Who's The Next?

[sensei8]

Looking back over your own MA journey, you can easily see there's one MAist that rises above any other MAist in your eyes. You admire this one person more than any other. THis MAist has helped mold you, directly/indirectly, into the MAist that you are today.

If I was a basketball player I might ask, Who will be the next Kobe Bryant? If I'm a golfer I might ask, Who will be the next Arnold Palmer? If I was a baseball player I might ask, Who will be the next Mariano Rivera? If I was a BJJ practitioner I might ask, Who will be the next Helio Gracie?

I'm a MAist and I do ask, Who will be the next Yoshinobu Takahashi?

So, in your own words...

Who will be the next [fill in the blank]?

[CredoTe]

A few, actually....

Who will be the next,

Shoshin Nagamine?

Ankichi Arakaki?

Gichin Funakoshi?

Choki Motobu?

Chotoku Kyan?

Choshin Chibana?

Anko Itosu?

Kosaku Matsumora?

Sokon Matsumura?

Kanga "Tode" Sakugawa?

Takahara Peichin?

Kwang Shang Fu (Kusanku)?

[lowereastside]

While I don't admirer him more than other Martial Artist - Bruce Lee is the reason I got into MA's - via the Green Hornet Series in 1966. So Bruce Lee was a big influence.

Sensei8 say " Looking back over your own MA journey, you can easily see there's one MAist that rises above any other MAist in your eyes ". I would have to put 4 individuals in that category - My Jook Lum Southern Praying Mantis Teacher(s) - My Kali Teacher - and my Chinese Medicine Teacher ( I don't study Kung Fu under him but have touched his hands ). This is based on my touching hands with them not just looking at someone Demo or watching someone's class.