HIS Karate-Do

More photos have been added to the Photo Gallery, thanks to Sempai Robert! New albums: * Karate Praise & Worship Band – Don’t forget to come and support us this Sunday at NHPC! * Training, January 2, 2006 – First training session of the year * 2005 Tournament * More photos added to the 2005 Christmas Party album

Sometimes I think about how relative time is. I don’t mean the Theory of Relativity, wherein the passage of time is not thought to be a constant, but passes at a different relative rate, depending upon how close a traveler comes to the speed of light (186,300 miles per second) relative to a non-traveler. I mean, about how the same passage of time can affect persons of different ages/stages relative to each other. I began training in Aikido when I was 12 years old. Just like our ministry, the Aikido class was comprised of students ranging in age from children to grandparents. I really looked up to and enjoyed some of my older mentors. My interest in Aikido, however, gradually diminished and I stopped training altogether by the time I was 16 years old. I had punching and kicking on my mind. I found Shotokan at 18, and as you know, practice/teach the art until this day. I’m a little slower, 60 lbs heavier, and less flexible than I was in 1963. However, I feel smarter and stronger than I did back then…and I still get to attend training sessions in fellowship just like I did in the 1960’s…but that’s [...]