Sorry folks, I really didn’t take a ton of pictures at Karate College this year. I wanted to train with sincerity, and I wanted to be fully present. When you look at the world through a phone screen you don’t really see it. You see only its doppelganger — its soulless twin.
It was a great weekend. Not sure you can get 2 1/2 days of quality martial arts instruction anywhere else for just $219.00. Plan to go next year. It has been held at Radford University the last weekend of June since 1988.
Hope I see you in 2020.
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- Here’s the Karate College flyer for this year.
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- Jun Fan Kickboxing Cert. from Dr. Jerry Beasley
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- My Combat Sambo 1 Certification from John Miller at http://grapplingsports.com/
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- My Karate College 2019 graduation certificate
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- Derrick Bostick and the rest of Karate College getting ready for Karate College graduation
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- Oh Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do of Tazewell getting ready for their demonstration. A great crew led by K. C. Addair (far right)
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- Sessions are all day (8 AM to 9 PM) and all ages, from teens to age 72 (that’s the oldest I’ve met so far anyway)
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- Michael De Pasquale Jr of DePasquale Ju-Jitsu fame.
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- John Miller of grapplesports.com — brown belt in BJJ (Rigan Machado), 2nd degree black belt in Aikido, 3rd degree black belt Kondo Bujutsu, certified instructor in sambo, kickboxing, and wrestling. He will break off your legs and eat them wangs no sauce.
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- Random people practicing their moves
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- Derrick Bostick (l) of USA Boxing and Bill D’urso (r) Shihan, DePasquale Yoshitsune Traditional JuJitsu
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- Bill “Superfoot” Wallace hamming it up with the kids
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- Bill Wallace posing with some chucklehead
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- John Phipps of American Martial Arts Systems is one of my favorites at K.C. I make sure I take his Krav Maga sessions every year — John rocks. Didn’t get a pic so I stole this one from his website. https://www.myfitnessone.com/
Robert Mitchell Jr. 