Summer is Here
22/May/10
Graduations have happened and school is out (for most people). Take some time to vacation with your family but don’t take a vacation from your training. There will be several opportunities for fun and improvement this summer. My friend Bob Beasley is putting on his U.S. Karate Championships in Mesquite on June 19. This is always a huge event and they will have the final competitions at night up on the big stage featuring several well-known martial celebrities.
You may know that I also head up the Gospel Martial Arts Union organization headquarted in Indianapolis. We have scheduled a Southwest regional clinic on July 17 at the Richardson, Texas YMCA. I am excited to have world champions Troy Dorsey and William Shelton coming to share their expertise. Most of you also know grandmaster Duane Ethington who will also be one of the teachers. Since I am an adjunct professor at the Dallas Theological Seminary I’ll have a theologian and professor to present a lecture over lunch (which, by the way, is included in the cost of the clinic). I am about to send my latest book off to the publisher and it should be back in time to give all the attendees a copy. Go to www.gmau.org for more info. You can sign up in advance for this event by picking up a form at one of the YMCAs.
I have also been announcing in class that the publisher of my 2008 book, “The Complete Guide to American Karate and Tae Kwon Do,” has made a special deal to the AKATO to sell them for almost half price. They are $9.25 plus tax so make it an even ten bucks. You can order them on the resources page.