You never forget how to ride a bike — maybe I’m just extraordinarily stupid, but I’ve proven that one wrong. I was spending the weekend with a girlfriend in a small Japanese village and had volunteered to make a conbini (a wonderful little Jap-English corruption of “convenience storeâ€) run for some drinks. Since it was a nice day, I figured that, rather than drive…
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
This past weekend, I participated in the first ever Tokaido Regional Meet, and I had a great time (but I’m almost always having a great time). This tournament very much resembled the 2nd Kanagawa Meet I wrote about in February in a number of ways. First, it was held in the same location — the Tokai University Budokan. Second, the competitors, judges, staff,…
Unless there’s a damn good reason not to (like our 30th Anniversary Tournament last year), American Taido hosts a yearly practice excursion sometime during the summer. We load up the cars, stock up on beer, and drive the entire school to the beach for three days of practicing and partying together. Year after year, summer camp is…
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.
