Sifu Klentz

Sifu Larry Klentz training with his partner Sihing Evan

Sifu Klentz had his first lesson exactly twenty years ago. It was in the fall of 1989, down in pansy patch park. Sifu Fiedler brought him down to show him the running path we had that went for a few miles, with challenges along the way like climbing over trees deep in the woods off of the Pansy Patch grounds, and down the other side, it was a very good work out, run, push ups, sit ups, and then run again, stop and do forms, run more, and stop and do our punching and kicks, and run some more, once we got back to the middle of pansy patch park, that was when I found myself in disbelief as to what Sifu Fiedler just showed me, and that was the beginning, I was charged up watching the excitement in Sifu Fiedler's face as he talked about what he was showing me. When he finished showing me all of the stops along the path, that they ran on every day, he showed me some stances, blocks, and kicks. I really liked it, it made me feel relaxed, and not once did Sifu Fiedler talk about fighting or martial arts, no he talked more philosophy, and he also went over and over why not to do something a certain way, for the sole reason of injury, he not only showed me how but why?. Because I had gone into a sport karate once in my life and found it was not for me. I Had something to gauge what Sifu Fiedler had shown me. I know this sounds a little off of the wall, but I learned more from Sifu Fiedler that first day, then I did having a green belt in Sport Karate. The way he explained things, it made sense to me, the difference was between night and day. And when I told him how much more knowledge he had, he told me that he did not have much knowledge at all. He told me his teachers make him look like a white belt.  He told me he would always be a student, after his first twenty years it showed him that every door he opens he would find two more doors opened behind that one door. So if you find two results that day, and it opens a door, you find that you now have two new things to study, things you knew, but not in the context that you are taught now. Remember many techniques are not what they appear to be. Some of the techniques that we are taught, have a basic method, intermediate methods, and advanced method. Each one looks like the same in the air, but is very different when you do it on your opponent, and that is why you must practise over and over again to make all this go deep into your sub conscious mind.