All, I would third the call for Donnie Danner. I have know and trained with Donnie frequently for a lot of years. As Claudio said, very nicen but scary on the...
Donnie doesn't suck at all, on the opposite he is one of the finest instructors of Wado Gusekai, and a very nice guy, too. if I were in your shoes, i would...
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...
Joel, It would be quite a drive, but I am sure that Sensei Kirby in Portland, TN would welcome you to come train when you could. I am a shodan there. He is...
I agree that training on my own is not a good thing. It causes too many opportunities to develop bad habits without correction. As far as changing to another...
Joel, Depending on where you are in east TN you may be able to get to some of the Wado people in middle TN. Mike Vannatta who answered you message below is a...
Thanks. I did that almost two months ago. Sensei Patterson got wind of my continued search and emailed me back. He forwarded my email to Mr. Rippy at that...
Joel try contacting Mr. John Patterson at the USEWF web site. Matt ... From: Vanatta's Institute of Karate, Inc. <vanattaskarate@...> Subject: Re:...
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Hi, Sorry for the spam, I might be for a few month or even much more in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore and am looking for Wado dojos or just other Wado...
Sorry Joel, I have not contacted Joe for quite a while and that was my last address for him. Mike ... From: P B To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Mike, The icx email address for Joe appears to be invalid. Any help you can give me in helping to contact and/or locate him would be greatly appreciated. Joel ...
Dr Hideho Takagi will be giving a kumite and kata seminar in Ft Lauderdale, Florida as a part of the USANKF National Championships. On July 16th the kumite...
Joel, You can find Joe in Knoxville. E-mail is rippy@.... If I can be of further help. contact me. Mike ... From: P B To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Thanks for those who advised around DVD and reference quality works and content - a great start for the purchase re: what to avoid. Something to provide a...
Hi Brian, Having re-read your post and that of Mr Nash, I think that it may be possible that you are the same Brian that contacted me via Youtube back in...
Hello, I am new to the forum so I wanted to share a little about my martial arts career. My name is Joel Bain and I live the United States. I tried some other...
... Brian, Your best resource is in New Zealand. Robbie Smith. He is technically as good if not better than most of the Japanese instructors in the Wadokai....
Hi Brian I think Gary has pointed you in the right direction really with Champ, their productions are all high quality although the kata one is perhaps not the...
Hi Richard, Thanks for that, will do. Gary ________________________________ From: Richard Mosdell <rmosdell@...> To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hi Gary, I contacted Champ for you today to check on your order (I know one of their editors) and they said your order did not come through somehow, otherwise...
Hi Brian, I have the DVDs produced by Champ featuring the JKF Wado-kai Senior Instructors performing the 15 Wado Katas and I would say they were definitely...
Hi to everyone. I've been delaying the purchase of some Wado resources from overseas for a while now (I live in New Zealand - so finding anything Wado locally...
Hi all, Â I'm hoping someone can direct me to an online copy/listing of the FEW European Wadokai Championships 2008 results. I've searched online and found...
The 3rd Annual Japan Experience Home Stay for high school students will be held again this year from July 26 to August 9. The program is hosted by the...
... I think you bring up a valid point, but there are perhaps some very solid reasons for karate in the Olympics. This has been discussed on the forum before,...
The answer is to look towards Jigoro Kano. There's an excellent book, "The pyjama game" Mark Law? Gives a damn good explanation of Judo, its development and...
I'm probably being a heretic here, but what's the big deal about karate in the olympics? What is it good for? What's in it for me? I guess the underlying...
This is exciting to read. I like the reasoning. It does not seem like hitting the ref would be that big of a deal since it happens in other sports and not...