On the night of January 19, 1979, Jerry Honda was feeling good. He was saying good-by to workout rust. He had, as so many karate students before him, let his foot off the gas after achieving his initial black belt rank. That […]
Old Dogs Do Learn New Tricks I am sixty-eight years old. That means I’m at the point where age alone is enough to affect my karate performance. It doesn’t bother me as much as you might assume it does. My local club […]
HANGING OUT BY THE DOJO, SAN FRANCISCO, 1981 The headquarters dojo of Goju-Kai Karate-Do USA was for many years located at Eighteenth and Collingwood in San Francisco. It occupied the loft level of a two-story commercial building that had seen better days. […]
