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Posted April 11th, 2018 at 10:13 AM by kolakoski
Well met!
I've been studying Karate for 22 years. I've occasionally commented upon it herein (see Heroscape & Karate - Martial Arts, Birthday Meditation, All Good Things Must . . .) Last week, I promoted to Sensei (4th degree Black Belt) in Kenshikai Karate.
New Sensei
(on the right)
Below is an extract from my promotion essay:
I did not begin studying Karate until I was 46 years old. I had only recently begun to work out, after meeting and marrying (six years previously) my wife, Babs, who had recently become an instructor at the Vanderbilt YMCA. Karate was initially a way to learn the basics of working out - how to move myself, and some light weights and cables, efficiently, such that I didn't hurt my previously sedentary self, but it soon became much more than that, its lessons ... |
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