Friday, February 12, 2021

On finding Out what you Really Need to Learn as an Instructor

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  When I began teaching karate in 1969,   it was not so easy for me. Really not ready and a relatively new Shodan,   I was teaching exactly ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Rick Niemira

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    Rick Niemira was a close friend of Tom Lewis.   I first met him as a new student when I attended Mr. Lewis’s dojo summer party held at...
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Monday, February 8, 2021

That Was the Year that Was Last Year --- Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

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    I thought I might be useful to work up some statistics about how I spent my last year Since February 2020. You have to know where you ...

Watching any sports

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  Back in 1984 when I moved to New England for work I really knew no one in the area. For my work I was trained that I really could not talk...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Instead of the Superbowl I recommend this as an Alternative

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  Sanchin Kata - Under Ice Waterfall - in Japan - Shihan Yasuhara 2013 JKA Karate Winter Training in Japan - Ice Cold Water Monk...
Monday, February 1, 2021

The Idea of Musical Form competition

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** this is Gary and his brother George Michak ** I remember a time back in the early 1980 when musical kata became a division. And at time...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

PostScript: After all, how might a technique from a kata be used to conclude an attack?

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  Now after all these years I have a few following thoughts on this.   First every instructor and friend who shared with me had an inf...