KEETH’S KARATE – LAGRANGE, GEORGIA (1992 to Present)
Volunteer Instructor & Competition Coach (1994 to Present)
I am currently the lead instructor for the children and adult classes one to two nights per week. I organized a demonstration and competition team for the school in 2001 and continue to run this program; in addition to fulfilling the administrative duties involved, I choreograph and teach group demonstration performances and choreograph and teach individual form and weapon routines for students to use in tournament competition.
Video: Advanced Demo Team at Southern Open Tournament (Video by Mark Schmetzer)
Video: Intermediate Demo Team at Southern Open Tournament (Video by Mark Schmetzer)
Video: Highlights from demos, 2005-2006
Video: Our 2005 Advanced Demo Team (highlights)
Video: Highlights from Demo at LaGrange Mall, April 2006
Video: Highlights from demo at Poplar Creek Assisted Living, May 2006
Video: Demo at Boys & Girls Club Telethon, Spring 2004
Video: Demo at Battle of Atlanta tournament, Fall 2002
Video: My student Brandon Jackson performing his bo staff routine at a demo
Video: My student Brandon Jackson performing his bo staff routine at the Southern Open tournament (Video by Mark Schmetzer)
Video: Demo Reel: Brandon Jackson
Video: 2005 Demo Reel: Former student Daniel Stevens
Video: Weapons Demo Reel: Former Student Daniel Stevens
Video: Forms Demo Reel: Former Student Daniel Stevens
Tournament Competitor
-Ranked #1 Regionally in Women’s Black Belt Forms in 2003 & 2004
-Ranked #1 Regionally in Adult Black Belt Weapons in 2004
-Ranked #1 Regionally in Women’s Black Belt Fighting in 2004
-Ranked #6 in NASKA National Ratings in Women’s Open Weapons in 2003
-Ranked #7 in NASKA World Ratings in Women’s Open Weapons in 2003
Video: My Demo Reel (2003-2006)
Video: Team sync form with Brandon, Southern Open tournament (video by Mark Schmetzer)
Video: My bo form at the Southern Open tournament (video by Mark Schmetzer)
Video: My bo form at the U.S. Open tournament (video by Marc Charles)
Video: My bo form at a demonstration, April 2006
Tournament Judge
I act as a volunteer judge for forms, weapons, sparring, and team demonstration competition at sport karate tournaments in Georgia and Alabama sanctioned by the International Karate Circuit.
Training
-American Karate (David Keeth - Keeth's Karate - 1992 to present) (Master Instructor/3rd Degree Black Belt)
-Creative Forms & Weapons (Anthony Atkins - seminars - 2001 & 2002)
-Stunts & Stage Fighting (Dr. Steven Earl Edwards, SAFD - LaGrange College - 2000-2001)
-Weapons Skills (Forms/Competition): double nunchaku, kamas, bo staff, samurai sword
-Weapons Skills (Stage Fighting): rapier, broadsword, broadsword & buckler, staff