Master B's Web log

When I began karate classes in 1969 there were no kids in class. No kids even tried to come. There were a few teens like myself training but generally it was men and an occasional woman who wanted to train very physically. There were no pads, just bare knuckle sparring (until we thought about using boxing gloves). When I began teaching on my own it was just after the karate kid movie came out. My class was designed for adults and I didn't even take kids. I had a friend beg me to take his son because he desperately wanted to take martial arts so I gave in. We put him through the paces and he kept up. Eventually he turned into a talented teen and became my first Black Belt. These days we have tons of kids in class, kids of all ages. There are definitely benefits for students of all ages. From the tiny tigers to the adults we can all improvement from the mental, physical and emotional training. I love watching the kids as they accomplish in all these areas and especially ...

Over the years I have visited many schools and watched classes as well as trained with many great instructors. Recently I was in Los Angeles and I traveled to the Inosanto academy in Marina Del Rey. Inosanto was the protege of Bruce Lee back in the 60's and 70's. He has become one of the foremost authority's on Bruce Lee's system of Jeet Kune Do. Many guest instructors that have visited our school have often commented how nice our facility is and we have tried our best to have a professional training facility. After visiting the Inosanto Academy I was able to compare our school, children's classes and adult classes and feel that we have achieved a top place in the martial arts world. Honestly, I felt I was going to view some magical experience, super training facility and world class students. I think that our school would rate high in comparison in all these areas. I can see that every facility needs to be clean and bright, but the instructors need to ...

I just wanted to let everyone know how proud I am of these super students!