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Martin's Martial Arts Resume
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I have been training or teaching in some form or another since 6th grade. Here is a summary of my training:
| Judo | Jan 1982 - June 1985 | 3.5 Years |
 | I began training in Judo in elementary/middle school along with many of my friends. Our instructor handled us well and must have been pretty good, I think he won several Belgian championships as a teenager. | Marc Tasnier |
| Karate | Sep 1985 - Mar 1986 | .5 Years |
Hap Ki Do  | This was at Panzer Barracks in Boeblingen (Stuttgart area) Germany. We mostly learned how to spar. We really didnn't learn many formal techniques. | Gary, Van Carrigan |
| Kempo | Oct 1986 - Aug 1988 | 2 Years |
| Chi Lin Kempo | This was in NJ under a student of my uncle's (see below) who had trained a lot in ShotoKan. This style was sort of a hybrid that my uncle created for those people with a Karate background. We practiced the Heian and Teki forms, we also practiced applications called 'horse stance basics' which I found very interesting. During this period I gained a good feel for various wrist locks and I greatly improved my general body control. | Robert Burger, Dale Biles |
| Kung Fu | Jan 1988 - Jan 1992 | 4 Years |
 Chi Ling Pai, Pa Kua, Arnis (Decadena) | My uncle studied many martial arts and was very good! It was very hard to pinpoint exactly what he was teaching at any moment. We practiced a lot of Kung Fu forms and again, many "horse stance basics". The Arnis we practiced was slanted mostly towards using a stick (instead of a bladed weapon.) and very effective | Dennis Decker, Chris Ascari(?) |
| Wing Chung | Jan 1993 - Mar 1993 | 3 Months |
| |While in Rochester I decided to venture into the "commercial" world of martial arts but I did not find it very worthwhile. I did however learn how important some people think lineages are. | Steve Lee Swift (moved to FL) |
| Kung Fu | Sep 1991 - Aug 1995 | 4 Years |
| Chi Ling Pai, Pa Kua, Arnis (Decadena) | During this time period I was teaching mostly what my uncle had taught me, both the Karate and Kung Fu forms. Along with empty hand techniques, I further explored my Arnis. | |
| Arnis | Jan 1998 - Sep 1998 | 9 Months |
| Doce Pares | Doce Pares was a sword based Arnis style. From this training I learned to better move off-line and I gained a solid understanding of sword and knife disarms. Most importantly, Bob taught me the value of different training methods such as one sided 'free-style sparring'. | Bob Galeone |
| Judo | Mar 1999 - Jun 1999 | 3 Months |
| Zen Judo | This was a short jaunt into Judo with a different approach than sport Judo. It was pleasant to quickly learn many new throws with a strong focus on technical perfection. Alas, since this was essentially non-competitive and realizing that Judo techniques are not safe for combat, I felt rather contrained. | |
| Aikido | Feb 2000 - Oct 2001 | 1 Year 9 Months |
 | A pleasant introduction to Aikido with a strong emphasis on sensitivity and the value of training with partners of contrasting body styles. I learned how to be a better uki and how to better train with a partner. | Gene Lamb |
| Aikido | Oct 2001 - Dec 2001 | 3 Months |
| Shrin Ryu Aikido | This school helped me refine the mechanics of my joint locks along with my technical applications with larger framed individuals. | Steve Geyer |
| EOE | Jan 2002 - Aug 2004 | 2.5 Years |
 Hsing I, Pa Kua | This has been the most productive time of my training. Hsing I is so simple and basic. Learning relative body balance has been my focus and it is paying off. I have finally developed effortless balanced strikes and light feet along with a unified strategic and tactical approach to fighting. | John VonPishke, Rob Hughes, EOE videos |
Seminars
I have attended a few seminars which can also be very insightful. Seminars can give you a glimpse into a whole new set of techniques or a whole new approach to fighting. One advantage of seminars is that they are usually taught by someone who knows how to teach well and who is really good.
Another advantage is the tendency for the techniques to be delivered in a way that they will stand on their own merit, practitioners from other styles may be more skeptical.
Some of the seminars I have attended:
| Tai Chi/Tan Tui | |
| Lu Ping was phenomenal, he could off balance you so gently you never even knew you were being moved until it was too late. | Lu Ping |
| Doce Pares | |
| Getting another view on Doce Pares was helpful, but I did not learn much more than what we already practiced, some slight refinements. |
| Stick Grappling | |
| This was fun, he was very systematic in his approach. I learned a lot of stick locks quickly. | Mike Krivka |
| Aikido | |
| These two days were very enlightening. We practiced many balance manipulation techniques as well as many katana techniques. | Mitsugi Saotome |
| Kettle Bell | |
| This was not martial, but it was interesting to be exposed to functional lifting. This seemed to elucidate many alignment concepts which carry over well to the martial arts. | Mike Mahler |
| EOE | |
| John and I spent the weekend with Master Su. He spent three days teaching, we focused on Hsing I, body movement, tactics, strategy, techniques, throwing, power generation, the learning/training process and more. Master Su's enthusiasm for teaching was outstanding! I have an incredible thirst for martial knowledge but he outlasted me. On the way out the door he was still trying to teach me how to thrust (using a spear). Any seminar or time that you can spend with Master Su is well worth it. You will walk away with a good idea of where to go and how to train for a long while. | Master Su |
| Boulder Aikido Summit | |
| This was a full day of training. I learned a lot, good and bad. I met some very nice people, but it also made me a little dissillusioned with Aikido. | Abel Villcorta Sensei - Seji Tanaka Sensei - Toby Threadgill Sensei - Kei Izawa Sensei - Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei |
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