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IKKAShihan Rick Smith  
P.O. Box 1473
Rutland, VT 05701
The Spirit unlike the body never grows old just expands and becomes wiser - R. Lenchus

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Real Nice Iado Demo:



This is a very nice Demo.


ORGANIZATIONS:
Legend Gates Karate
Kawanabe Karate Do
Legend Shotokan Karate


Favorite Web Sites:
Yahoo Answers.
This is a great place to ask a question and get varying opinions with no chance of being removed because you have a different view, Different views are good and has helped society prosper and overcome differences and advance our standard of living.

Historian of Martial Arts and Webmaster.
Corrector of Ways
Keeper of Tradition
Egoism, Godlike people, making decisions before thinking them through. thinking you are still a Sensei and expecting students to call you that and bow to you on the common street or such, that is for the Dojo floor only. Each of us are Masters of something and all deserve common respect.











About Me:

Currently I just tested for my Sandan in Shotokan and have been with it since 1990. Before that I was kickboxing as a sparring partner for proffesionals in NY, and before that I trained in Kenpo for 12 years and hold a Nidan and I also trained first in TKD and received a Shodan when I was 18 for they do not give children black belts out when I was a boy. i had to wait till then and go back and test for the rank even though I had been away for awhile. I started that at age 5 and I am 36 and have spent 31 year of my life in MA and it is a part of my life just as breathing it and I take it very serious. I am open to mistakes,we all make them however as much as one must be willing to accept their mistakes others must as well accept when they are wrong. We all make errors.



MUSIC I LIKE




Books

Gichin Funokoshi
Zen Flesh and Bones
Iado and Kendo
Lau Tzu Tao Te Ching
Zen in the Martial Arts
Tao Of jeet Kune Do
Sci Fi Books and Fantasy


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