/08 - Kettlebells for Ultimate Conditioning

3/08/08 - Kettlebells for Rehab & Pre-hab

Fellow RKC Team Leader Big Will Williams will be tag-team teaching these workshops with me, so you'll have an unprecedented chance to interact with some of the highest ranking and most knowledgeable kettlebell instructors in the USA under one roof. You're also guaranteed a ridiculously good instructor-student ratio, so if you've ever wanted to know what's up with KBs, then haul it out there!

You can register online for any of the Inosanto Academy KB workshops or martial arts seminars through http://www.inosanto.com/pages/seminars.html.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!