I got a comment regarding the kempo timeline I have (read: should be updating) on the site, noting how little of significance has happened since 1974. Fred Villari went solo for the most part that year, stepping up into his ‘I created sho ton kwok, I’m the 10th dan’ phase. After that, in about 78-81 […]
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So what have we done for Kempo lately?
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments
A weekend in Connecticut - Kempo old and new.
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
This past weekend was a great experience. Chris Hatch and I took a road trip to Valley Shore Martial Arts, and got to work with our teacher, Professor Kimo Ferreira and his friend Motobu Chosei, Soke. Saturday night we had an instructors’ workout with just a few folks and Professor Kimo, and then Sunday was […]
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Outreach
April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
I currently work in a school, and my wife teaches at the same school. This past Friday I had the opportunity to share the martial arts with her students. For the last several years, I’ve done a presentation for the 7th grade Humanities classes. How does that fit in? They study the geography, culture and […]
Fitness and Fighting. Where’s the balance?
April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A couple of years back, I posted about a fitness kick I was on. Basically I considered them two domains at that point, with fitness in support of kempo. These days, I now have much better access to fitness facilities, so I’ve again pushed it to the front burner. This weekend, I was training with […]
