Johnny and Jessica

As fate would have it, Johnny did eventually find love, but with someone nobody probably expected, Jessica Andrews.

The girl that briefly dated Daniel and helped him train a bit for the 1984 All Valley tournament, made her way back to California eventually after returning to Ohio to take care of some family matters.

 

After a chance meeting at a trendy Los Angeles restaurant, and some discussion on how Johnny had changed his ways after the early Cobra Kai days, Johnny and Jessica hit it off.

 

Johnny eventually taught her karate and the two opened up their own dojo a few years later. They are known around town as "LA's karate power couple" thanks to their very successful dojo and years of teaching children and adults alike the value of the martial arts.

 

Congratulations to Johnny and Jessica! And here is to many more years of happiness for the karate couple.

 

 

 



Mochizuki Minoru

Ronin and temple

artwork by Ling Xiang

More Master Ken fan art

 artwork by Andrew Aird

Master Ken bonus post

"Feeling deadly. Might delete later."

A message from Jyuho Yamamoto from the Eunji temple

Watch this video for more information:

https://youtu.be/6wdOREr-79Y

Lawrence Kenshin

“Lawrence Kenshin is an amazing analyst. He does a fantastic job of breaking down fights. If you're a fan of striking, and you want to understand it better, watch Lawrence's stuff...   

 

He really deserves a lot of credit for that, I love watching his breakdowns!”  - Joe Rogan

 

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Legendary Striking Studies

 

In-depth guide on historic technique and tactics used by legends in Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and MMA

 

Based on the highly accalaimed Lawrence Kenshin Striking Breakdowns, this eBook catalogs and expands all the techniques, tactics, and strategies in the videos.  

 

If you have found Lawrence Kenshin's work insightful, all of the info is taken much further in this book. It will increase your fight IQ, explore striking history, and allow you to appreciate martial arts more.  

 

www.legendarystriking.com

 

Kyokushin artwork

Some artwork used for a Kyokushin tournament program.

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Challenges

(from Stephen K. Hayes' Facebook page December 11th, 2018)

Back in the 1980s, I had very few actual students studying the ninja martial arts with me. Instead of running a dojo, I ran seminars around the world. Into the 1990s, I had 13 actual challenges. Guys figured that if I was on the cover of Black Belt Magazine, and they beat me, THEY would then be on the cover of Black Belt. They were sneaky. I was in "teaching mode", and the challengers were in "put it all on the line mode". It took me a moment to realize that a challenge was happening, that the "student" was testing me and not asking me to teach him. I was successful in all challenges, but it was quite unnerving. What about liability laws? Could I have been sued after beating another person? I have not had any real challenges in recent years, discounting of course the internet offers, where I am expected to get on a plane and go to where the challenger is and attempt to defeat him there. I do not take those as serious challenges. And now I'm 70 years old, to boot! Ah, an interesting life I have lived.