Last week in class I was told when I am able to do the SLT on one leg on each side continuously then I am ready for the Chum Kiu form. In the last couple days I’ve been sick, but that hasn’t stopped me from doing just that. My left leg is noticeably weaker than my right.
Here is my story. You will read this, and think “man, does this guy like talking about himself!” But I swear, every episode highlighted here has a ton of stories, and this long treatise is a manifesto of restraint and brevity on my part.
I got involved with martial arts when I was really young. My Dad was an old-school martial artist like you…Read more
Let me post this small novel in the correct media form this time. Shifu Ray pointed out I posted in Facebook open to everyone.
My Martial Arts experience started around 1965 when I was about 12 attending a YMCA seminar on Jujitsu. After the seminar, I talked my Dad into allowing me to learn more and signed up for some classes with an old man…Read more
I started as a kid. My father wanted to toughen us up , so he insisted I that me and my brothers take a taekwondo class. We did that for around 6 months then took a boxing class for awhile. When I was 25 I was working in construction and one of my co workers was a brown belt in taekwondo and was always talking about his art. One day I asked him…Read more
I grew up in Southeast Portland. Everywhere from the willamette river in Sellwood to 82nd and Foster were my stomping grounds. One of my closest friends and I spent a lot of our childhood doing hoodrat things with our older brothers/cousins. Staying out in the streets til 4 AM, drinking and smoking at such a young age provided a lot of heated and…Read more
Thanks Sam, I did my fair attempts at causing trouble in high school, so I think I can identify with you on the “hoodrat thing”. Thanks for sharing, I’ll see you in class soon
Thanks Sam, I did my fair attempts at causing trouble in high school, so I think I can identify with you on the “hoodrat thing”. Thanks for sharing, I’ll see you in class soon
