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At the time of writing this I hold a second degree black belt in Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate, a first degree black belt in Okinwan Kobudo, have done extended training in Jujitsu, Aikido, Iaido, Qigong, and have been regularly practicing both open-handed and weapons-form Tai Chi for the better part thirty years.
My first exposure to martial arts was a taking few months of Judo classes when I was seven. After my family moved to from Alberta to Ontario I looked for a replacement but wasn’t able to find anything I felt a connection with. I either didn’t click with the style being offered or with the instructors. My inner karate ka didn’t finally find a home until I was in high school and a friend told me she knew someone who was about to open his own Dojo.
Sensei Hans Meyer. A six foot, three hundred pound mischievous teen-ager in a grown man’s body. Highly skilled in his art, eager to teach with a natural knack for it to match, passionate about his particular style but also about all martial arts in general, and able to maintain the perfect…