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I just updated the Mitose article. I’ve put in a couple details about Mitose’s activities before he started the ‘Official Self Defense Club’. The first update is regarding a newspaper article reporting Mitose’s arrest on August 19th, 1941 for extortion, and the second part details his brief career in the Hawaiian Territorial Guard.

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I’ve moved the blog to the front page, as that’s what gets updated most frequently. I’ve also enabled the ‘comments’ function, so now you folks can comment on my posts. The pictures don’t seem to want to load in the ‘that was a weekend’ post, but refresh once or twice and they will show. I’m […]

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I just found some old notes I had written down after an ‘instructors workout’ years ago, and there it was, combination #88. It’s certainly interesting. Again, if you have any combinations that aren’t yet in the archive, please share.

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As is obvious by my previous post, last weekend was the East Meets West seminar. I can’t give a complete recap, as that would be more like an article, but here’s some highlights:
Motobu Chosei, Soke and Inaba Hanshi. Period. Genuine articles.
Tokunaga Sensei and Sugiyama Sensei of the Jigen-ryu. Way to step in in the […]

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