Hi Everybody: The first story I ever read by Ray Bradbury was "The Witch Door." Ever since then I have been an avid reader of all his short stories and novels. He is one of the great influences in my life, and I often recollect and quote him to many people while in conversation. Besides his work, his life is a great inspiration to me. He seems to me such a humble man with this great talent, and that is what I truly love about him. I am glad that I found this site on the internet. I'm not much of a computerfile, but it is nice to know that there are other like-minded people out there who truly appreciate the man. He has such great affinity for his craft and the characters that he creates. I often feel this way about my own writing. In the past his stories have enriched my dreams, which is where I get most of my ideas from. In the top ten of my favorite books, Fahrenheit 451 holds court as one of the best science fiction novels ever written. The story made my nightmares more bareable interesting! Sweet Dreams Everyone!

CC,

Welcome, but you're at the Old RB Message Board. Go to raybradbury.com, let the home page appear, then click on Message Board which will take you to the New Message Board.

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D'oh! Why'd I click on that?

I luuuv senselessly clicking on things.

I think there is a menu in there somewhere for seaweed soup and tempura chicken carry out orders...

Not to mention, you just gave the witch the recipe for getting into Narnia, and I don't think this is the sort of witch who escaped through "The Witch Door."

Here, have some Turkish Delight, dearie!

3yrs. of researching, composing, and organizing, it has finally seen the light! I am already working on a new manuscript focusing on philosophy and exercises for traditional studies in m.a. weaponry.

This offers some chap. reviews: http://www.americankangdukwon.com/manual_preview.html

(Mr. Bradbury will receive a copy with my gratitude for the kind words he has shared with me. As an educator and long-distance admirer of his, I am endlessly thinking and viewing in a Bradburian world. Reading Zen in Writing made a tremedous difference in the final months of the project.)

fjpalumbo,

Congratulations! I only did a quick scan of a couple of pages but it looks like you've done a good job. (Say, that isn't you, is it, in the pictures? Intimidating. I'll think twice should I ever find my point of view opposite of yours.) I'm glad Bradbury was your insipiration. Completing this project is no small thing, so good for you.

Best,

Pete

Pete:
"Yours truly" http://www.americankangdukwon.com/pal2.pdf

Thanks!

fjpalumbo,
Is that like Wing Chun?

BII: We do apply some wing chun theory and technique. Our earliest roots, however, are a Chinese method (chuan fa) followed by an incorporation into one of the original schools of taekwondo (kangdukwan c.1950's). The evolution of the school has since been influenced by karate and practical s.d. techniques practiced for personal fitness and safety.

Contrary to the current sport emphasis many styles rely on to motivate and maintain members, we remain traditional and educational in approaches to teaching the Art to our students, youth and adults alike.
http://www.americankangdukwon.com/akdwhome.html

B: WC is an interesting style. Have you trained?

FJ,
I've watched a lot of Bruce Lee & Jackie Chan, does that count? Actually, no, I haven't trained in Wing Chun, but I know 2 teachers (Senseis?)and one of my sons studied for about 3 years.

Hey, here�s my one and only karate story and there�s really no point or moral to it:

Way back in the early 70s in Miami, Florida, just before the kung fu craze was beginning to catch on, I was 12 years old and took lessons for about a year. I wasn�t very good at it and never got out of the white belt level. My instructor � sensei � whose name I forget, was a rather formidable man, who had made himself quite a name in South Florida as a bodyguard for the various celebrities who came to town. He was always quite nice to me, and patient, but, again, you sensed this man was quite physically powerful and was quite skilled in karate. (I�m sorry, I presume I was learning tae kwan do since the name is familiar to me but I can�t be sure so sorry for the obviously amateurish use of the term �karate.� I understand that encompasses a lot. Yes, I�m a doofus.)

Anyway, after about a year, the school began to expand as the kung fu craze began to kick in. The sensei/owner of the place expanded, putting in a gym and health food store and hiring assistants and soon I lost the one-on-one instruction that I�d been receiving. I quit going but the owner was kind enough to call my father one evening to try to get me to come back and even said I�d become good enough for a yellow belt! Tempting, sure, but I�d moved on and since it was now popular, I had a perverse urge to go another way. Besides, my parents were soon divorcing and I would find myself out in Oklahoma and that would be the end of that.

A few years later, however, my father sent me some clippings from the Miami Herald. It seems the sensei/teacher/owner of the place had been convicted of first degree murder! He needed cash for some reason and his partner had life insurance that named the sensei/teacher/owner or the business as beneficiary and, well, you�ve seen Law and Order so you probably know the rest of the story. (The sensei/teacher/owner might�ve gotten away with it except that he�d managed to murder his partner�s daughter (She was in her 20s, I think) at the same time; she had just showered at the gym and had put baby oil on her legs and they managed to lift fingerprints from it. Just like CSI! (Two TV series at once in this story!)

The trial was quite sensational, because of the sensei/teacher/owner�s former connections with celebrities and then his posturing that he�d never be convicted and, since he was so confident he�d be acquitted, and was somewhat macho to boot, boasted he wouldn�t appeal any death penalty he might be handed. Well, he got the death penalty, and quickly changed his mind, battling for his life. When it became apparent he wouldn�t win his appeal, he took matters into his own hands and managed to get his hands on enough drugs to do himself in.

Hey, I told you there wasn�t any point or moral to this story, just an interesting incident. Even so, I�d better not catch any of you would-be writers out there trying to lift this story for your own use. After all, I�m a white belt in karate.

Best,

Pete

Pete,
There is a metaphor floating about somewhere in that episode, I sense. In any case, "The longest journey must always begin with that all important first step..."
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