The new guy in the snow

David43515

Master Black Belt
Hi, I`ve been lurking about a week and figured I`d join in the fun.
My name`s Dave Young and I`m an American living in Northern Japan. I`m 42 and teach jr high and high school English in a ski resort town here.I started out with Kung Fu when I was a kid back in Ohio, and as teachers or I moved I got into Karate, Kali, and just a tiny bit of Silat. I`m hoping that I can learn more because I really enjoyed the Silat and how it fit in so well with what I was already doing.
This town is really tiny. About 2,000 people. There`s a small Judo club but it really doesn`t interest me like striking arts do.
I love to cook, and learned lots when I arrived in Japan and the only job I could land at first was working in a resturaunt 14 hours a day. Now I keep happy baking for some of my friends and students.
I worked weekends as a bouncer in college, but never had any big dramatic fights. I also ran the Kung Fu program at a friend`s dojo for 2 years, but I just taught and never got into the business side of running things.
Hope to learn a few things and have fun here.
Thanks!
 
Welcome aboard David, it sounds like you have a lot to contribute to the site. Hope to see you around on the board.
 
Welcome to MartialTalk.
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If I may recommend that you should seek out some Bujinkan training while you are in Japan. It has some similarities with Silat and well it is a lot of fun.
 
Welcome aboard, David. It sounds like you're having an interesting time in the Land of the Rising Sun. Hopefully you'll find that MT is a place where you can find and generate interesting discussion. Bringing your experiences of life in Japan to the fora would make for a fascinating read I'm sure.
 
Well you guys seem to be the friendliest bunch I`ve seen in a long time. I`m glad to be here. (Especially since it sounds warmer than Akron. I`m from just west of Toledo myself.)
 

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