I received a comment last week that didn’t make it past initial review, meaning it was a bit rude. The thrust of the comment was simply that practicing martial arts was a decent enough thing to do with one’s time but that bowing and referring to senior instructors by strange titles should be beneath me. [...]
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I recently reviewed the searches that people did in order to find this little site on Martial Arts. Most of the search terms are pretty normal stuff:
the journey kenpo
kenpo kata
bad martial arts stars
kenpo conditioning
American kenpo running
Nothing really out of the ordinary here. Although I have practiced a lot of different arts in my life, currently I [...]
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Tonight was my first night back to class since the weekend seminar with Grandmaster Tatum. After the seminar was over my sensei tested for his fifth degree black belt. I wish I could have stayed for the test but family obligations got in the way. Tonight I had hoped to congratulate him on his achievement. However, [...]
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I am a little tired tonight as I ran in the Philadelphia Distance Run today, the 13.1 mile fall classic here in Philadelphia. This 39 year old lawyer is paying the price of his determination today. I don’t mind, I would rather pay for the scars of achievement than not compete. I won’t bore anyone [...]
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This is a blog dedicated to my martial arts journey. I have another blog dedicated to my running adventures (run to lose). I have debated starting a blog dedicated to my martial arts adventures and after boring folks with my martial arts thoughts on a superficial level I decided that a new blog on the [...]
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