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A Brief Biography: Guro Dan Inosanto >>
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Articles by Jon Baklund
Private lessons >>
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Having fun while training. >>
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The Making of a True Martial Arts Master >>

Articles by Diana Rathborne
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Personal Safety For Women >>
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Mind Over Matter >>
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Competing With Your Instructor >>
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Basic Truths >>
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Muay Thai in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Kuhn Kru Rick Faye >>
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Progressive P.C.T. >>
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Martial Arts and Your Health: An Interview with Scott Schmaltz >>

Articles by Scott Schmaltz
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Genetically Modified Foods >>
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Misconceptions of IBS >>
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Infusion-based Learning - Making the most out of your seminar experiences >>
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Lessons from NAGA - Why competition is an Important Experience. >>
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The Wisconsin Martial Arts Camp Experience >>
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Growth and Expectation in the Martial Arts >>

My name is Jon Baklund, I have been training the MKG curriculum since 1989 and have always had a great experience there.

First I would like to thank my instructor Rick Faye for always being a positive influence in the martial arts and in my life personally.

Private lessons, I believe have to be the most under used class at the Minnesota Kali Group. Some may think that a private lesson is not a class, but in fact it is a class of one, where you and your instructor work on skills that you would like to improve. You canimprove your skill, martial arts does not take talent to perform, it takes skill.

I have taken private lessons from many instructors at MKG over the years and I know that it has improved not only my skill, but my understanding of the movement, history of the arts, and improved my relationship with the people that I call friends at MKG. That is why I decided to write about private lessons as my first article on the MKG website.

The great part about a private lesson is that you get to choose what you work on here are a few recommendations for private lessons.(things you may not get in a regular class, the “secret stuff”)

• Hubud/Dumog • Chisao • Stick sumbrada • Knife work • Kali / Silat

So get in to MKG and take a private lesson from any of the instructors you may just develop your skills faster than you thought you could.