patfromlogan
Heavyweight

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Thanks Pat.

Woo me, you silver-tongued devil.

I just bring 'em out of the closet woodwork.

This is from a recent post of mine where someone was looking for a school:
You probably can't go wrong with what selfcritical rec'd with Straight Blast Gym or team quest, but I found, like in Hawaii, I didn't fit with Kyokushin anymore, but Universal Kempo, a Kajukenbo style split off, fit well. As Egan Inoue, of Grappling Unlimited Hawaii, a very good modern MT BJJ type school, told me, those Hawaiian Kempo guys are old school! And the heart felt dedication, openness to new techniques (BJJ, of course), self defense emphasis, Hawaiian Kempo brotherhood, and hard training made me feel right at home.

Egan's school is also a real good school, but it's full of 20 to 30 year olds in spandex... Universal is a fit for me because it has the great Hawaiian tradition and all sorts of students; both the thirty year old third dan cop who can kick your ass through the roof and the fifty year old chubby Chinese lady black belt (who'd really surprise a perv).

Thanks for filling me in. It's Daniel Shioi, not Choi, oops. I'd read his bio years ago and while I'm not in his class, we do have some similarities in our ma lives.

Here's the link to Sifu Shioi's bio. What a resume! http://www.shioiskajukenbosystem.com/Shioi.html

Thanks, man. It was exhausting, but if it keeps even a couple of people out of that place it's well worth it. Especially children.

oh god no, I just read that thread early this morning before work and thought very highly of your effort in writing all that AND your honesty. Reputation!!!