Isshin - Concentration the Art

Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

When you Think of Long Term Training

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    One aspect of Karate and Kobudo training that is really very little discussed is what occurs after a decade, then the second decade...

To Infinity and Beyond

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  I created this blog for a very distinct purpose. 1.  I wanted to remind my senior students of much of what we covered.   2.  There was...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The time has come the Walrus said to talk about many things. Ships and Sea and Mustache Wax and Bruce Lee

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  When I was in college there was a graduate student in the Speech Department at Temple University that had trained a bit with Bruce Lee whe...

A Rose by any other name…..

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  The eternal question of what is real karate. When in a century karate has gone from a practice by what several hundred school boys on ...

One full contact event in Baltimore in 1975

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   Back in 1971 I was selected my instructors to participate in a demonstration at a full contact card in Baltimore.  My role was very minor...

La raison plus fort est toujours la meilleux

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  Back in 1965 I was a summer student of the Foreign Language League school held at the Universitie de Reims. I was there to gain more k...

I only taught karate to young or old.

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    I was teaching at the local Boys and Girls Club with my programs.   Often at local events parents would ask me where they shou...
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