My Life in the Art of Shorin Ryu Matsubayashi Ryu Karate
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After a long look back of my history in martial arts I did not realize how much I had accomplished. I began by thinking back about the first day I started karate. Being a young kid growing up in Miami, Florida was rough. I had a lot of challenges to overcome and karate was the avenue that made me successful. From a beginner White Belt to a Master Black Belt, I was motivated to do my best at everything. After achieving Black Belt, I wanted to go on to a higher rank and teach others in the art form that I love. Karate is my life and it has helped me to become a better person. It takes hard work and dedication to be good at anything that you enjoy doing. My success has been promotions to higher ranks in Black Belt, Opening a school and teaching kids and adults, competing in tournaments and finally being inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame. I had the pleasure of having the same instructors over thirty seven years to guide me through this journey. Hanshi Moises and Benny Colon taught me the essence of karate and I am truly grateful.
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Anthony Ferguson’s love of martial arts began when he was a little boy growing up in Miami, Florida. There he would go with his brother to see kung fu movies at the theater every Saturday. As a teenager, Ferguson decided he needed to know how to defend himself from an attack after a bad experience, and fate drew him to a school that taught the style of Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi-Ryu karate. Shortly after graduating from high school, he earned his first-degree black belt, and he has never looked back. Now he recalls his lifelong journey in practicing Shorin-Ryu karate. Using his personal narrative, he hopes to encourage others to learn about this martial art and the benefits it can bring to those who study it: discipline, focus, respect for others, self-control, and awareness. In this memoir, one man shares the story of his path in the martial arts from student to master and recounts how studying karate as a teenager changed his life for the better.
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Kyoshi Anthony Ferguson is an eighth-degree black belt in Shorin Ryu Matsubayshi Ryu karate. He has been studying martial arts for over thirty-eight years. He is the senior student of Taiseikan Shorin Ryu Karate Dojo, founded by Henshi Moises and Benny Colon, and continues to practice and teach both children and adults. He currently lives in Miami, Florida.