Post your training timeline

[Shizentai]

Lately I've been thinking a lot about my timeline for training over the years. More than any rank or tournament win, I cherish the opportunities I've had to train under different masters here, there and everywhere. I'm guessing a lot of you feel the same way. For that reason, I'd like to ask folks to list who you've has as instructors over the years, counting all people you've trained with for longer than a month (so not counting seminars and brief visits). List in the order who - where - when

I'll kick this off:

Pat Jennings - New Orleans, LA - 2000-2001

Takayuki Mikami - New Orleans, LA - 2001-2005, 2009-2012

Rick Mekdessie - New Orleans, LA - 2004-2005

Charles Meyer - West Lafayette, IN - 2005

Ricky Pampo - Baton Rouge, LA - 2005-2007, 2008-2009

Masayuki Iwabuchi - Osaka city, Osaka prefecture, Japan - 2007

Masahisa Ueda - Nagao, Osaka prefecture, Japan - 2007

Teruyuki Okazaki - Philadelphia, PA - 2013-2015

Hiroyoshi Okazaki - Philadelphia, PA - 2016-2017

Tony Cuffie - Philadelphia, PA - 2013-2017

Carl Shaw - Philadelphia, PA - 2013-2017

Shojiro Koyama - Phoenix, AZ - 2017-present

I also trained in an all-kids dojo in Maizuru (Kyoto prefecture) in 2003 for about a month, and in the Kansai Gaidai karate club in 2007 (Hirakata, Osaka prefecture) for about a month, but both of these experiences were very short, so I decided to leave them off the list.

I wonder how many of us almost crossed paths while going here and there!

[sensei8]

Great topic, Shizentai; thank you for starting it.

Mine isn't as impressive as yours, Shizentai, however, it is what it is...

*Fuyuhiko Saitou (Soke)

AND

Yoshinobu Takahashi (Dai-Soke) - Shindokan Saitou-ryu - Canoga Park, CA - 1964 - 2010

*Young Ik Suh - Chang Moo Kwan/Kang Duk Won Tae Kwon Do - Burbank, CA - 1974 - 1975

Edited June 17, 2017 by sensei8

[Nidan Melbourne]

Shizentei, I definitely have a small list in comparison with you.

I have the following:

2001-2008 + 2011- Current: Chris Dimond

2001-2008: Terry Carberry

Currently I am looking at doing some additional training with the following instructors:

- Edji Zenel (Shotokan)

- Con Kassis (Shito-Ryu)

- Jesse Enkamp

- Judd Reid (Kyokushin)

[Wastelander]

My list is also a somewhat shorter one:

Kevin Skoien - Morton, IL - 2006-2007 (Shuri-Ryu, Kobudo)

Joey Johnston - Morton, IL - 2007-2008 (Shuri-Ryu, Judo, Kobudo, Shinkage-Ryu Iaijutsu)

Joseph Walker - Peoria, IL - 2006-2008 (Shuri-Ryu, Judo, Kobudo, Shinkage-Ryu Iaijutsu)

Ramon Rivera - Mesa, AZ - 2008 (Judo)

Adrian Rivera - Mesa, AZ - 2008-2010 (Judo)

Richard Poage - Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ - 2010-Present (Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan)

Ulf Karlsson - Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ and via Internet - 2014-Present (KishimotoDi)

By the way, Shizentai, are you still here in Phoenix? We should meet up one of these days!

[neoravencroft]

Mine is short and humble.

Allen Mayne - Kentwood, MI - 1995 - 1996 (Shorin-Ryu)

Jon Olson - Kentwood, MI - 2011 - 2012 (Jeet Kune Do)

Chris Cohee - Kentwood, MI - 2013 - 2014 (Uechi-Ryu)

Sam Hing Fai Chan - Grand Rapids, MI - 2014 - 2016 (Wing Chun)

Ken Tofel - Wyoming, MI - 2017 - current (Muay Thai)

Edited June 16, 2017 by neoravencroft

[tallgeese]

Great idea! I'm already surprised that Noah and I just missed some chances to train together! So, here's my list:

Tim Jones- Kempo- Newton, IL 1989

Jeremiah Ramsey- Boxing- Charleston IL 1991

Pat McWorter- Gokei-Ryu- Effingham, IL 1993

Mike Hurst- Ryu Kyu Kempo- Effingham/ Charleston IL 1994

Leo Kirby- Shootfighting- Charelston IL 1995

Makato Kern- Muay Thai/ JKD- DeKalb IL 1997

Keith Hackney- MMA, Addison IL- 2000

Jim Theobald-MMA/ no gi jiujitsu, Rockford IL- 2002

Chris Lund- BJJ, Grayslake IL- 2007

Mike Budknik- BJJ, Woodstock IL- 2012

Paul Ingram- Kali (PTK)- 2015

[Lupin1]

I don't have nearly as many as some of you.

Victor Smith- Isshinryu- Derry, NH- 1995-2017 (with some multi-year gaps)

Judy Christian- Taekwondo- Gallup, NM- 2011

Roger Lenfest- Judo- Derry, NH 2012-2013

Buzz Durkin- Uechi Ryu- Atkinson, NH- started a week ago but will definitely be there more than a month

[tallgeese]

I don't have nearly as many as some of you.

Victor Smith- Isshinryu- Derry, NH- 1995-2017 (with some multi-year gaps)

Judy Christian- Taekwondo- Gallup, NM- 2011

Roger Lenfest- Judo- Derry, NH 2012-2013

Buzz Durkin- Uechi Ryu- Atkinson, NH- started a week ago but will definitely be there more than a month

Maybe not, but there is something to be said for the same instructor from 95-17. For both you had him.

[LLLEARNER]

Sensei Jonathan Alexis-Shotokan with a mix of Judo and Jujitsu-Waterville Maine-2016-2017 (Current)

[Alan Armstrong]

Would love to talk about my time line but there are those that don't really put alot of importance in it.

Only God knows my timeline.

All I care about is my knockout ratios (just to satisfy my insecure alter ego) would love if there was a broken nose ratio in all this... perhaps belonging to the Guinness Book of World records.

But staying on time line idea, depends how much time I spent absorbing what was taught, than who the person was teaching me.

How many Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee students are MMA Champions?

The people I learned from (starting at a tender age of eleven) were very tough people in my neighborhood fifty years ago.

Had belonged to gangs of about ten but every elite fighters for the time; that would have blended in nicely with MMA fighters of today.

Also belonged to gangs of two hundred and in the thousands.

Your question of training time lines is; I'm trying to find the right word for it but honestly it hurts my brain to think so hard...

Due to not relating to people much, other than Spartans types!

It is the person and not the rest ... of the academic paper dragons and tigers of this world.

"I'm a dancer and a lover, a protector of values not a fighter, just for the sake of fighting.

But if anyone wants to fight me, the last thing I'm going to ask for is their or show my CV or resume LoL

My many defeats have made me stronger, not the amount of people that have fallen before me; but ironically those people, that took advantage of those weaker than themselves, such as my self have made be stronger; thank you!! RESPECT!!! I would rather shake their hand than to take some type of immature revenge.

Bullies and drill Sargents or Senseis, what really is the difference; they all try to knock some sense in to others.

At heart I'm a dancer with a few/many knockout moves; respect all !!!

(With obviously too many concussions to not think rationally 100% of the time)