In that case you could try Donnie Danner. He is affiliated in some way with Bob
Nash of this forum. I have not met Donnie, but if Bob will have him, then, as a
mutual acquaintance would say, he must not suck too badly.

Donnie Danner used to be in Joelton, which is actually closer to you by time
than Mr Kirby.

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opportunities to develop bad habits without correction. As far as changing to
another style goes, I like this style too much for that. I'll figure out a way
to make it work, and without "flailing" being involved.
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> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, tenkhan1600 <rgoad@...> wrote:
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> From: tenkhan1600 <rgoad@...>
> Subject: Re: [Wado Forum] Returning to Wado-Ryu after many years
> To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com
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Wado people in middle TN. Mike Vannatta who answered you message below is a
very good instructor who trained with Mr Rippy Back In the Day. There are also
wado people in SC, but they are pretty far away in Columbis and are a different
group. So depending on your geography you can try one of them.
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distance learning. If you start a study group you might be able to train with
the SC people periodically and make some satisfactory progress. Mr Vannatta's
programme is more for the regular attendee, but I he has accepted me during
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continued search and emailed me back. He forwarded my email to Mr. Rippy at that
time. It appears that Mr. Rippy may have my contact info, but has requested that
Sensei Patterson not give his email address out to others. His phone is also
non-listed. So I will hope to hear from him, but will move forward with my
training one way or the other. If one is training with a true heart and only for
the sake of training in itself, that is how it has to be anyway.
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career. My name is Joel Bain and I live the United States. I tried some other
styles of karate and also a little judo before I found out about Wado-Ryu.. I
loved it from the start. Under the instruction of Sensei Joseph B.. Rippy (6th
Dan), I earned the rank of 1st Dan in 1988. For personal and career reasons, I
stopped practicing karate for several years. Nagging injuries contributed to
this as well. In the mid 90's I took up tai chi and continue to practice that on
a regular basis. I am now practicing all my karate forms again, and am hoping to
locate a sensei for private and/or group instruction. My efforts to locate
Sensei Rippy have been unsuccessful. He was, without a doubt, the best
instructor that I have ever had. The several posts about Wado-Ryu dvd's caught
my attention. I am now looking to order these to help continue in my practice.
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practicing in Wado-ryu again. I live in the Eastern part of Tennessee and there
are no Wado-Ryu instructors that I know of in this area. There are many in West
Tennessee. This may be where I will have to travel in order to receive further
instruction. The dvd's will help though. Thanks to all of you for the posts
about them.
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