Rick Scoppe

Just an early reminder: Shuri Ryu O’Sensei Robert Bowles will host his annual Kobudo seminar Nov. 2 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Below is the flyer for the seminar, which also will be available via Zoom.

We just returned from East Peoria, Ill., where we attended the 11th annual Kagami Biraki Gasshuku, also known as the Renewal of Spirit Seminar, which is put on by chief instructor Joey Johnston and his brother, Tony, along with students from the Academy of Okinawan Karate, among others. It was a great event with plenty

We’d like to welcome two new students, Karis and Sam Johnson, who are in their second month at the school and moving right along in their training. Sam trained in Shuri Ryu under Sensei Becky Harris, who, like the staff at our school, was a student of Hanshi Ridgely Abele. Sam earned his black belt

Congratulations are in order for fifth-dans Thomas Seastrunk and Charlotte Bryant, who recently passed their Renshi exams for weapons (kobudo) in Shuri Ryu. Our system has separate tests for empty hand and weapons, with Renshi being the fourth level of six [the first level, Gakusei, is for kyu (under black belt) level and junior level

And thanks to Mrs. Sheridan (and Piper, her cute little doggie, for offering moral support) for the photos we’ve included. If you want to see more photos, go to Mr. Sheridan’s Facebook account: Sheridan Martial Arts. Enjoy!

Just returned from four-day trip to Muncie, Ind., where we (Charlotte Bryant and I) trained with Shuri Ryu Chief Instructor George Sheridan and some of his yudansha (including Cody Jones, Larry Hawkins, Lisa Privett and Brian Johnson). It was excellent training. We learned a lot, working on both weapons as well as empty hand, including

Sorry, I am not the best blogger around. I will try to be better. We’re continuing to train, although I have been slowed because of a (left) knee replacement. I am eight weeks out from surgery. Doing well, probably better than most but still obviously not 100 percent. Surgeon says it’ll take 8 months of

One of our students – Dylan Padgett – earned his green belt Wednesday, May 24, following a test that included our usual physical exam (1 mile run for kyu-level students, 500 front kicks, 300 situps, five minutes punch backfist, 75 overhead strikes with 15-pound weights and a few pushups inserted during the technical part of

Just got this photo from our days in Hanshi Abele’s dojo at Meeting Street in Cayce. Certainly brings back memories.

Sorry, I’ve been away too long. Computer crashed and I was slow to get new one – and, well, been a bit lazy. I like training and not as diligent as I should be on our posts for the school. But a couple updates: We now have over a dozen students – and two just