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March22
Karate Journey Guestbook
Welcome to your GUEST PAGE Dear Reader…
Karate Journey Guestbook
Should you want to just say hello or give a nice word of encouragement, tell Fred that you were inspired, share with him and others how he changed your life, or let him know that he sucks abundantly, this is the place. It was specially designed for this purpose – this is your page Dear Reader, it is open to your feedback.
Small print: This page is mostly intended for kind words (you are guests after all…); however, I don’t mind criticism and if you think you should, please go ahead and empty your heart… I ask that you remain polite and respectful, and will enforce that so this place remains agreeable for all to hang around.
Osu!
Fred, I’m really looking forward to following your adventures, and I truly hope that somewhere along the line our paths will cross.
sandman
Osu!
Fred, this is a wonderful idea and you are going to have the most amazing trip! I look forward not only to following your journey, but being a part of it!
Dent
Osu!
Osu!
I envy and admire the fact, that you can take time off to travel the world in your personal karate quest. To learn as much as you can, and from as many perspectives as you can, is to me a very important element of Karate-Do. One day, I wish to do the same.
I wish you the best of luck in your travels, and hope it will be one without injuries or other problems.
Osu,
~ Nix
Osu!
Make sure to come by Arizona!
Great idea!
OSU!!
Osu! Fred,
All the best to your Karate Quest around the world.
We are really lucky and honor to be your first Pit-Stop.
Please drop by again anytime.
Osu!
Kelvin
Good luck on your journey Fred. Drop by if you’re passing through.
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May your journey be filled with twists and turns and take you places that you never imagined. May you count every challenge(Problem) a blessing in disguise(look for the blessing). May the Designer be found, for it is all by Design.
Larry
Fred,
I look forward to reading more about your amazing journey. I have the feeling that you will learn a lot about yourself that you did not know before…it is a wonderful opportunity and I am slightly envious of your journey. Best of luck, well wishes and safe travels.
-Chris
Osu!
Good luck and most of all enjoy your travels and training. I look forward to reading all about it…
Osu!
Fred,
Congrats on your internal journey. One can learn a lot about their inner-self in the Dojo and on the matt facing an opponent. Way to take on your life!!
Josh
http://www.journeyrecoverycenters.com
Osu Fred,
I wish you well on your journey, enjoy every moment
Osu
Iain
OSSSU!!! Fred!
I’m looking forward to hearing about all about your
journey!
Mitsue
Dear Fred,
Congratulations on clarifying your quest!!!!!! Back in college and amd medical school I trained in Shotokan Karate – it taught me a great many things about myself and introduced me to many great individuals. Keep hoping that one of my kids will express and interest and i could justify the time to get back into it.
Please take my love and admiration with you on your journey. You have blessed my life with your dedicated insistence on truth and your technical abilities to share in such meaningful ways. May theis perspective enkighten your path.
Love,
Susan
Osu Fred,
I hope I get to be one of the people you get to train with on this journey
Anxiously looking forward to your next blog stop/entry.
Osu
Brian
Good luck in your journey Fred.
Break a leg… (no pun intended)
Ous Fred, lookin forward to crossing paths with you. It’s nice knowing they’ll be a good meal too share also.
Walter/Kh
Osu, I can only wish you well – just arrived in Johannesburg from another of my adventures – at some places I got so close to the people I was visiting that there was tears on leaving.
Budo is a wonderful tool of bringing people together and I have no doubt that you will be gaining much from this experience.
HN
wish you well Fred, wish i could have done something similar=envious!!
Fred
How lucky you are and what a wonderful adventure you are going to have. I’m glad you’re sharing it with us.
Ros.
X
OSU!! Fred
Wish you will be like Sahara desert, suck every possible drops of karate spirit in your adventure. Earn your black belt, and be a strong kyokushin fighter!
Alex
Well done Fred – the purpose of life is a life of purpose – the secret of happiness is to find what you truely love and pursue it –
Stevek “Living the Dream”
Osu Sandman – Thank you for your ongoing support Sandman; we may meet pretty soon.
Osu Dent – Thank you for being instrumental in this journey Dent; I am looking forward to my visit.
Osu Nix – Thank you for your support & advice during the set up of this blog; Once you determine what is most important to you in your young life, I am sure you will turn your envy into positive energy.
Osu MilkManX – Arizona has a special place in my heart and it is certain that I will pass by during my journey… I’ll be sure to call you.
Osu Kelvin – Thank you for your welcome in Singapore and being the official “kickstarter” of my journey – I am wearing the colors you executed for me.
Osu Gary, aka Grand Imperial Poobah, aka Shihan of Shihans… Thank you for your open heart invitation to visit you; I’ll make sure it happens.
Osu Christopher Mattison – Envy is the receptacle and origin of lots of energy… if harnessed well and directed positively, you can use it to power your young heart’s dreams.
Osu JCC – Thank you for your support; I know you will follow the journey with interest.
Osu Shihan Senshido – Thank you for your support and encouragements; I hope we’ll have the opportunity to meet sometimes.
Osu PowerOf0ne – thank you for your support; I know you are at a crossroad of your own and I hope to be of help when we meet next.
Osu Hoosain Narker Shihan – Thank you for your early on invitation to train with you in Southern Africa; it went straight to my heart and your call will not remain unanswered.
Your own karate odyssey http://www.karateodyssey.com and the adventures you relate in your book and your accomplishments are an inspiration.
Osu kanku – From my earliest appearance on K4L, I have been reading your contributions and respected your point of views; I am honored to welcome you here.
Osu Ros – Thank you for inspiring me with your workout journal & your progress with Monty on K4L; I appreciate you dropped by to sign my guest book.
Osu Alex – Even you are the only one that wishes me to “suck”, as long as it is every possible drop of karate spirit, I appreciate the support; I also do appreciate to have you as a training partner, even if my ribs and shoulder still hurt from Wednesday!
I know your strength and spirit will be with me along the way.
Osu SteveK – Thank you for “the life of purpose”; I like that!
I am sure we will meet and have a chance to train together, we are on the same path and it will be either Thailand or Singapore, we’ll see…
Hi Larry, thank you for dropping by and signing up my guest book, I appreciate.
May it all happen as you wished Larry…
Osu Josh – I did not know you were a karateka; but now that I do, I am thinking that maybe it explains what drew us together at some moment… I do not know if your style of karate is big on “OSUing” each other (I learned recently that some even resent it…), but kyokushin and related styles do it in an expression of good spirit, even if I understand that some may find it obnoxious…
I give you a loud osu!
Hi Mitsue – your support goes right to my heart, thank you.
Hi Susan – kyokushin translates into “the way of the ultimate/extreme truth” — it seems to fit well with my other quests, and maybe also with some of my “extreme” positions, doesn’t it?
I’ve long said I had no regrets; that was until I rediscovered kyokushin: I knew then how much I’d miss it and regret I ever stopped. There is no doubt in my mind that you may feel the same when you return to karate, in your own time.
Thank you Javier — If it comes to that & have to “break a leg”, I’ll try NOT to break mine! Appreciate you signing the guestb book.
Osu Walter, appreciate you dropping by and signing the guest book; it must be age, but I just don’t seem to be able to place you… Have we met or interacted before? maybe on K4L?
Fred
This is phenomenal. I dont know what threads Ive been reading on K4L to miss this until now. I hope you are successful in all your endeavours and if you are ever in Ireland drop in and we can train and Ill buy you a pint (or two
)
Shane (aka Bloke)
Osu Bloke/Shane – Thanks for the kind words and invite to Ireland… Amazing as it seems, I have never been to Ireland & would love to do so.
Thanks for dropping by, Osu!
Fred,
Osu!!
Looking forward to hearing and seeing your karate journey! Way to take it on!
Lisa
Osu Fred, be sure to give me a shout if you venture to Bonny Scotland.
you are welcome anytime
Osu
Thank you Shihan Senshido – Osu!
Osu Lisa – Great to have you here, thank you!
Are you a karateka too? I hear your Osu…
Fred
Hello Fred,
WOW Fred! You’ve always been an “original” being. Blessings and best wishes on your journey!
I feel fortunate and privileged to have the opportunity to be able to follow your sacred journey and your continued search for truth. Thank you for including your friends from the Bucky Call in your invitation. I am SO very happy to be included. Thank you!
I left everything a number of years ago on a spiritual journey around the world. I found Bucky, studied at an ashram in India, received my name Venu, and studied Aikido, and this was only a part of my journey. I have never been the same since… and the journey has no end : )
As always, I so respect you Fred and am so happy to be a distant supporter of your journey.
Love,
Venu
Hi Venu, thank you for sharing your experience and your kind words of inspiration and encouragement.
I did not know about that part of your life & would like to learn more… maybe you will like to share and enlighten us on The Trim Tab?
A big hug to you.
Fred
Fred,
Sorry for being so late to sign the guest book but I didn’t even know there was one!! You know how it is when you’re thinking too much about yourself. Anyway I envy you. Mostly because I wish I had the time that you do…man, you have way too much time on your hands. Who can afford to go bouncing around the globe? LOL I’m teasing. Have a great time and make sure to give us all the details. best of luck.
I am honored you took the time and trouble to visit and sign the guest book Godai; no need to be sorry whatsoever – you are welcome to drop by and visit anytime.
In fact, your presence and contribution are sought after.
I hope my journey will bring us together at some moment.
osu!
Good luck on this tremendous journey!!
vapor
Great to have you here Vapor, thanks for your encouragements & kind words.
Osu!
osu!
It’s a real pride to be part of your trip this summer.
I’m glad and anxious to go with you.
I wish you could have great time all over the world and enjoy karate.
Osu!
You’re very lucky to be able to take this karate journey, I’m looking forward to reading your posts about your journey.
Osu Fred,
It might have taken me this long to come but am finally here.
This is more than AYOBA. I am trully honoured to have befriended and known someone like you (and everyone else, but this is about you in here).
It gives great courage to see and read about things like these. Looking forward to read more. And good luck through your journey…. Pass by SA someday.
Osu
Fred,
Thank you for being my friend, my mentor, and my own personal poet from across the many miles that separate us. You have pushed me and challenged me to achieve goals I never thought possible. You have been there to celebrate my highs and sent me love and support through my lows. Your humor, wisdom, and insight are what cemented our friendship and make it such an honor to have met you and to have you be a part of my life. You are the first man to write me poetry since I was in high school–and karate poetry, no less!
I hope you will add Georgia to your travels and visit and train with sandman, Hangtime, WYKKO, and myself. My children look forward to meeting Uncle Freddie in China. It would be very cool to have you join our JKS Saturday training, even just for one Saturday. 
Until that day, you remain close in my heart, my budo brother. Osu!, Fred, Osu!
Osu Ulysse – I am very proud that you started kyokushin with me last year & I am looking forward to spending 3 weeks training with you this summer. We’ll be under the guidance of “dent” a world class karateka.
Osu Minas, thank you for your kind words and your interest going forward; I’ll work hard to be up to the challenge.
Osu Mas, I am honored by your visit and your words of encouragement – AYOBA… I like that!
Southern Africa is definitely on the plan, so we’ll have a chance to meet.
In the meantime, I am looking forward to your results in Spain.
Osu Anne Dharma — thank you for your kind words, and let’s hope that Mrs InChina is in a good mood when she reads that I am your ‘personal poet”… I don’t write that much poesy for her…
Count on me for more push and more challenges, in exchange, I would not expect anything less from you.
I’ll be in the US next summer… maybe we’ll have a chance to meet and train together; in the meantime, I wish you have time to heal all your wounds.
OSU!
Osu!
I just wanted to say thank you for being a part of the helpful community at K4L and for the wisdom you share with us. I’ve only been training in kyokushin for under a year now, but in that time I’ve had a lot of encouragement from people like you, and I hope to some day be able to share the things that I’ve learned from my own karate journey.
Osu no seishin!
- Jinkiro
You are very welcome Jinkiro, thanks to you for taking the time to write these kind words to take with me on my karate journey, appreciated.
Even though your time in kyokushin is short, you have already demonstrated your spirit and used your training to win your first tournament.
The win is important, but most of all your willingness and courage to show up.
Please drop by anytime.
USU!
Great way to get out and follow your passion! Best of luck with everything!
I’ve already bookmarked the site!
Ross
Hi Fred – I thought I’d already posted my kudos to you – sorry for the oversight. Happy for you and support your journey!
Thank you Ross, it is a honor to have you here; please drop by anytime, you are amongst friends here.
Thank you for your kind e-mail too, appreciated. Let’s see if we can meet together with a few friends this summer; that would be cool!
OSU!
Fred
Jayne! Big hug to you; thank you for your encouragements and support – no worries, there was no oversight; I am overwhelmed to have you here.
You know (actually, you don’t, so I tell you there…) that I used your goal setting technology to (1) determine if my karate journey was really something I wanted and (2) map out what I wanted out of it.
OSU! (that’s what our bunch says so salute…)
Fred
You are going to bleed Fred.
And ache, and sweat, and strain, and swear, and past all that you’re going to find the parts of you that you know or sense are already there – the parts you haven’t had a chance to spend as much time with.
I fully support, encourage and honour your journey my friend.
Spirit first, technique second.
OSU!
Chris
Oh yeah Chris, I am going to do, and feel, and experience, and discover, and be all that and then some…
Those parts of me are there calling; that is what this journey is about in the end.
Thank you for your support, encouragements and respect; I know you’ve been there too, that is also what makes us close.
Osu!
Big Osu, great idea and what a great experience it’s going to be. Enjoy every moment!
I hope one day to do a mini journey around the U.K. there are many karateka I would love to train with here.
Fred, you’re creating a fantastic record here. The web site is also very nicely done. Well done. Keep on.
Osu Walshy,
UK is very rich in top notch karatekas — I wonder if its people sometimes realize how lucky they are.
A mini tour of the British Islands is an excellent idea, if we plan it well, we might even do part of it together…
Osu!
Sir, Shihan Cameron Quinn — It is my honor to welcome you in my humble house; thank you for your kind words.
I am looking forward to the day I have a chance to train with you.
osu!
Hi FredInChina,
At last here I am. I’m @DeanaMartina from twitter. I think you have a very nice virtual home here Fred.
It’s not the first time that I came and lurked around here. But now I leave a note for you to know that I was here.
I will come back. My youngest son (20 yrs) is a kickboxer and he trains with a 4time World Champion. He even went away with him in his team when he was preparing for his 4th World Title. My son is very dedicated too. So I can relate to you and your sport.
It’s a great place here, Fred.
“Osu” Deana Martina (Osu is karatekas’ salute), thank you for signing my guest book, I am glad you did, it honors me and my journey.
I am glad to hear your son in a kicknboxer that trains with the world’s best – this is good. If he passes by, I’d like to hear from him & I hope to be an example and inspiration to him.
Please come back anytime to this great place, you are always welcome.
Osu!
Osu Fred,
A big hello to let you know you’re in my thoughts!
Hugs and Love,
Venu
Thank you Venu, I like to be re-minded of your support and presence.
Hugs and Love back to you too
Fred
Dearest Fred,
You are a continual source of inspiration. You never cease to impress me with your clear thinking, focus and drive. I had not been aware of this part of your journey. I consider you an example to emulate in this regard. Thank you for following your bliss and being able to let go of that which is no longer serving you. That took courage. You made your leap and the net was ready and waiting.
With my bizarre sense of humour, (of which you have the same!), as I was reading your description of “Kyokushin Karate”, I immediately received a mental image of Peter Sellers in his Pink Panther movies, and saying “NOT NOW KATO!!!”. Expect the unexpected.
The portion from the description “It is the truth about yourself and the fact that you are only as good as your last fight or training”, describes life, business dealings and more. No wonder you were so drawn to this. This is your approach.
I applaud you and wish you all the best during your travels….
Most sincerely,
Andrea
All the best with your journey Fred, i hope you make it to England and that we get a chance to train together.
Thank you so much Andrea – Being myself, authenticity or the best I can manage to close the gap is what drives me – interestingly, shedding some of what served me no longer was easy… on the other hand, now that I think of it, some of it is still there and “sticky”… it will require another burst of effort.
I’ll be in New Jersey all summer… not too far from where you guys are, on a day off, we could have a cup of tea together…
Thanks for taking the time to read through and offering me these kind words.
Fred
Osu Dean, thank you for your best wishes – I will be in England during my journey and we will train together, no doubt!
Osu!
Hi, fred
Like your blog. will have great interesting to follow your trip…for current stage maybe through internet
Thanks Dawn, Mrs. InChina already said that next year we must plan for New Zealand and that you and JP will join us…
‘Osu!”
Hi Fred,
I think of you and your incredible journey often as I hold you in my heart. I so respect who you are and your journey.
I continue to journey deeper into myself and it continues to be a never ending journey, as you well know.
I stopped by “thetrimtab.com” before visiting here and am “ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY” by the beauty and intelligent, incredible depth of your websites. I haven’t seen a single website I like better anywhere.
Thank you for sharing your journey and yourself with all of us.
Love,
Venu
Great…
love your blog, http://reginac.visualsociety.com/ ,Thanks again….