Spring-2011

Classes have moved to Sat at the local park , time TBD by consensus and subject to availability. Contact me directly by text or email for info….Regards Mark

Spring-2011

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our teachers our friends and their families through out Japan, as they struggle to recover from the devastation and the heartache that has befallen their beautiful country, several people have been in contact with them, and so far everyone seems to be holding up as best they can given the circumstances, good luck and god speed.

Closer to home the Bruin Dojo is on sabbatical, we’ve taken a break from weekly classes in the city, due in part to the current financial situation, and partly because peoples lives right now are somewhat unpredictable and very busy.

This will pass, but in the mean time, the best advice is, keeping the head down and keep working thru it, its the only sensible course of action right now. We still train in the local park on a Sat morning, and we still travel to seminars, so make the time and make an effort, do what you can, when you can, train in the back yard , the basement or the local park.
Spring is the time of year to get moving again, “movement is life, so live life to its fullest”, whenever possible, the rest of the time, “short breaths and shorter steps”….regards M

Spring 2010 classes

We have classes in Sunset Park Wed nights 7pm till 9pm, and on Sat mornings in Manhattan 10am till 12 midday, text me ph 718 930 0729 to RSVP.

In Memory of my Mother

Sat the 19th December my mother passed away after a 6 month  battle with kidney disease, she was a highly intelligent, highly motivated individual, with no political aspirations of her own she still managed to get embroiled in others battles , she lived life to its fullest , she smoked , she drank and she lived her life as hard as it possibly could.

 She was a whirlwind of emotion and energy, difficult to live with and hard to live without . My solution was to live half a world away to no avail , her effect on me has always been profound, she instilled in me a deep sense of pride and passion in whatever I undertook .

In her own life time she was an academic with a deep appreciation for the arts, literature, music and theater, the Times crossword was one of those passions. Even at the end of her journey she was still able to make a statement, that life without dignity or pride is not life, it is just existence, she decided it was her time and  left on her own  terms, she will be loved , she will be remembered and she will be missed.

 Non est vivere sed valere vita est

 ”Life is more than just being alive it’s a life well lived”

September Update

Its been a while since our last post, and a lot has happened in that time. As many of you may have gathered we did not hold our annual 911 seminar, we felt with the current climate the way it is, that it would be unfair to bring undue hardship to anyone by asking them to donate monies to charity. We will continue next year in a slightly different vein.
Its been a busy period for me, but a quiet period for others, its important during this busy times to take care of basics, as in not to overlook them, and when we have down time, its important to renew them and to re calibrate them, accuracy and consistency is in part based on the repeated application of technical knowledge in a physical format/medium.
I will be attending the NJ summer camp hosted by Jack Hoban this coming weekend and Im looking forward to seeing many old friends and some new faces….M