Amatsu Tatara
White Belt
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Hello
I have been involved in the martial arts for 40 years. I started out in Chinese kenpo with Rod Martin, larry Capps, and became a 3 dan under Ed Parker. I studied Judo in the early sixties and got my Shodan but everyone had bull necks but me, ouch. I lived in the San Francisco bay area for years and studied Praying Mantis under Paul Eng who is now in Campbell, California.
Over the years I opened Dojo in California, Arizona, and Montana. When I had played the sense song through and grown tired of its theme I stopped the tournament trip and began teaching kick boxing some of my fighters appeared on ESPN (under the old PKA).This was the late 80s early 90s, it is also when I noticed that tournaments had turned into games of tag and that there were an awful lot of martial art masters half my age, hmmm. By this time I had closed or sold all my Dojo and was teaching privatly. I began to close the circle content to hone my knowledge with solo practice. Now I am down from the mountain and looking to find out what goes on in mind of martail artists these days, wondering if I can contribute.
Thanks for reading this
I have been involved in the martial arts for 40 years. I started out in Chinese kenpo with Rod Martin, larry Capps, and became a 3 dan under Ed Parker. I studied Judo in the early sixties and got my Shodan but everyone had bull necks but me, ouch. I lived in the San Francisco bay area for years and studied Praying Mantis under Paul Eng who is now in Campbell, California.
Over the years I opened Dojo in California, Arizona, and Montana. When I had played the sense song through and grown tired of its theme I stopped the tournament trip and began teaching kick boxing some of my fighters appeared on ESPN (under the old PKA).This was the late 80s early 90s, it is also when I noticed that tournaments had turned into games of tag and that there were an awful lot of martial art masters half my age, hmmm. By this time I had closed or sold all my Dojo and was teaching privatly. I began to close the circle content to hone my knowledge with solo practice. Now I am down from the mountain and looking to find out what goes on in mind of martail artists these days, wondering if I can contribute.
Thanks for reading this
