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I practice Ashihara Karate since one month ago.....with sensei Fabian Merino....he is very young but know enough to teach 15 of us..... I also practiced Okinawa Te three years and proudly obtained a brown belt  but I left to practice that style for personal reasons....
I also practice a few months Tae-Kwon_do and obtained a yellow belt...but  didn't learn enough as I wanted....

Now that I'm practicing Ashihara......I expect learn all I can of the  style.....The Ashihara of Panama Invited us to a Tournament in May 2.000.....I hope we will do great perfomance.... Well...I don't know what else to say.....if anyone have another question I  will answer....thanxk to Hossain the list Adm and the rest of people...your comments are very userful.... thanx...

Back in Kentucky I earned my nidan in Tae Kwon Do under Young Su Kang in 1986, and through the
World Tae Kwon Do Union in Las Vegas in 1992. In 1994 I received my Shodan in Shotokan under
Osamu Ozawa. I switched to Shorin Ryu/Seidokan in 1994 and was promoted to Godan in 1997 through
Juko Kai. Soon thereafter I converted to pure Okinawan Seidokan. I received my Godan and Shihan
Menkyo (Master's license/certificate) from Seidokan founder, Master Shian Toma in 1998. In addition
to my continued study of Seidokan, I have begun studying Shaolin Gung Fu and it's link to the Okinawan
and Kempo karate I have previously studied. I currently teach Seidokan Karate and Kobudo, as well as
Kinkoshinkai Shorinji Ryu Kempo, which is my own mix of pure Seidokan with the Shaolin and Kempo.
I have been married for 11 years, and have five beautiful and talented children. In addition to teaching
karate, I continue to casually pursue acting professionally (which was my field of University study). I
also teach piano lessons, publicly as well as to my own children, and sing at various public, private and
professional functions."

After wanting to study martial arts since childhood, I finally started a few years ago when I was 29. I currently study Ju Jitsu and Chito Ryu and hold the rank of Green Belt. The entire art fascinates me - kata, sparring, bunkai, turning Karate moves into Ju Jitsu controlling techniques and just about everything else that's thrown in. The work-outs, the basics, the repetition - it's all part of a whole for me and I approach every class as such.

The problem of having practised with good seniors and teachers is that, one finds it very easy to find problems most classes.  And so for the last 6 years I have been drifting in and out of classes.  I'd join, practise for 2 weeks and quit - to the extent that it became a standing joke in my family that I was just conning myself that I loved the art and I wasn't fooling anyone else.  My biggest problem has been the atmosphere of the dojo.  The classes would have an unwelcoming atmosphere and most of the students
(especially the seniors) were more interested in proving a point and/or starting their own classes.  Also, I'm still not at the point where I can practise all by myself.

And so, I've ended up joining tae-kwon-do (just 3 weeks ago) - It's the state team and they'd won the nationals last year.  The spirit of the class feels quiet and peaceful and more importantly I feel at home.  The students are there because they love the art - they're good fighters and enjoy practising.  :-) Normal aches and pains of starting up - old and a familiar friend.  But this is the first time in these six long years I feel good about waking up at 0530 to practise.  Zero stamina, no speed, reaction time is totally shot - I'm happy putting on my old white belt and starting again. But there're small signs that it'll come back one of these days.  Let's see how it goes.

I have been training karate (Funakoshi Style - based upon Shotokan) for more than 25 years.  I am very involved in karate at a Regional aswell as National level.  I run two components:  Karate and Self Defence Workshops. Self Defence Workshops cc is seperate from karate, aswell as its image.
I did a workstudy on rape many years ago and am continually researching this subject.  Self Defence Workshops does not only teach the women self defence techniques, but we also educate them on rape prevention.  My book on rape prevention and Self Defence for Women will be launched in April/May this year. Please visit my website:  www.selfdefence.co.za

Very nice meeting all of you, I have been reading some of your communications, and thanks to Hoosain - this is a wonderful opportunity in gaining more knowledge and making new friends.

In 1999 - the founder and the Chairman of The Phoenix Karatedo Association, Ukraine. Sensei Snyegir'ov is Branch Chief and official Country Representative of the Ukraine in The Phoenix Karatedo Association. He is responsible for development Phoenix Karatedo in the Ukraine and for the karateka progress. Sensei Snyegir'ov achieved his Yondan in November, 2000. He grew a lot of talented karateka and instructors, including Sensei Natalya Snyegir'ova and Sempai Pavel Dolgoruk. Now train Yudansha and the advanced Kohai in Hombu Dojo in Nikopol. Leads the program on Goshin Jitsu and Bo Jitsu.

Soller is the founder and Chief Instructor of Phoenix Karatedo Association and the La Roche College Karatedo Club. Until 1994, he served as the Chief Instructor of the Mount Saint Mary's College Karatedo Club, which he founded in 1981. The highly successful organisations promote the traditional and educational values of Karate by emphasising an individual's development and human potential. Soller's classes are taught in a disciplined atmosphere which incorporates a hard style of karate, and direct, proactive movements. He was the All Breaking Champion under Elmore and his only student to reach Shihan rank.

In 1979, Soller was awarded a full teaching scholarship to develop the martial arts program at Southern Illinois University. While there, he trained hundreds of students and redesigned the curriculum to better reflect karate's aims and goals and meet students' needs. Having served as Chief Instructor for Elmore before teaching in Illinois, Soller has also organised and developed karate clubs in Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. He is the author of "Teaching in the College Dojo"  (1983), and the "Club Guidebook" (1984), as well as the latest edition of "The Phoenix  Karatedo Guidebook" (1995). He is currently holder of the seventh dan.

A college administrator by profession, Soller holds academic degrees from The Richard Bland College of The College of William and Mary, James Madison University, and Southern Illinois University. He serves as a Vice President and Adjunct Professor at La Roche College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He resides in Pennsylvania with his family and two Labrador Retrievers.

Mr. Stanley was one of the first twelve martial artists elected to the Louisiana Black Belt Hall of Fame. In 1998 he was also inducted into the International Isshinryu Hall of Fame.

Over the years Sensei Stanley has trained police officers, sheriff's deputies, FBI, and Swat Team Members.

He regularly conducts martial arts and self-defense seminars throughout the United States.

He is currently the chief officer survival instructor for the National Association of Certified Interdiction Officers. This organization was founded to better educate police officers in the detection of illegal drugs.

His martial arts gym, Clyde Stanley's Karate and Self Defense, has been named one of the "Top 100 Martial Arts Schools in North America". In 1998 it was chosen to be the "Dojo of the Year" by the International Isshinryu Hall of Fame.

It's nice to know that many  people are learning Karate all over the world. I will try to keep brushing up my sabaki skill in Zambia. I'm thinking about visiting S.A., especially the Senpai Narker's head dojo, but we are not allowed to visit other countries except Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe.  I don't know the reason why(maybe some political reason, like Apartheid they use to have), but the situation is improving,  actually one coordinator told me that the Japanese govt.. would change the regulation shortly, so I still have chance to visit S.A.

My original interest in the martial arts was motivated for the most practical reasons: as a kid, I got beat
up a lot. As the smartest kid in class, as well as the youngest (I was advanced a grade), I was a favorite
target for bullies. So when I was about ten years old I began to take ju-jitsu classes offered by the local
recreation council, with Sensei Mary Ann Ahrens. I continued that for two years or so, and learned some
valuable self-defense skills. Eventually I lost interest, as kids will; but that early motivation has inspired
all my subsequent practice. I remember what it is like to be on the receiving end of physical intimidation
and violence, and so I'm much more concerned with martial arts as defense than as sport.

A few years later, in 1985, I began training in Seido karate with Sensei Neal Pendelton. Later I trained
under his teacher, Sensei Marion Ciekot, who was then Seido's Maryland branch chief. Sensei Ciekot
left Seido about five years ago, and I now train with Sensei Kate Barrett-Stewart. I assist Sensei Kate
with teaching at the Howard County YMCA, and (with her permission) am considering starting my own
program within the next year or so.
I hold the rank of nidan, awarded to me by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura, founder of the Seido system, in
1998.

I practice a form of TKD based on the Chang Hun patters and am gradually moving more and more away from the sparring and sport aspect into the Hyel Sul, Bungai and Kupso areas of the art.

I regularly attend Prof Rick Clarks ADK seminars and I am a member of the ADK as well. I'm actually hosting him on Nov 18 if there are any brits on-line who might be interested.

To supplement my training I also practice Kempo Ryu Karate and Shunryu Kempo (with the only instructor outside of the US).

I started to publish an ezine with such martial artists as Patrick McCarthy, Erle Montaigue, Rick Clark, Vince Morris and Steve Rowe all agreeing to give interviews or let me use their articles. Unfortunately by the third articles costs and time prevented me from bringing out a fourth edition. However, the project is only sleeping and I fully plan to re-launch the ezine, hopefully in the near future!