Newsletters from 2011
Greetings martial artists: Hope all of you are well and training hard. I just returned from Wisconsin (see photos below) where we had a long weekend of martial arts hosted by Sensei Todd Anderson. Sensei Franco Sanguinetti from San Diego was there as well as many other sensei from around the country. The curriculum included Matayoshi kobudo taught by Sanguinetti sensei, karate, Continue reading
Greetings Martial Artists: Just thought I’d let you know how Alan Goldberg’s event went in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The place was packed as usual. There were about 1,500 people at the banquet and the trade show and seminars were well attended.
Got to see many old friends and martial arts “Stars!” Michael Jai White (man crush) was there promoting a new movie along with Bill Wallace, Joe Lewis, Dan Severn and many other greats. As long as I’ve known Shihan Dana Abbot– oddly we’ve never done kendo together. Continue reading
Greetings Fellow Martial Artistes! Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Now it’s a new year and it’s back to training hard again! In 2010 I got to start the year off as usual at Alan Goldberg’s Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is always a great event with many martial art celebrities, seminars, awards banquet and trade show, etc. (www.ActionMagStore.com). During the year we had many folks come and stay at the honbu dojo and train. In May Sensei Todd Anderson organized a very well attended seminar in Madison, Wisconsin. We covered all the bases including karate, jujitsu and kendo. There was quite a turn out along with sensei Sanguinetti of Los Angeles who taught Matayoshi kobudo. Continue reading
