Years ago, I found this little Shotokan website that apparently grew out of a ‘usenet’ group. It was filled with thoughtful, incisive, and often heretical (at least to the Shotokan powers that be) articles presented with style. No, I didn’t always agree, but I was always interested. It had an archive of the forms, free. Can you sense that it might have inspired me a bit? Suddenly, one day it was gone. Thankfully, it has returned as a blog. It’s not the same as it was, but it has blossomed into a new entity containing much of what drew me there in the first place. I’m not a huge Shotokan fan, but much of what is found on 24fightingchickens.com applies to organized martial arts in general. I’ll know I’ve ‘made it’ when I start getting hate mail like he used to get…
A Blog I Admire
March 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: KempoBlog

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1 Jason sexton // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Cool sight Matt,some interesting articles.I hope you don’t get to much hate mail,but if you do FRAME IT!!!
2 matt // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Actually, pretty much every single email I’ve received regarding this site has been supportive. It’s been a great experience, and folks have been great about helping with the archive too. I get most of my ‘disagreeable’ messages through the forums I frequent, or sometimes my friends get nasty emails after I irritate someone.
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