Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts
written by Clay Johnson You may think from the title of this article that if you are physically able to train in the martial arts many years, a person would gain some sense of self-perfection in the art they chose to train in. You would be right in your thinking, but what if a person … Read more
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Message from Master Thomas [flv:/vidclips/2007_clay_bb/2007_clay_bb.flv 320 240] I began teaching martial arts in 1978 at the Virginia Baptist Children’s home upon receiving my first black belt at the age of 18. From my first day as a student it was my desire to become the best martial arist I could possibly be. I was able … Read more
written by Ken Chun For the past twenty-three years that I’ve been practicing martial arts, I’ve gotten the same question time and again: “How do you do martial arts from a wheelchair?” I have a simple answer: “observation and adaptation”. Using what I have observed from the martial arts of Filipino Kali and Jun Fan Gung Fu … Read more
written by Ken Chun So there I was, enjoying the breeze blowing through the academy after a seminar given by Guro Dan. It was a great seminar; everybody seemed to enjoy himself or herself after training hard. Then it happened: a complaint that I just knew would happen about a blind student of ours who … Read more
written by Clay Johnson This article is about one of the most important martial art and life lessons I was ever taught, and it wasn’t taught to me by a martial arts teacher, but by a very unlikely source. I would like to share the story with you, the reader, because you may find it … Read more
written by Clay Johnson This article is about being a disabled martial arts instructor. As of March 1, 2007, I’ve been teaching the martial arts for 20 years. I would like to tell you the story of how it all started. I started studying martial arts in 1981 under James Mays, who was teaching Tae … Read more
The Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts Salutes John Millard for his work with brain-injured survivors in Vancouver, British Columbia. John began the self-defense club about five years ago, and developed it into a Karate Club. Officially established in March 2004, the Lower Mainland Brain Injury Karate Club has around 10 students. They meet once a … Read more
written by Clay Johnson Hi everyone. We are now two months into 2007. I hope everyone is doing well. This article is my first of the year. The Martial Artists With Disabilities page is close to turning 3 years old now. I just want to give you some news about upcoming happenings for this page. … Read more
written by Joseph L. Singleton Both an able-bodied person, who is a martial arts instructor, and a disabled person, who is a martial arts instructor must comprehend the knowledge, the philosophy, and the attitude of the martial arts to be a good instructor. They (the able-bodied and disabled instructors) do these in different ways. First, … Read more