instructors
New schools mean new instructors.
Zhi Zhuo Li of California Kungfu & Tai Chi:
Saffy and I have been taking Kung Fu classes with Master Li. Very entertaining guy. Obviously extremely competent, good business acumen. English is somewhat poor, but vastly entertaining.
Me:
Master Li:
Saffy:
Me:
Master Li: No, no, no! Completely wrong, completely wrong!
Mike Agoff of the Bay Area Martial Arts Academy:
Landon and I have been taking Hapkido classes (plus workout) with Mr. Agoff. Former cop, now teaches cops self defense, very much into the practical applications of the stuff he teaches, kind of an odd mix of gruff and social, fairly entertaining.
Mr. Agoff: If I have a knife, I just grab it and I cut <'cuts' the student> and I cut <'cuts' in a different place> and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut, and then I just hold on while you bleed out and there's nothing you can do.
[paraphrased]
Mr. Agoff: In a real fight, you need to be aware. I was teaching a seminar and there was a cop recently who was grappling a guy, and the guy bit his testicle. And then what do you do? You have to keep that sort of thing in mind. To do this in a fight, you should kneel on the guy's face, not straddle it
Student: So who won?
Mr. Agoff: The cop. The cop always won.
[paraphrased]
Masaru Ogihara of the San Mateo Kendo Dojo:
Usha has been taking Kendo classes with Mr. Ogihara. Apparently, he reminds her of Mr. Miyagi. Like many -do schools of japanese origin (Aikido, Iado...), they don't believe in talking much. Especially not in english.
Mr. Ogihara: The japanese will come naturally.
[third-hand quote, probably paraphrased]
Zhi Zhuo Li of California Kungfu & Tai Chi:
Saffy and I have been taking Kung Fu classes with Master Li. Very entertaining guy. Obviously extremely competent, good business acumen. English is somewhat poor, but vastly entertaining.
Me:
Master Li:
Saffy:
Me:
Master Li: No, no, no! Completely wrong, completely wrong!
Mike Agoff of the Bay Area Martial Arts Academy:
Landon and I have been taking Hapkido classes (plus workout) with Mr. Agoff. Former cop, now teaches cops self defense, very much into the practical applications of the stuff he teaches, kind of an odd mix of gruff and social, fairly entertaining.
Mr. Agoff: If I have a knife, I just grab it and I cut <'cuts' the student> and I cut <'cuts' in a different place> and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut and I cut, and then I just hold on while you bleed out and there's nothing you can do.
[paraphrased]
Mr. Agoff: In a real fight, you need to be aware. I was teaching a seminar and there was a cop recently who was grappling a guy, and the guy bit his testicle. And then what do you do? You have to keep that sort of thing in mind. To do this in a fight, you should kneel on the guy's face, not straddle it
Student: So who won?
Mr. Agoff: The cop. The cop always won.
[paraphrased]
Masaru Ogihara of the San Mateo Kendo Dojo:
Usha has been taking Kendo classes with Mr. Ogihara. Apparently, he reminds her of Mr. Miyagi. Like many -do schools of japanese origin (Aikido, Iado...), they don't believe in talking much. Especially not in english.
Mr. Ogihara: The japanese will come naturally.
[third-hand quote, probably paraphrased]