Welcome to the 2nd day of this new tool and I am getting use to how to use this for the betterment of our mutual karate-do. I look forward to the coming year and learning more and sharing that new knowledge with those who connect with me and want that knowledge as do I. Part of the coming year is the plan to bring to Cincinnati a wonderful sensei of Shotokan karate-do and former student of Asai Shihan and Yahara Shihan, Mr. Andre Bertel from New Zealand. He is easily seen on Youtube.com on video's such as this one,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sCwEte1Zsw The month planned for this is in April and I should have something fairly concrete in the next 2 to 3 weeks!
In the meantime we are having a holiday party at the Honbu dojo in Cincinnati Ohio for all members nationwide and internationally. Our membership currently spans through Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Japan, Argentina, with Brazil and Bosnia pending. We have several states in the USA that have representation as well. We are of course a small Federation with no hopes of growing to epic proportions rather to develop strong and unified Japanese Karate-do with strong tradition and Budo spirit. The only requirement for membership other than practicing traditional Japanese or Okinawan karate-do is that you desire to keeping the true spirit alive and the absence of ego.
It is my hope that this coming year I can help everyone forge ahead with their own goals and achieve them in due course. Remember this, it is not how much you know or how many kata's you know rather how well you can do what you know. It is about QUALITY and not QUANTITY. I know, I know over 106 kata and think I can do about 4 or 5 fairly well. After nearly 50 years of karate I can honestly say that from experience. If I can offer any other advice it would simply be...."Shut up and train!"
Humbly your friend through karate-do,
Dwight Holley
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