Chat 2001 Archive USA Karate Fed

----THE KWANMUKAN SPRING SYMPOSIUM was excellent and the study of the esoteric Variable Ippon Kumite Standards was very intense. Karate has a hard side and it was shown very clearly and amazingly, without injury. This was indeed special training and tapes of various publishable parts of the sessions are available.

----DEATH - Condolences to Shihan Jerry Andrea, whose father, Joseph A. Andrea, 86 of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died May 27,2001. Joseph Andrea was born in Akron in 1915. ----Shihan Jerry Andrea’s KMK Black Belt brother John Andrea, has been named Clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls City Council

----KOBUDO EXPERT Shihan James Caldwell, USAKF Secretary General reports from the USKK July Grand Internationals in Peoria that US Karate-Do Kai Director GM Phil Koeppel has named him in charge of that their Kobudo program.

----SHERIFF RETIRES - Sheriff Larry Overholt has retired from his position of Sheriff of Ashland County. He is teaching karate and we suspect his eye is on the State Legislature. He is a very popular Republican office holder was twice elected Sheriff without opposition. The new Sheriff has continued the recognition of Colonel for Hanshi Anderson. n Hanshi Anderson (Colonel-Ashland County Sheriff’s Office) and his wife were guests of Sheriff Larry Overholt at the 4th Annual Victims of Crime Service Awards Banquet and Child Abuse Prevention Month Kick-Off co-sponsored by the Ashland County Prosecutor Office and the Ashland County Department of Human Services with the honored presence of Ohio State Attorney General Betty Montgomery.

----POLICE - Shihan Robert Magnuson, distinguished police officer from Canfield Mahoning Valley CMA is receiving wide acclamation for his “Stops!”book. Robert is currently finishing up his masters degree. PHOTO n

----BIRTHS - Hanshi Anderson reports that he now has two great-grandchildren. The latest is Megan Nicole McCartney. Sensei Lesley Anderson who is on the way to visit her new granddaughter in California. Furthermore, Hanshi’s granddaughter, Neico Anderson, daughter of Sensei John Anderson, lives in Flagstaff, Arizona is winning recognition for her art work.

----UNIVERSITY KUDOS (Shihan) Dr. Brian Pendleton is codirector in the creation and operation of the Decker Family Development Center, a comprehensive social services center in Barberton, Ohio which has won an Ohio Breakthrough Practice Award for year 2000 cash prize of $50,000. The Decker Center is run by the University of Akron, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron An Barberton City School. Dr. Pendleton has also received $13,126 from the Community Partnership of Summit County as a sub-grant of the US Department of Justice, Juvenile Accountability Inventive Block Grant for “Drug-Free Communities Support Program.” Dr. Pendleton also presented a paper titled “Defining New Directions for Ohio Even Start Evaluation” at a Columbus, Ohio conference of that group and presented a paper titled “Commentary on the Quality of Health Care for Underserved Populations” at the Workshop on Improving Pharmaceutical Management in YOU Clinic for the Underserved at NEOUCOM. He was also a Key presenter for the workshop titles “Women’s Effective Self defense” as part of the “Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine Violence Prevention Month.”

----INSTRUCTORS COURSE - This brings up the subject of the Kwanmukan Instructors Course--which is going extremely well and is full of usable of not vital information. All the attendees are learning how to conduct classes in a safe and traditional manner and to present technical knowledge in such a way that the students can understand what they are required to do, how it fits into what they already know, and why it is of value to them. About 40 people are enrolled into this vital project and the results will soon be readily apparent.

----US COAST GUARD AUX - The Kwanmukan has about 70 members involved with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and who are training in procedures and operations. About 30 are also taking the USCG AUX Instructors Course and will be certified as such in due course. Hanshi Anderson, Shihan Feldman, and Raymond Jones, Jr. are Flotilla Commander and Nick Antonides, Lance Weimer, and Robert Toma Vice Commanders. The US Coast Guard is the second largest law enforcement body in the USA and we feel that in the future, the training is valuable to Kwanmukan members. Shihan Raymond Jones is the Division Staff Officer for Career Counciling and if any of you juniors or senior in high school who have good grades and might want to go to the Coast Guard Academy for several weeks next summer, expenses paid, you should talk to him and he might be able to arrange it.---KMK Black Belts Flotilla Vice Commander Mike Antonides and wife Becky spent 3 days on the tall ship Red Witch working as crew members and learning further seamanship for their own sailing boat (yacht).

---- INSTRUCTORS CERTIFICATION LAWS - We should also note that New Jersey has passed into law a requirement to license all martial arts instructors and a similar bill has been introduced in the California Legislature. The Kwanmukan is on the ball first as usual.

----A REALLY GOOD GOLF ROUND - We incredulously report that KMK Black Belt Ray Sprankle has struck another blow in his sports career in boxing, karate, and now golf. While golfing at the Ponce De Leon Country Club in St. Augustine, Florida, he sank TWO Hole-in-Ones and had 3 Eagles in the same round. Believe it or not!

----USJU-JITSU OF OHIO - Shihan Mike Dunphy hosted the 2001 USJJ of Ohio meeting in May and he was elected President, Bo Kimly from Columbus -Vice President, Jerry Carson-Secretary, and Nick LaBasi-Treasure, both from the Canton CMA.

----HUMOR ON THE USAKF AND THE OLYMPIC ARGUMENT - The USAKF used to be the Olympic member for karate but the game became miserable and in some respects still is. The fusses are really humors and the following just fits: "A duel was fought in Texas lately, by Alexander Shott and John S. Nott. Nott was shot and Shott was not. In this case it was better to be Shott than Nott. There was a rumor that Nott was not shot, but Shott swears he shot Nott, which proves either that the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or that Nott is shot notwithstanding.” Many thanks to Horst Reschke h.reschke@worldnet.att.net who writes: "I found the item below in the April 1867 issue of `Printers' Circular.’”

----USA-NKF GOSSIP - We hear that the USA-NKF laid an egg at the USA Open when the went head to head at the same day with a tournament scheduled by Alex Sternberg. The $12,200 in cash awards offered did not do the trick and Sternberg won the majority of competitors with the few left over going to the USA-NKF. It is reported that President Thiry was furious.

--------Hanshi Anderson describes the great contradiction between prominence and notoriety vs.true wisdom and leadership through the words of Jim Elliot: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

----LAKE ERIE AAU TKD - From Jack Pyles: On May 12th the Lake Erie League Tae Kwon Do AAU held its National Qualifier and J.O. Qualifier in Streetsboro.This is the first time in many years that the LEAAU TKD is becoming active again.This was a very small qualifier but none the less a very good starting point for both the AAU as well as anybody considering Tae Kwon Do activities.They featured Forms, point sparring (modified from what we are used to) and Olympic Sparring (total different take on what we do).It was very well ran and the competitors as well as administrators where very friendly and helpful to those who have never participated in an TKD AAU event. Shihans Ellis, Hickey as well as CMA Canton had participants. In the forms Adam Pyles took first place running Kong San Goon. You had to run a kata appropriate for your rank or you where disqualified.This was something that was new to all of the KMK participant since Korean Kata was mandatory! In point sparring Adam Pyles took 3rd place (allot of penalty points) trying to get used to the rules especially concerning head contact. In Olympic sparring he took second place behind the AAU 2000 Heavyweight advanced champion. The Olympic rules are very challenging since you use no hand gear and head shots are only allowed with direct foot contact to the facial area, as Adam found out when a heel got jammed up his nose. Blocking of the kicks becomes a major point and tears your arms apart. I guess that's why they suggest forearm protection! Unfortunately we had none and you pay the price. In the olympic sparring he almost was DQ'd due to excessive contact to the head, a natural reaction from regular sparring. I highly recommend these tournaments over some of the open tournaments for those who are willing to try and get used to the rules. KICKING is a MUST!!!

----USNKF WV State Spring Qualifier - Our Troops went to the USNKF WV State Spring Qualifier with the following results. Dr. Dunphy's Dojo: Sean Carlin: 3rd kata, 2nd kumite--Alysha Kassim: 3rd kata, 2nd kumite--Heidi Marshall: 1st kata, 1st kumite--Jacob Miller: 2nd kata, 1st kumite--Adam Pyles: 4th kata, 3rd weapons, 2nd kumite--Nicole Pyles: 1st kata, 3rd weapons, 2nd kumite, 3rd team kata--Stephen Rakocy: 2nd kata--Jeff Ellis Dojo: Beshoy Eskander: 1st kata, 1st Kumite--David Ames Dojo: Eleni Horattas: 3rd kata, 3rd team kata--Elya Horattas: 2nd kata, 2nd kumite--Sophia Horattas: 2nd kata, 3rd team kata--Robert McHalffey: 3rd kata, 2nd kumite--Justin Muesal: 3rd weapons, 4th kumite--Ryan Muesal: 3rd kata, 1st weapons, 2nd sparring Pete Timoch Dojo: Brenda Rivers: 2nd kata, 2nd kumite

----ADAM PYLES GOES TO COLLEGE - Adam Pyles, 14, has been home schooled and he has passed his ACT with flying colors!!! Out of this years grad classes across the country he finished overall in the top 18% and in math and Science in the top 13% (not bad for a 13 year old when he took the test!). He has been accepted at several of the local state colleges. Adam met with the Dean of Kent State this morning and has been accepted into the Graphic/Visual Design Program. It is one of the countries best programs for this field. Their placement is 98% for graduates and over half the class starts internship after 2 years, many of the students have interned with Disney and DreamWorks in the past.

----NOTE FROM REX SNYDER IN TEXAS - Received a nice note from Rex Allen Snyder, one of the senior CTA Black Belts, formerly from Mansfield, Ohio -- “ Hope things are well with you and your family. I travel doing nuclear health physics (radiation protection). Hopefully I will be able to stop by and see you when I get back into the Ohio area. God Bless...Your student and friend, Rex A. Snyder address: PO Box 385, Elm Mott, TX 76640-USA club: Professional American Karate Systems, rexasnyder@aol.com

----June National Training Camp in Jackson Mill, WV hosted by USNKF General Secretary Roger Jarrett (7th Dan Director of USA Martial Arts Training Centers). Hanshi Anderson really likes Shihan Jarrett and he has his full support in his efforts for the USA-NKF and featuring Shihan Kyoshi Yamazaki 7th Dan. Shihan Mike Bukala, Jack and Adam Pyles, Robert McHalffey, and Hanshi Anderson drove down. Hanshi was well received and enjoyed meeting Shihan Yamazaki, a long time associate. During Chimbara play at party time. A boy was doing all comers in with the nunchuku. Adam Pyles chose the swords and was soon chased out for “whopping the smoke” out his opponents and being a “bully.” See what training does.

----BONG SOOL - Sensei Brian Arnold and Adam Pyles are doing very strong Bong Sool practice which includes fighting with the bong (bo) without padding. Very, very strong indeed and if any of you great bo-men would like to try your hand or learn more, we will show it at a special future work session. In the meantime, this are exercises ONLY for those who practice. It is not exaggeration to say that Sensei Arnold is living proof of the efficacy of following Hanshi Anderson to the letter. His use of weapons is simply superb.

----COMPETITION KUDOS - Congratulations to the KMK athletes who have kept the excellence in competition alive. Adam and Nicole Pyles, Karen Horattas, David Ringeis, Chad White, Greg McElroy to name a few. Shihans Mike Bukala and David Ames have been fantastic floor coaches and have made the hard work of the Shihans realized in sport karate and jujitsu.n Shihan Mike Dunphy has been very successful with its first “Bring-A-Buddy” day as an opportunity to introduce neighbors and friend to the martian arts and share a powerful and positive experience together .n Who teachers more daily classes than Shihan Jeff Ellis. Guess how many?

----Hanshi Anderson has been named International Advisor for the Ju-jitsu International Federation. The JJIF is rapidly approaching Olympic status with its complete participation in the World Games, which itself is a member of the Olympic family.

----CANADA JU-JITSU HAS OLYMPIC RECOGNITION - Canada has now recognize Canadian Ju-jitsu as a member of the Canadian Olympic family and the US Ju-jitsu is in the process of filing its own application to the USOC.

----ANOTHER CERTIFICATES FOR GEORGE ANDERSON - Hanshi Anderson has received a 9th Dan certificate from the Korean Martial Arts Instructors Association authorizing him to mobilize the Changmookwan in the USA. Hanshi and others are looking at plans to go to Korea this October to meet with important officials and to talk to old friends. The delegation will be large and if you want to go, see Hanshi Anderson right away. The total trip is about $2000 and that includes most everything.

----HISTORY LESSON OF THE MONTH --Here are some facts about the 1500s: (Got this somehere, not original -don't know who to credit)---Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.---Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children-last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it-hence the saying,"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." -- Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice rats, and bugs lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof-hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. ---This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. --- The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entry way-hence, a "thresh hold." ---They cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while-hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."---Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." ---Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.--- Most people did not have pewter plates, but had trenchers, a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Often trenchers were made from stale pieces of bread which was so old and hard that they could use them for quite some time. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms and mold got into the wood and old bread. After eating off wormy moldy trenchers, one would get "trench mouth."---Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."---Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up-hence the custom of holding a "wake."---England is old and small and they started out running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, one out of 2 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

8/15/01 -- Hall of Fame --The USAKF - USJJ - Central Taekwondo Association Hall of Fame is now a really big deal as it is a true Honor, and cannot be bought or finagled. You actually have to have done something extraordinary. Running a big commerical gym is an accoomplishment but won't get you in here.

8/15/01 -- USAKF/USJJ Police PSDI Seminar will be led by Charles Plaines on Saturday just before the USAKF Nationals.

8/15/01 -- USAKF Secretary General James Caldwell has just returned from a trip to visit his wife's family in Guam. He will post a state-of-Guam-martial-arts report here soon.

Dear Mr. Anderson, Good to hear from you, hope all is going well. I did not attend the NKF nationals but had several black belts that went and they reported to me that there were maybe 1000 competitors. You know how they can inflate numbers by adding all the people that did kumite and then add all those that did kata and then kobudo to get there total competitors and all. :) I haven't done much with the NKF since I resigned as General Secretary. Sport karate only made up about 10% of the interests of my students and I haven't missed the expense of traveling to support the cause. When the USA Karate Federation was running the show, I felt that the American teachers had a fair shake. Once Thiry took over, a definite Japanese flavor took over. Having a background in Taekwondo under Pat Burleson and later a Chinese Kempo and Okinawan Shorin Ryu lineage, I knew I was always a second class citizen with the NKF. Unless your Japanese or at least have a Japanese Sensei you will always be treated differently under the current administration. I know that American Karate has great roots, great teachers and excellent potential in is athletes. To limit the participation to only one select group is a pity, and truly hurts us internationally I think. In the late 60's and early 70's Texas (blood and guts) karate was a power house, and to see these individuals discriminated against is a travesty and that is why I refuse to support an organization that is filled with prejudices and biases. I am sorry to hear that there was problems in the referee core, because that is where our students can get hurt. I remember when Igaki got drunk, tore up his referee license in front of everyone and threatened to beat up Sensei Tanaka of Alaska. I voted to kick him out of the federation for his actions, but Thiry ended up promoting him to head coach due to his connections. What a web we weave in the political arena, huh? As far as the problems with New York, I am sure that everyone knows that he did something against Thiry. Thiry has retaliated in the typical method and is trying to destroy him. Out of the 4 original vice presidents of the NKF, Alex Sternberg, Carl Hultin, Dan Kennedy and Gary Tsutsui , only Gary remains active today. The rest have been forced out because they were not enough of a yes man to fit in with the Hayashi-Ha methodology.--Should the current administration change, or should the USA Karate decide to take back the NGB position so that a grassroots effort to take care of its members, then I might reconsider my evolvement at the national level. Currently I am enjoying teaching here in Colorado Springs. Respectfully, Terry Bryan --Former RSO Chairman, USA Karate --Former General Secretary, USANKF

Terry, Can I post this ? ---Best Personal Regards, George Anderson---Yes Sir you may post it--Terry

8/21/01 -- The new summer 2001 KIwanmukan newsletter is posted. Click here to go there.

8/15/01 -- USAKF/USJJ Police PSDI Seminar will be led by Charles Plaines on Saturday just before the USAKF Nationals.

8/15/01 -- USAKF Secretary General James Caldwell has just returned from a trip to visit his wife's family in Guam. He will post a state-of-Guam-martial-arts report here soon.

8/1/01 -- Regarding the NKF From: Terry L Bryan, kyoshibryan@juno.com

Terry, Can I post this ? ---Best Personal Regards, George Anderson---Yes Sir you may post it--Terry

7/31/01 Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Joseph Lease USA-NKF National

I am writing in response to some very erroneous information that you have allowed to be posted on your web site concerning the 2001 USA-NKF Nationals. First of all the OFFICIAL competitor count was just at 4,500. That is competitors only and does not include spectators and support staff. As for the bit about the USA-NKF of New York, it is clear that you do not have all of your facts straight on that issue, so there is no reason to fill in the gaps of your knowledge with falsehoods. It is extremely unprofessional and disrespectful as a martial artist to post information like that which clearly only has a defamatory intent.

As far as athlete interest and selection go, be assured that the best interest of the athletes and the selection of the best team to represent the United States is the top priority of the USA-NKF. For anyone who doesn't believe the best team was selected, I would like to see the fighter who could beat George Kotaka, Jim Buchen, or any of the current US Team members. Ask yourself if you think these aren't the best people because they really aren't, or if your person was beaten, and you are upset by that.

As for the added comment about the refereeing, I don't know what tournament that whoever posted this attended. This was by far one of the best tournaments in history for referees with no major injuries, and a very low number of minor ones. A view from a tape can be quite different that the one in the ring, and I challenge anyone who thinks they can do better to join me in the Referee Course next year, and help us all to see better as referees.

Finally, I would like to clarify the Doug Pelinkovic issue. Mr. Palenkovic was did receive shikaku for the period of five years. The allegation that he assaulted members of the Referee Council are very incorrect, and whoever posted these obviously is misinformed. Anyone interested in the full details of Mr. Pelinkovic's shikaku, can and should contact the USA-NKF National Office for the public report of the occurrence.

I would like to sum up in saying that I feel it is extremely unporfessional for an organization to post negative comments about another organization in a monitored public forum, such as this one. It does damage to both groups, and to karate-do as an art. Please eliminate future incidents like this one, so we may see karate-do grow and achieve the place it truly deserves in the greater community of sport.

Reply ---Thank you for your notes and we hope that you can make some further commentaries to enlighten us. We really have no experience in the business of national federation (Ha!) and it is refreshing for you to lecture us on intent and content. We are sure you are indeed an expert on such matters. We have no interest in defaming the National Governing Body for karate at all and are sorry if you do not agree with what we post. If you would be so kind as to set us straight, we will post your response.

We are sure that there are gaps in our knowledge. Why wouldn’t there be? Where do you post ALL the information that is of interest to the entire USA regarding OUR national governing body for Karate? If you have such a place, we will visit it, but until that time comes, we rely on what we consider RELIABLE sources. The NY fuss is of interest to everyone in Karate and we are sure that the major magazines will discover it in due course without our assistance.

For your comment that ?As far as athlete interest and selection go, be assured that the best interest of the athletes and the selection of the best team to represent the United States is the top priority of the USA-NKF.? We hope that is indeed a fact that is supported by the consensus of your athletes. And we don’t have anyone in the team trials so the idea that we are sore losers in baseless.

For the post on the incident with the referees, we have received communication for and against. However, as we cannot ascertain the factuality of the material posted we have simple deled it and replaced it with information from the you fine people. The tape we are still waiting to see. Regarding the size of an event, the true size of all tournaments is a question and we have a perfect right to comment on it. We are used to counting crowds and our estimates have absolutely nothing to do with who we send to compete. Would you rather we did not compete? Why would you think we are so interested?

We feel that we keep an even and fair hand on our organization and we post information that is of interest to our group and many others. Everything the NKF does is of interest, both good and bad. We like commentaries from people like you but we cannot let you dictate our standards and tell us what to do. That is just like the Democratic Party telling the Wall Street Journal what to publish.

For the general tone of your letter, we do not feel superior, inferior, hostile of friendly to you. We are not involved with your operations and seek no influence. For the most part, we feel that people like you represent and show the true interests of your organization. And, I might add, we know little about you, although you and you club are on our mailing list. If you see me at any future event, it would be nice if you would come up and say Hello.

I would like to sum up by saying we with the NKF good luck in representing the USA in the Olympic related events and we are sorry that you take our posting as negative in nature, when actually it is not so. We have the best of relations with many of your personnel and support your efforts to make karate in the USA better. However, you are not the arbiters of karate in the martial arts of the US. That sense goes to the many practitioners of which the NKF represent only a small part.--Personal Response from George Anderson

7/31/01 Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Joseph Lease USA-NKF National

For your comment that “As far as athlete interest and selection go, be assured that the best interest of the athletes and the selection of the best team to represent the United States is the top priority of the USA-NKF.” We hope that is indeed a fact that is supported by the consensus of your athletes. And we don’t have anyone in the team trials so the idea that we are sore losers in baseless.

7/31/01 --Subject: Fwd: NJ Law on Karate Instructors From: Walter O'Neill, WONJr@aol.com

As I told you I along with several others in New Jersey are trying to stop this "Proposed" bill. I however have some strong people on my side, as you can see from this e-mail. ----- From: Bassai16@aol.com----Dear Walter: Please inform Mr. Anderson that he is incorrect. As you know, there is no law on regulation in NJ. I have monitored the progress (or lack of it) for the past year and a half. --The real story is that identical bills have been introduced over the past few years. "Introduced" only means that they have been written, assigned a number and , the Senate secretary/Assembly Clerk read the bill's title aloud. The Senate President/Assembly Speaker then referred it to a committee. Neither bill has even been scheduled for discussion in their respective committees. --march 20, 2000 Senator A. Bucco, 25th district (parts of Morris County,) introduced his bill S1119 in the Commerce Committee. Nothing has been done on it since then. On December 11, 2000 Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, 26th District (also in Morris County), introduced a companion bill to the Assembly Consumer Affairs & Regulated Professions. Nothing has been done on it since then. There is an election in November. The Legislature will not be meeting until then except for very specific higher profile issues (ie. Judiciary is meeting regarding racial profiling, certainly more of an issue than karate). Also, each legislator has the opportunity to pre-file up to 10 bills for the next session. In as much as Sen. Bucco sponsored well over 100 bills last session, many dealing with actual issues, prefiling this one is unlikely. Assemblyman DeCroce sponsored at least 75 bills. Ditto! Bear in mind, prefiled or not, there is still a process that needs to be followed that takes time, including a 2nd and 3rd reading, a house vote, referral to the other house in the legislature, action from the Governor etc. --realistically, neither bill is likely to be pre-filed. However, although the sponsors have changed over the years, the issue of Martial Arts being regulated does continue to surface. My advice to every interested party is to remain in contact with your legislators. Stay in contact with the any legislator that sits on those 2 committees. These bills died natural deaths with their previous sponsors because of pressure from the martial arts community. --be informed on the process and remain involved and there should not be a problem! - TTYL - Aggie Roncaglio - Aide to Senator Garry Furnari - 36th Legislative District

7/26/01 --Subject: USANKF Nationals -- This was received by us from email with the request that the sender's name be held. We also hear about the same thing from our competitors who attended the event.

I heard that the USANKF had less than 1,000 competitors at their Houston nationals, but they are claiming 5,000. Also, there seems to be a problem going on in New York with accusations of missing funds, claimed against New York USANKF, by the top leader of USANKF. New York seems to be the unfortunate scapegoat for someone, but they are protecting themselves well with proof, etc. Very sad indeed that honesty and athletes' interests don't appear to be top priority. Also, I agree with the fact that USANKF national team members aren't supported for transportation, etc. Maybe this is why we see people making the team that aren't really qualified, compared to other deserving talent, just because they can afford the cost of the ticket. Boy, this really makes for a top notch team to represent the USA. Well, I guess there is a benefit to this though... the USANKF won't have competitors complaining about travel cost if they understand that in order to make the team, you have to be sure you can afford it!! USANKF leadership claimed to have spent $600,000 in travel expenses in the last quarter (per their national report). ????????????(Maybe this what is reflected as write offs on parents income tax returns).

----We also hear that the refereeing was not really great, but isn't that the same way all over, after all they are just human and we make the same mistakes. We did review the tapes we made there and there were really some bad calls. One puzzlement is that we cannot understand why round-kicks to the arm were called as points. Strange! - or was it an error? Consistent?

We should also note that New Jersey has passed into law a requirement to license all martial arts instructors and a similar bill has been introduced in the California Legislature. The Kwanmukan is on the ball first as usual. Now, I'm not sure but I don't recall that bill becoming law just yet. Aggie works for the State Senator that is on that committee and I, along with many others have called, written and attempted to stop this bill and those that are trying to get it passed (Buddy Amato was one of those). Aggie, please look into this when you have time. I will contact Hanshi Anderson when we have the up-to-date information.

7/30/01---Subject: US Ju-Jitsu Nationals/Update From: Jose Rodriguez, SENSEIJR1@aol.com

Hello NBFA students, Family and Friends! I hope all is well in your lives! I just wanted to thank everyone for their positive encouragement and continued support! Sempai Charles and I have returned from the US Ju-Jitsu Nationals in Ohio. It was a great event and the qualifier for the NORTH AMERICAN CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held in Ontario, Canada, September 29th and 30th . We brought home the GOLD in DUO (self-defense division) and KUMITE (fighting division). In addition, we have qualified for the US JU-JITSU TEAM to represent USA at the North American Championships against Canada and Mexico. In 1999 Ju-Jitsu was recognized as a FULL OLYMPIC WORLD GAMES SPORT by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and next month at the WORLD GAMES in Akita, Japan the IOC flag will be raised. This is a monumental step for Ju-Jitsu. We see Ju-Jitsu being as big, if not bigger, than JUDO which as you know is currently an Olympic Sport. We are extremely excited with the opportunity we have been given and invite all of you to take part in this Ju-Jitsu movement! Thank you again for your continued support and positive encouragement. It is much appreciated! Also, I have a new email, it is as follows: renshijr1@hotmail.com Please update your records. Thanks again, take care and God Bless! Jose Rodriguez, Renshi Eastern Regional Rep. - N.B.F.A. Inc. Bushido Dojo Mary Esther FL 32569 (850) 302-0582 Websites: www.bushidodojo.com www.niseibujutsu.com

7/26/01--Why am I not on the site? and HOF?USNKF From: Jim Cottrell, former Chief of Operations, USAKF

Hi Friends, I have gone over the web site, relived the controversies, perused the Hall of Fame and seperate honoree's lists. I am confused, didn't I spend half my adult life and most of my ioncome in your group? Love to all.

----Dear Jim, Good to hear from you and hope that you are doing well. Yes, you were one of the main operators on the USAKF and indeed are famous, at least to us. You should have your biography and picture and all the important things you did up on the site for all to see, but -- we only post those persons information who come to the Hall-Of-Fame and are formally installed. We are a little behind on the postings but I am sure we will catch up. Get up here! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU HERE. And call me sometime!

2/6/01 -- Ontario Provincial Cup-Hamilton Canada February 24th 2001 trip by some Ohio Kwanmukan dojo, reported by Jack Pyles

The Canadian tournament was a great success overall. In kata I think our people really shined, we might not have taken all the places, but our kids showed we are tradition and thats what it is about! We had 13 competitors and they all placed in the top 10 places in every event. Some people might think that not to well, but considering there was 1100 competitors, and the fighting was primarily Tae Kwon Do they did extremely well. Most of the competitors are also new to these types of events. I give Mike Bukala and Debbie allot of credit since they both competed and still where able to be at almost every event to see are kids compete. They ran 19 rings, 10 always running and 9 rotating for breaks and practice. Soon as I can transfer all the footage I'll get you a copy. Having 3 different dojo's plus the Hombu represented made it a true KMK effort. It is also helping bring allot of the kids closer together, veterans like Adam and Heidi have been trying to help the new ones adjust to these types of situations. Even though some of them are older they are asking Heidi and Adam for help since they have been doing this for awhile. Nosa's instructor course I think will help even with this, dealing with the different ages and abilities is sometimes hard in a tournament situation.

Everyone was well behaved and represented the organization really well. The promoters where surprised at how well are people did in the different forms such as the Korean and Chinese. Most of the divisions ran between 14-19 people, some of the weapons where at 35+ competitors. Any releases that are issued in Canada, all competitors are listed as CMA Akron with Nosa as their instructor since this was a International Tournament. We made allot of really good contacts as far as possible future events and hopefully bringing some of them here for a larger tournament in 2002 if it's on a Saturday because of drive times. The Canadians really treated us well and Mike knew some of the Master from his competition days way back when. Its funny watching Heidi and Adam talking to some of the competitors for 5-10 minutes than finally realizing the people speak no English. Several countries where represented as well as much of the Upper East Coast, there was defiantly some of the finer open competitors there. Adam had competed against a few in the past like at Koepel's in July.

Thank you gentleman for letting us have the opportunity of taking these kids on the road, most of them have become extended family for me and Deb and Mike. The older kids are really forming a bound and trying to look out for the little ones, patience is a virtue!!!!

Coaches: Mike Bukala-Advanced Students---Debbie Pyles-kids kyu ranks---Synchro Kata Coaches-Mike Bukala, Adam Pyles

Results based on dojo's: Adam Pyles (CMA Canton, Akron CMA, CVCMA): 1st Chinese Adult Kata, 2nd Jr. BB Korean Kata, 2nd Jr. BB Weapons, 5th 14-15 Jr. BB kumite, 6th open hand Jr. BB 14-17 kata

CMA North Canton----Debbie Pyles (CMA Canton Akron CMA): 2nd Chinese Adult kata, 7th Masters Weapons (no lower rank for the senior divisions)----Nicole Pyles (CMA Canton Akron CMA): 3rd 8-9 Advance Kata, 3rd 12 and under advance weapons, 4th 8-9 advance kumite----Jacob Miller: top 10 in Advanced Kata And Kumite 10 year old----Heidi Marshall: 5th place 15-17 Jr BB Kata, top 10 kumite and weapons----Alysha Kassim: top 10 Beginner kumite, kata and weapons

CMA Valley----Karen Horattas: 2nd place adult Korean Kata, 2nd Place Adult Advance Kata, 6th place Adult Weapons, top 10 kumite----Elya Horattas: top 10 Jr BB kumite and kata----Eleni Horattas: top 10 Jr. BB kata----Sophia Horattas: top 10 Jr BB kata---Robert McHaffey: top 10 Jr BB kumite, kata, weapons
Shihan Ellis----Beshoy Eskander: 5th place Int. kata, top 10 kumite
CMA Akron----Mike B.: 4th place weapons master division
Team Kwan Mu Kan Synchro Kata representing CMA Akron----Eleni Horattas, Sophia Horattas, Nicole Pyles 1st place Jr. BB's (Basai Dai)

2/4/01 --Lineage of gymnasium of late Supreme Grandmaster Ki Whang Kim -- Jason Hill, jason.hill@worldnet.att.net

Good Evening: I wanted to express to you how much I enjoyed reading your website about Shu Do Kan Karate. It cleared up a lot of questions about the lineage of my dojo. I will do my best to keep this message as concise as possible. My name is Jason Hill and I train at Kim Studio in Washington, DC. My instructor is the late Supreme Grandmaster Ki Whang Kim. I have been a student of Kim Studio since 1982 and presently hold the rank of 5th Dan. Grandmaster Kim passed away on September 16, 1993. Grandmaster James K. Roberts, Jr. now runs the dojo. He keeps the traditions of Grandmaster Kim and of Shu Do Kan alive in our dojo. Even though our founder is Korean, we feel that our lineage is Okinawan in origin. Grandmaster Kim studied the Shu Do Kan karate style under Toyama Kanken at Nihon University in Japan. This was during WWII when Japan occupied Korea and forced many Korean men into service with the Japanese army. I vividly remember Grandmaster Kim talking about his training under Toyama Kanken. It always brought a glimmer to his eye. I would like to learn more about the lineage of the Shu Do Kan style. I appreciate your efforts in preserving the teachings of Toyama Kanken. Many more of my fellow practioners are interested as well to learn about the teaching of Toyama Kanken. I can be reached at either jason.hill+AEA-worldnet.att.net, or at jason.hill+AEA-us.randstad.com. The website for my dojo is www.kim-studio.com. I look forward to hearing more from you in the immediate future. Take care.

----Dear Jason, Thanks for the note. Say Hello to James Roberts for me, you can tell him that he probably remembers me as a student of Il Joo Kim from Akron, Ohio. We have very good connections with the Toyama dojo and would be most happy to put you on our contact membership list for the International Shudokan. This is not a pay for membership but is a list of everyone we feel has authentic roots to the Shudokan. It lets us have your information on hand and if anything special arises, you will be notified. Of course, it swells our international membership numbers, but the list is confidential and you have no obligation at all. It is merely a friendship, recognition, and talk to list. Is that OK with you and we would be more than pleased to have GM Roberts permission also. If you want to join as a supporting member, you can, but that is another matter and you have to request it I am a student of Chull Hee Park and have 9th dan from Nam Suk Lee, both students of In Byung Yoon, as student of Toyama. GM Mr. Park was a close friend of GGM Ki Whang Kim and for a while had a gym in Silver Springs also. We are thinking of inviting Michio Koyasu from the Shudokan over here to say hello and go over the history of the Shudokan. In the meantime, I am copying this letter to the "Encyclopedia of the Shudokan," President James Caldwell. George Anderson

8/15/01 -- USAKF/USJJ Police PSDI Seminar will be led by Charles Plaines on Saturday just before the USAKF Nationals.

8/15/01 -- USAKF Secretary General James Caldwell has just returned from a trip to visit his wife's family in Guam. He will post a state-of-Guam-martial-arts report here soon.

Terry, Can I post this ? ---Best Personal Regards, George Anderson---Yes Sir you may post it--Terry

7/31/01 Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Subject: USANKF 2001 Nationals Joseph Lease USA-NKF National