REMEMBRANCES OF DOJOS PAST BY JAY DE LEON NOW AVAILABLE |
In this engaging ebook, Jay de Leon traces his martial arts journey from the karate clubs in the Philippines to the dojos of the United States. As the title suggests, you will be afforded a...
Posted by jay on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:38:00 PST |
MAT MARINAS AND THE ART OF THROWING |
A Book Review of "The Art of Throwing: Practical Instruction For Better Techniques," Tuttle Publishing, Vermont, USA, 2007
In the interest of full disclosure, I met Punong Guro Amante "M...
Posted by jay on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:20:00 PST |
MERRY CHRISTMAS/HAPPY HOLIDAYS |
The holiday season is upon us, or have been upon us for a while now. I have just been ignoring it.
I just want to wish you and yours a merry but blessed Christmas. ...
Posted by jay on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:17:00 PST |
A SHOCKING RETRO DEVELOPMENT AT A SCHOOL |
The school is called the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School in Scotland, with approximately 1,200 students. It is teaching a subject that is actually reviving two lost arts at the...
Posted by jay on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:02:00 PST |
A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN |
Last night, Saturday, I did something I have not done in quite a while. I went out to town in downtown Los Angeles.
To be exact, we meandered our way around JapanTown or Little Tokyo.&nbs...
Posted by jay on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:28:00 PST |
HAPPY GOBBLE GOBBLE |
I just learned some historical trivia about Thanksgiving.
Do you know which U.S. President declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday? It was Abraham Lincoln. His Thanksgiving Proc...
Posted by jay on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:15:00 PST |
TEXT-SPEAK |
Like a bad movie, this is a sequel up to my blog on the assassination of the King's English in the internet.
I read today in the news that school officials in New Zealand just issued an announc...
Posted by jay on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST |
OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS |
My daughter will be mortified to read this blog, but I will tell her what I usually tell my children as a caring father, "Get over it."
I am just wondering if all dads are ...
Posted by jay on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:54:00 PST |
THE DEARTH OF COOL |
I have never been considered cool. Most martial artists are outside the normal curve, anyway. Don't get me wrong. I am not uninformed, anti-social, or impoverished. On the cont...
Posted by jay on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:29:00 PST |
NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH |
November is National Novel Writing Month, known by its acronym NaNoWriMo. There is actually a nationwide contest going on, and the goal of the event or the contest is to write a novel in thirty ...
Posted by jay on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:45:00 PST |
