On a very cold night Los Angeles based Kenpo 5.0 instructor Associate Professor Mr. Jeff Speakman 7th Degree Black Belt paid a surprise visit to the Academy to the delight of all the students. Covering groundwork and other movement from his Kenpo 5.0 syllabus Mr. Speakman had squeezed in this visit [in fact the next day he was off to Budapest for Seminars and a big Tournament] on the back of returning from Belgium, Russia and France. 7th Degree Black Belt Jaki McVicar who is Mr. Speakman's American Kenpo Karate Systems representative in the UK says "Along with handful of fellow black belts I had spent the previous 3 days being taught some extremely effective movement. In particular the knife work was superb, very fluent and practical I am looking forward to working with it. It is always a joy to see Mr. Speakman he is so into what he is doing that he will spend hours with you just sharing his knowledge which is vast. That is the kind of man he is, I am proud to be his student but most of all his friend".