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IntroductionIntroduce yourselves in here - Your background, style, interest, etc.
Sensei Tom O’Brien has over 36 yrs. Experience in the Martial Arts. Rated 4th in the country by the National AAU Karate Organization in 1981. Maintaining a small, humble, garage dojo called the Ronin martial Arts Club for over 30 yrs. We teach Vee-Jitsu as was founded by Prof. Florendo Visitation (Prof. Vee) and as was taught by Prof. James Powers of the Samurai Vee-Jitsu Club in Richmond Hill, Queens, NY. We teach Ju-Jitsu, Judo, Karate, self defense, Tae Kwon Do, Arnis, boxing & kick boxing. We create AAU Karate champions. Sensei Tom is an ‘R’ rated AAU official. Sensei recently won gold medals in kata & kobudo at the AAU tournament at Hawthorne HS, Hawthorne, NJ, on 9/10/06. It was a small but well run tournament. The AAU has local, State, Regional & National tournaments & the competitors must qualify to move up. The officials are tested & ranked to insure the best quality judging. The tournaments are run with respect worthy of the ‘old tradition’ martial arts.
Great to have someone with your experience with us. I hope you can share a lot of your knowledge with other fellow martial arts enthusiasts. I'm also looking forward to hearing about your unique style.
Welcome, Sensei Tom. I bet you've got some stories to tell about martial arts in 70's and 80's.
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" ... Those who win every battle are not really skillful - those who render others' helpless without fighting are the best of all." - Sun Tzu
Hey you guys. Thanks for the warm welcome. I am a white belt in Forums. I got some negative feedback from some other Forums I joined. Maybe jealousy. I went To Mr. Mike DePasquales’ Wake the other night. We lost a great man. I was fortunate enough to reacquaint myself with Shihan Gary Alexander though.
Wow that was great that you posted the interview w/ BJ Penn. I had not known about the outcome of the fight till I read your post.
Thanks for the info.
New Guy - Sensei Tom
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