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Ten years isn’t an especially long time. It’s about long enough for a mere two billion tons of sediment to be eroded from the Grand Canyon – widening it just a few inches. Ten years ago, the internet was “new” (to most folks), mobile phones were exorbitant, and I knew everything there was worth knowing….
Profile Head instructor – Bryan Sparks – 3dan also Laura Sparks – shodan Shelley Matthews – shodan Bolot Kerimbaev – shodan URL – defunct Phone – nope Schedule – Course info page @ GT Campus Recreation Center History
It’s potentially interesting to note that there have been no written examinations for black belt promotions in America for several years. This is sloppy administration. A quality school offers quality instruction, tested through quality evaluation methods. I believe that Taido requires intellectual understanding as well as physical ability, and as a result, have always taught…
i have included is the verifiable official histories of taido groups representing the lineage of my taido group up to 1984. from 1984 onward, the events and descriptions listed constitute my personal observations.
This year will mark the completion of ten continuous years of operation for the Taido club at Georgia Tech. We are the first group to have successfully administered a Taido program in the United States outside of the honbu dojo. We are also the only non-commercial Taido practice group in the country. This year, we…
What follows is the text of a letter I sent to my instructor on 10 February 2006: TO: Mits Uchida President, United States Taido Association CC: Bryan Sparks, Mitsuaki Uchida, Buddy Fossett, Robert Pope, John Clerici, Mike Cowan Sensei: This is a letter I have wanted to write for a very long time, and I…
