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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:03 pm
I just joined the guild, and I'd like to introduce myself a little better now that I'm officially a member.
I'm not just a hobby martial artist, or a self-defense nut, martial arts are my way of life (as I'm sure are many of yours here).
I live in a 7,000 population hick town called Polson, Montana, and a dojo is a very rare thing to come by here. My first masters were forced to leave town because only myself, and two other students were paying our monthly dues on a regular basis. They ended up having to live in the dojo and were evicted because of it.
I continued training, and always have been, visiting other dojos and training with my friends. I eventually moved to Spokane, Washington for a while, and trained at an onikawan karate dojo for a short while.
I'm now back in Montana, and after training in another dojo for some time, there is no longer a master to carry on the school. The Shihan of the school went in for several major surguries, and can barely walk now. The Sensei who was in charge afterwards had his rank revoked for DUI. Now the only one left to teach the school is someone with less martial arts experience than me (considerably less). Now I'm back to the same old thing, training alone. I don't see this entirely as a bad thing though, because it really helps to get in touch with the true meaning of martial arts, rather than to beat people up.
If I were to claim a religion/philosophy, it would be Taoism, if I were to claim a style, it would be Muay Thai.
Also, out of curiosity, where is everyone from?
Am I the only Montanan in the group?
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:13 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:56 am
Hehe appologies, its been a bit quiet since the guild migration.
Welcome to the guild matey, thats an interesting mix of things you've done.
For the record I'm from the UK
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:54 pm
That is a pretty interesting backround. I have been migrating between dojos in a similar manner ever since I started martial arts (about 10 years ago). It is frustrating when you can't stay with one dojo for whatever reason.
That aside, however, I would like to say 'WELCOME' even though I am rather new myself (joined in August). I am from a mountain town with a population of about 20,000 in Southern California; it is basically a hick town that is slowly becoming more modernized as the years go by.
Well, I hope you like it here!
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:11 pm
Oh boy, my little hick home town is starting to grow too. Actually, most of the people migrating in are from California.
It is frustrating not having a dojo family to go to, but Bruce Lee didn't have a master. I rather enjoy being creative with my training.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:21 pm
Ah, the life of the dojo-less warrior. There's a TV show on Discovery I think called "Go Warrior", it's about a guy who travels the world training in different art with different masters. That's the job for me.
My best training was in college. There were many styles available, so I got the best of a wide variety while still training in my core style.
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