Post by supergroup7 on Aug 21, 2007 19:57:12 GMT 8
Seeing as how I am nominated for the IAOMAS award, and that I live far off in Winnipeg, Canada, I was asked to give a brief intro of myself to those who will be voting.
Brief? Now THAT is a challenge for me. How do I put so much into a small amount of words?
- Mom of 7 children ( with one autistic teenaged boy)
- Wife of a loving husband
- suffers a severe skin condition called psoriasis
- Had to homeschool autistic son 8 years ago to help him cope with academic, and social skills. Ended up homeschooling all 7 kids. Needed some sort of exercise program, started taking kids to nearby "free" karate lessons led by a fantastic kind knowledgeable Shotokan Sensei.
- Fell in love with kata, and risked taking my (then) 39 year old almost 200 lb out of shape body into the dojo to learn how to do kata.
- suffered many physical obstacles: shin splints, pre damaged hip, fainting, fear of almost everything, shoulder issues, etc.
- met Shihan Colin on Karatetips forum, and offered to help him with editing his manual. Became good friends with him.
- lost my former Sensei, and my home dojo. He had to stop teaching. I looked for a new home.
- found my Kyokushin Sensei. Appreciated his manner of teaching, his knowledge, and his character. ( I still thank God for this gift of a Sensei.)
- Started training in two arts at the same time, on average doing 52 instructed hours per month, and adding as many at home practice hours as possible to keep both arts separate in my mind.
- found a Shotokan dojo to train at.. continued advancing in rank until achieving Shodan.
- met Shihan Colin, and Sigung Tim White in Dallas, Texas to train with them for 2 days. (This is one of the greatest moments for me.)
- Was asked to become Sensei of my own dojo... embraced that responsibility, and taught for 6 months.
- Realized that I did not share the same philosophy as the Shotokan Sensei, put in my resignation as Sensei, and walked away from Shotokan training, entirely.
- Dedicated myself totally to my Kyokushin Sensei as one of his lead belts.
There are a whole lot of little sideline occurances that happened, but I think that this is my karate "life" in a nutshell.
Brief? Now THAT is a challenge for me. How do I put so much into a small amount of words?
- Mom of 7 children ( with one autistic teenaged boy)
- Wife of a loving husband
- suffers a severe skin condition called psoriasis
- Had to homeschool autistic son 8 years ago to help him cope with academic, and social skills. Ended up homeschooling all 7 kids. Needed some sort of exercise program, started taking kids to nearby "free" karate lessons led by a fantastic kind knowledgeable Shotokan Sensei.
- Fell in love with kata, and risked taking my (then) 39 year old almost 200 lb out of shape body into the dojo to learn how to do kata.
- suffered many physical obstacles: shin splints, pre damaged hip, fainting, fear of almost everything, shoulder issues, etc.
- met Shihan Colin on Karatetips forum, and offered to help him with editing his manual. Became good friends with him.
- lost my former Sensei, and my home dojo. He had to stop teaching. I looked for a new home.
- found my Kyokushin Sensei. Appreciated his manner of teaching, his knowledge, and his character. ( I still thank God for this gift of a Sensei.)
- Started training in two arts at the same time, on average doing 52 instructed hours per month, and adding as many at home practice hours as possible to keep both arts separate in my mind.
- found a Shotokan dojo to train at.. continued advancing in rank until achieving Shodan.
- met Shihan Colin, and Sigung Tim White in Dallas, Texas to train with them for 2 days. (This is one of the greatest moments for me.)
- Was asked to become Sensei of my own dojo... embraced that responsibility, and taught for 6 months.
- Realized that I did not share the same philosophy as the Shotokan Sensei, put in my resignation as Sensei, and walked away from Shotokan training, entirely.
- Dedicated myself totally to my Kyokushin Sensei as one of his lead belts.
There are a whole lot of little sideline occurances that happened, but I think that this is my karate "life" in a nutshell.