tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post114030862737852851..comments2023-07-22T06:42:24.121-04:00Comments on One foot in front of the other: PilgrimageMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-77897058148100261062007-02-21T15:20:00.000-05:002007-02-21T15:20:00.000-05:00Please contact me offline. Click on my profile, th...Please contact me offline. Click on my profile, then click on the e-mail link. I'll pass on your contact information to Ski.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-11825050510509548092007-02-21T14:56:00.000-05:002007-02-21T14:56:00.000-05:00Hi, i trained at 45th st. in the 80`s as a child a...Hi, i trained at 45th st. in the 80`s as a child and have just got back into it after years, the dojo is still beautiful instruction is still 1st class but, the karateka are not the same as i remember. Maybe i was just an impressionable kid, but the lessons i learned were enough to make me want to return as an adult. Only the senior members talk about the tradition of the dojo and the zen aspect of karate. If i could spend a few hours or train with Mr. Evans. Do you have any contact info on any classes he offers? thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-15928818900511673462007-02-21T00:15:00.000-05:002007-02-21T00:15:00.000-05:00Hi,Ski was doing well when I spoke to him on the p...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Ski was doing well when I spoke to him on the phone several weeks ago. I'm overdue for a trip to Philly to visit him.<BR/><BR/>He rents space in the basement of a school in Center City, where classes are taught, if memory serves, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.<BR/><BR/>The dojo on Fairmount Avene was sold years ago. I was living in Japan at the time and was sad to hear that news.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-15826682634631948812007-02-20T17:23:00.000-05:002007-02-20T17:23:00.000-05:00Michael:I've been thinking about Gerald (ski) as s...Michael:<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about Gerald (ski) as some of the videos you talk about are posted on YouTube. I started traing with Gerald back in the 70's when he was still at the 45th street dojo. I trust he is OK? I haven't heard anything about him in years. Where is his dojo in Philly? Is he still in the Fairmont/Art museum section? Thanks, all the best<BR/><BR/>Also, sorry about the "Anonymous" label, Trying to register was taking me too long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140451055646455992006-02-20T10:57:00.000-05:002006-02-20T10:57:00.000-05:00Hi Miki-san,Honto ni so desu. Comment arigatou!Hi Miki-san,<BR/>Honto ni so desu. Comment arigatou!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140449126160875652006-02-20T10:25:00.000-05:002006-02-20T10:25:00.000-05:00Kakkoii hito desu ne!Kakkoii hito desu ne!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140423175825571292006-02-20T03:12:00.000-05:002006-02-20T03:12:00.000-05:00Hello g,Thank YOU. Ski made me copies of the DVDs ...Hello g,<BR/>Thank YOU. Ski made me copies of the DVDs in his collection, which I can't duplicate because I have a DVD player, but not a recorder.<BR/>But there's a hyperlink to the ISKF Web site in my post, and they sell videos of the matches.<BR/><BR/>Hi Spinning Girl,<BR/>Yes, and it's all fully deserved.<BR/><BR/>Hi Greensleeves,<BR/>Thanks for your comments. I wouldn't say that it's worth it to make a special trip to Philly just for a cheesesteak, but I'm tempted to. <BR/><BR/>Hey Phats,<BR/>Hmmm, I'd rather save my energy for a vicious attack on a cheesesteak!<BR/><BR/>Hello LB,<BR/>He's all yours. ;) :))Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140422981922093862006-02-20T03:09:00.000-05:002006-02-20T03:09:00.000-05:00Hi Spinning Girl,Yes, and it's all fully deserved....Hi Spinning Girl,<BR/>Yes, and it's all fully deserved.<BR/><BR/>Hi Greensleeves,<BR/>Thanks for your comments. I wouldn't say that it's worth it to make a special trip to Philly just for a cheesesteak, but I'm tempted to. <BR/><BR/>Hey Phats,<BR/>Hmmm, I'd rather save my energy for a vicious attack on a cheesesteak!<BR/><BR/>Hello LB,<BR/>He's all yours. ;) :))Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140410533861705722006-02-19T23:42:00.000-05:002006-02-19T23:42:00.000-05:00Phats, you crack me up...I am gonna beat you up fi...Phats, you crack me up...I am gonna beat you up first!!!! Hope Michael doesn't mind!LBseahaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797945283850468976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140394102374983952006-02-19T19:08:00.000-05:002006-02-19T19:08:00.000-05:00Mmm I am sick and that cheesesteak sandwich looks ...Mmm I am sick and that cheesesteak sandwich looks scrumdittilyumptious! <BR/><BR/>I go back to a previous comment I made, so if I were walking down the street with that guy, karate kid, and said can you beat up him, and him, and him he would say yes to everyone I pointed too?Phatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694684931757245608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140383629477115372006-02-19T16:13:00.000-05:002006-02-19T16:13:00.000-05:00Wow. Full-blown admiration.Wow. Full-blown admiration.Spinning Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357092955594187207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140367667209689182006-02-19T11:47:00.000-05:002006-02-19T11:47:00.000-05:00Hi Anu,And the Universe is you. :)Hi Anu,<BR/><BR/>And the Universe is you. :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140365063468331322006-02-19T11:04:00.000-05:002006-02-19T11:04:00.000-05:00Hi Anu,I'm sure he would love to teach you. He lov...Hi Anu,<BR/><BR/>I'm sure he would love to teach you. He loves to teach, period. And he has a way of explaining very difficult things so that they are easily understandable. I know this for a fact, because I was probably his slowest learner...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140364783206120942006-02-19T10:59:00.000-05:002006-02-19T10:59:00.000-05:00Hi Tamar,Thanks! I have great memories of Philadel...Hi Tamar,<BR/><BR/>Thanks! I have great memories of Philadelphia, and some not-so-great ones, too. It was a formative decade that I spent there. Someday, I wouldn't mind returning.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140359024538044312006-02-19T09:23:00.000-05:002006-02-19T09:23:00.000-05:00Hi JD,I know I was extremely fortunate, especially...Hi JD,<BR/>I know I was extremely fortunate, especially because Ski's dojo was right around the corner from my house, enabling me one day to walk in just "by chance." (Hah!)<BR/>For the first several weeks that I knew him, Ski was just a karate instructor. And then I found out who he was and what he had done.<BR/>As for his teaching Zen, like I said, he could've been my tiddly-winks teacher. It wouldn't have made a difference. Karate was only the vehicle...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you, LB! But it it I who am lucky to have people in my life.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140352731730827452006-02-19T07:38:00.000-05:002006-02-19T07:38:00.000-05:00what an awesome post...people are so fortunate to ...what an awesome post...people are so fortunate to have you in their lives...<BR/>he looks a lot like morgan freeman!<BR/><BR/><BR/>mmm...that cheesesteak looks delish!!!LBseahaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797945283850468976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140331024227692412006-02-19T01:37:00.000-05:002006-02-19T01:37:00.000-05:00Ha, Oxexe! I don't think they've heard of tofu in ...Ha, Oxexe! I don't think they've heard of tofu in South Philly, though I could be wrong.<BR/><BR/>Also, my apologies to all for the several updates to this post. I added a photo and also corrected some stylistic things that were bugging me, as well as some punctuation that was improved upon. I like my entries to be just so -- which can be a pain in the butt for people who don't feel like slogging through constant updates. :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-1140330447471322222006-02-19T01:27:00.000-05:002006-02-19T01:27:00.000-05:00very nice hat michael.. i would like a whiz with o...very nice hat michael.. i would like a whiz with onion but without the steak. any chance they could do grilled tofu? :)oxeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879278667737901058noreply@blogger.com