A friend of mine drove up to San Francisco to study with a very well known Grandmaster, his instructor. He drove the coast highway and it took him about 8 hours to get there. He was road tired but remained excited about his private lesson. He signed up for three private lessons at a “pretty…
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Master Young Suh – Master Don Baird
Grandmaster Suh, back in about 1974 started asking me to lunch once in awhile. This, as you probably can tell from me even bringing it up, was a rarity. He didn’t associate with very many people. He was very much a loner except for the Korean community. I was wondering why at first. We would…
Young Ik Suh – Restaurant
Master Suh also owned (of many things) a restaurant. It was a really large place that he beautifully constructed. The indoor waterfall and koi fish exhibit was stunning. I was his general manager for about a year or so, maybe less (for all his businesses). The restaurant was interesting because I was almost always there…
Kung Fu – Burbank
Well students: last night was an amazing success! Food was great and the promotions well deserved! Congratulations to all !!! We’re developing a legacy for thousands of students to follow! Together, we nurture and protect this very special style Grandmaster Suh handed down. We had representation from schools in Tarzana, Valencia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Washington, Burbank…
Burbank Martial Arts – American School of Martial Arts Party!
This coming year, July 20, 2011, I will have been teaching 35 years and in the following year I will have been training martial arts 50 years!!! Wow… I find it hard to believe how much time has gone by … and so quickly!!! Mr Suh opened our school in the middle 60’s. He taught…
Kung Fu Mind
“We want and need to be the person we were born to be, not the excuse that we learned to be”, PGMB. “Seek your dreams and goals actively — not from the couch of wishing but in the act of doing”.
Women and Kung Fu
[Editor’s Note]: Kristen Raymond wrote this post. She is a master and student at the American School of Martial Arts in Burbank, California. Martial Arts is generally seen as a male-dominated environment. However, it can provide amazing benefits for women as well. For me, in fact, it’s gone as far as to change my life….
A Present
[Editor’s Note]: Adam Marshall wrote this post. He is a master and student at the American School of Martial Arts in Burbank, California. The gift you give others when you are truly present is priceless. Living in the past or worrying about the future only detracts from your immediate experience and takes away from the…
The Plan
Victory is already determined in the planning. (Excerpt from Seeds of a Hermit, by Don Baird: All Rights Reserved – Ó Copyright 1986)
Victory Through Agreement
Agree with the circle but convert suddenly to straight. Agree with straight but convert suddenly to a circle. (Excerpt from Seeds of a Hermit, by Don Baird: All Rights Reserved – Ó Copyright 1986)
