At JKI, you can learn so many martial arts at dozens of clinics each year. Most organizations take your money, provide you with a certificate and member card, and you never see them again until they want their annual dues in the following year. In Juko Kai, I've had the opportunity to branch out and train in dozens of martial arts - it has been the best investment of my life! If there is another t raditional martial arts organization in the world with so much expertise, so many great martial artists, with opportunities to learn an endless number of martial arts and techniques, I would be very, very surprised. I also attended some regional clinics including those related to Combat Ki and others related to samurai arts, kobudo, and kata - particularly Okinawan kempo, naginatajutsu, sojutsu, iaido, hanbo, etc. It was rare I ever missed a National Clinic. After I became a JKI member, I attended as many national and regional clinics that I could. JKI opened so many new martial arts to me - it was an incredible opportunity - I am so thankful that my membership application was accepted. In 1992, I applied for membership to Juko Kai International. Learning martial arts is an endless endeavor and I thank God I was led to the martial arts as a young teen in 1964 and had so many fantastic opportunities to expand my martial arts experience particularly after I started teaching karate, kobudo, jujutsu, and self-defense and other arts at the University of Utah in 1970, the University of New Mexico in 1975, the University of Wyoming beginning in 1977. It is also an extraordinary feeling of discovery as I explore kata (forms) either through visualization or by watching my students perform an application and all of a sudden see another application.
It is an incredible feeling of satisfaction to see the expressions on the faces of my students as they discover new techniques and how easily they can apply a technique in a self-defense situation.
Training children with their parents in traditional karate &
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