Writing, scripture study, study of martial arts history and technical books. Drawing and paining, music, and old cars as well.
Oh yes, I enjoy martial arts websites.
BOOKS
Taegeuk Hyung WTF (Cho)
Blackbelt Hyung WTF (Cho)
Masters Kick (Cho)
The Heart of Kendo (Craig)
The Secrets of Taekwondo (Lawler)
The Tao of Jeet Kune Do (Lee)
The Shotokan Karate Bible (Martin)
The Advanced Shotokan Karate Bible (Martin)
Karate Basic Manual (Pfluger)
Dynamic Aikido (Shioda)
I am the owner and head instructor of my small home studio, Sullivan Traditional Arts Studio. I teach hapkido and kumdo primarily. I am also a part time kumdo and taekwondo instructor at a local dojang.
Outside of martial arts, I am a single custodial parent, who has a day job in addition to my home studio and other teaching commitments, so as you can imagine, my life is very busy and hectic!
This season has been hectic! Between work, training, and family stuff, it has kept my plate very full.
2011 for Korea is a nice goal, and my passport is good for a few more years, so no problem there. I certainly have the vacation time too. Have to see where things are at next year.
How have you been? Hope all is well!
Daniel
Well my wife and I are going through a ugly divorce which sucks, but by the time we get to Korea maybe i will be able to bring a new wife home.
Hey old man how has the season been treating you. I have been out of training for a couple of weeks for personal reasons, but now that i am back in training I will be around move often.
I hope you are ready for korea trip in 2011so we can do that instructor program together. My wife will be very happy to get rid of me for a week! Odds are I am sure your kids will have big plans for that week as well.
At one point you asked about sparring with weapons. My school has just started a weapons sparring program, although I believe it's only for the kids. They wear face guards and full sparring gear, and spar using bo staves covered with foam padding.
My instructor said my son, who loves sparring, is even better at sparring with a weapon, and it even improves his stances. I'm delighted.