I found this picture from 1979 not too long ago on my computer. It was taken literally half a lifetime ago for Mr. Hayes. Yesterday 9/9/09 was his sixtieth birthday.
Today as this is being published we are on our way to Ohio to celebrate his birthday and take part in the Ninja Festival 2009. Thirty years have passed between today and this picture. I’m sure if you ask Mr. Hayes it has gone by in a flash. I know it has for me.
As I looked at the picture and did a little math in my head I realized that I’m the same age now as Dr. Hatsumi was then. Where did two decades go so fast?
What amazes me most about this art is that two decades later I’m still excited to train this weekend because no matter how long you train there is always more. I know I’ll come home with something I’ve never seen before. How great is that?
So Happy Birthday Mr. Hayes and thanks for paving the way for us.
Our school was closed this week for the fourth of July holiday but we were hard at work. There’s new paint, new furniture, a new inventory system, a new automated attendance system, a new student contact system, a new LIVE seminar, a new Kihon Class, new student rank sticks, a new Black Belt Club display, a new Master’s Club display, and a few other surprises.
I want to thank Darryl and Theresa for all their work and both Bob and Bobby for stopping by to help. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and we’ll see you Monday for training. This is the start of our push to finish of our first year as Shinobi Martial Arts with a bang.
We were recently in Ohio for training with Stephen Hayes and Rumiko Hayes. Some of the demonstrations from that weekend were video taped. Here’s one of Shinobi Martial Arts co-owners Theresa Murphy and Darryl Brazee working out.
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