A picture after a particularly large training session, posing with Bo.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
4 Years of Training
Four Years of Tallahassee Karate Club!
December marks the 4th year of Tallahassee Karate Club at North Florida School of Aikido. It's been amazing so far!
I would like to extend a warm thanks to our Aikido brothers and sisters who have shared their wonderful dojo with us these years. It's an awesome dojo and I am very humbled and grateful for the welcome you have extended to us.
I would like to thank our karate students who are so patient with my teaching style, and dedicated enough to come back to training week after week and year after year. You rock!
Also, thanks to all of my training partners, mentors and friends in Kishaba Juku.
And finally, a very special thanks to my teachers: Paris Janos Sensei and Steve Harless Sensei, and their teachers; Kishaba Chokei Sensei, Kishaba Chogi Sensei, and Shinzato Katsuhiko Sensei. Without their efforts, there would be nothing for me to teach, and therefore, no Tallahassee Karate Club.
Domo Arigato Gozaimasu!!!
Here's to many, many, many more years of training!!!
Respectfully,
Bill Lucas
Head Instructor
Tallahassee Karate Club
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Asian Festival 2009
We recently participated in the Asian Festival by performing a demonstration of karate and kobudo.
This picture is of the whole class demonstrating Fukyugata Ichi.
We spent the majority of four classes preparing for the demo, and I think it went good and was well received.
I really do not have much interest in performing demos for audiences. It is hard to convey the essence of karate to an audience of non-martial artists. Fortunately, the Asian festival has a number of other martial arts demonstrations and there were many martial artists in the audience.
Some of the other martial arts demonstrations included Chinese Gung Fu, Filipino Kali, and Japanese Naginata.
I enjoyed watching the other forms and seeing the differences and similarities in technique and principles.
Overall, it was an enjoyable experience and I think we will participate again next year.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Cleaning my Garage
My Garage was my Dojo for many years.
Through the years, I trained alone and with others in my garage in the sweltering heat of North Florida Summer and the damp cold of Winter. I worked hard to always keep it clean enough to train in despite the ever increasing number of things I accumulated over the years. I added mirrors, got interlocking mats so I didn't have to train directly on the floor, and added other training devices. It was my haven for daily karate training.
Since I started Tallahassee Karate Club at North Florida Aikido, my garage Dojo has gone largely unused and the junk has accumulated more than ever.
As I approach my 47th birthday, I believe it's time to get my garage Dojo ready for personal training once again.
Making room for personal karate training requires discipline, time, effort, and perseverence, but what worthwhile things in life don't?
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