This is just like a karate dream. It is a long journey for me since my first karate tournament back in Indonesia in 1972.

Now, 37 years later, I am still competing.

My personal goal is very simple. I would like to inspire all aging martial artists that it is OK to be older and still competing in the World Karate-Do Championships. I look forward to going to the Dominican Republic next year for the S.K.I.F. Pan American Karate-Do Championships.

When you love to do something, you don’t quit.

I will never stop training in karate-do.

Never.

sensei 713-412-5062 deddy@wt.net

8 local traditional karate dojos in the Houston Metropolitan Area participated and the event went very well. No competitors got hurt and everybody was happy.

The organization, Houston Karate League led by 5 karate instructors, Sensei Raul Shelton, Sensei Ramon Veras, Sensei Benito Zapata, Sensei Luis Sauceda and Sensei Deddy Mansyur will continue to keep the annual karate event at the University of Houston every year.

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FIRST ANNUAL HOUSTON KARATE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

Saturday, 13th June 2009

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

University of Houston Recreation & Wellness Center

http://www.uh.edu/maps/buildings/CRWC

COME and PARTICIPATE

Meet our champions

Oss!

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It has been a while since my last blog I wrote due to my busy karate activities such as competitions out of town, demos, seminars etc.

I am back.

Next weekend, Saturday, June 13, 2009, the City of Houston will have the First Annual Houston Karate League Championship to be held at the University of Houston Recreation & Wellness Center from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On the list, there are about 10 traditional karate dojos in the Houston Area. I hope they all will participate in this first tournament.

5 Karate Instructors formed the league and hopefully all the instructors will support the event.

It is not easy to bring all traditional karate dojos come together.

Any info in regard to this competiton call me at 713-412-5062.

Cost to compete: $40.00 cash please.

Come to watch: $5.00 and 5 years old & under free.

Tournament Location:

http://www.uh.edu/maps/buildings/CRWC

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http://www.houstonshotokankarate.com/

Sunday, April 26, 2009, at Hermann Park, Houston, they will perform their karate demo in front of thousands of people during the Annual Japan Festival. Our karate group is invited to do the karate demo every year by the Japan Festival Organizers. This is a part of our community outreach.

I am very happy for all my dojo members.

It all started with how much I loved my karate-do – still do.

Do karate-do 100% – not 5% or train in karate-do only once a month.

TRAIN IN KARATE-DO VERY HARD AND DO IT EVERY DAY!!!!!!

sensei – 713-412-5062  deddy@wt.net

Can we all get along with?

Here it is a beautiful song for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM 

Turn up the volume please.

sensei – 713-412-5062  deddy@wt.net

As we get older, we are supposed to be yellow mellow toward our live decisions. I was once a little bit younger and I thought I was going to make all my dreams come true such as having a big house, a beautiful wife, money in the bank, traveling the world, having many friends around the world, higher education, higher karate dans etc.

Some, yes. I have accomplished and made my dreams came true. I received my Bachelors degree from the University of Houston. My Godan (5th Degree Black Belt) I earned from Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th Dan, the Founder of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF). I have traveled most parts of the world. Great friends of mine are everywhere and especially living in the USA, one of my great friends is a lawyer. I have only one  lawyer friend, Bob. I have known Bob for more than 30 years. Living in America, you must have a lawyer. If somebody wants to take you to the court of law, you better have a lawyer. I have been very happy with Bob’s legal assistances.

And some, I have not accomplished yet. I still have some enemies who know me very well. These enemies are not happy with me. I feel that they are not happy with themselves. I always try to make them my friends. Some of them, we used to work together. We used to be very good friends. And one day….we were not friends anymore.

Everybody has both friends and enemies. How do we get rid of enemies? Never. Bill Gates has enemies. The USA has enemies. Jesus and Muhammad have enemies.

Love your enemies.

How?

When somebody said unkind words through my guestbook of this website – did I delete those words? NO – I keep them. Let the world be the judge.

When you study the Daoism, you have to keep both sides. They are Yin and Yang things. Day and night. Sun and moon. Fire and water. High and low. Friends and enemies. Happiness and sadness. Love and hate. Young and old. Angels and monsters. Rich and poor. Black and white. Males and females. Life and dead. All kind of both sides. Keep them. They are supposed to compliment each other. In order to understand happiness, you must fully understand sadness. In order to appreciate the stage of a healthy mind, try to understand what is like being retarded or unstable.

I have been practicing the Daoism for over 20 years and I still have a hard time to understand love your enemies.

I will continue to learn the Daoism and I hope someday I can fully understand love your enemies.

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.” - Gandhi

sensei – 713-412-5062 deddy@wt.net

I teach 7 days a week from 6AM to 10PM

The price is reasonable and train with me as many times you want to.

This is my background:

sensei – 713 -412-5062 deddy@wt.net

Every morning, Monday through Friday, from 6AM to 7AM, I have 5 karateka who come to my private dojo to train with me.

This early karate class is 8 months old. They love this one hour non-stop karate training. It is like a “Stress Relief” program. The 5 karateka are professionals. They have very busy schedules from traveling to meeting all deadlines at work plus taking care of their families.

I push them every morning. They find karate is not all about Kihon Kata and Kumite  which they are 3 important karate parts. Karate is also about taking care of health, staying in shape and dealing with stress relief.

They are hoping that this early karate class will last for a long time.

I hope so too.

After all, I have been training in Shotokan for about 45 years now.

sensei – 713-412-5062 deddy@wt.net

July 23 – 26, 2009

Mike Cook Coach Maine Karate
James Shea Coach NE Shotokan
Shadi Barazi Coach Shotokan Karate-Do Center
Vincente Gonzalez Judge SKIF Florida
Jerry Concha Masters CSUN Karate
Penny Karpovsky Masters CSUN Karate
Robert Plotke Masters CSUN Karate
Steven Taback Masters CSUN Karate
Lorri Porter Masters Independent
Gina Santori Masters Independent
Stephen Ferrando Masters Long Island Shotokan
Aldwyn Lawrence Masters Long Island Shotokan
Charles Macolino Masters Long Island Shotokan
Lisa Turner Masters Maine Karate
Paola Ferrario Masters NE Shotokan
George Goshadze Masters NY Shotokan Karate
Lynda Crimmins Masters/Coach Peak Performane Shotokan
Alison Chakoumakos Masters Rocky MTN Shotokan
Eddie Robinson Masters Shockness Shotokan
Wayne Shockness Masters/Coach Shockness Shotokan
Deddy Mansyur Masters UH-Shotokan Karate-Do Club
Jeremy Slater Masters  UH-Shotokan Karate-Do Club
Paul Danos Masters SKIF Lauderhill
Julio Gomez-Silva Masters SKIF Miami
Jimmy Wong Masters SKIF Miami
Francis Fong Masters SKIF-Salt Lake
Ahcene Briguene Masters U.S.K.A.
Glenn Stoddard Masters/Coach WI Shotokan
Aric Dent Senior Adventure Karate
Paul Gale Senior CSUN Karate
Andre Jean-Bart Senior CSUN Karate
Saad Patail Senior CSUN Karate
Stephanie Uehara Senior CSUN Karate
Igor Dyachenko Senior D-Dojo
Clay Morton Senior Independent
Michael Mondello Senior Long Island Shotokan
Nina Ibarra Senior NY Shotokan Karate
Shireen Fung Senior Shotokan Karate-Do Center
Ruben Fung Senior Shotokan Karate-Do Center
Mae Koh Senior Shotokan Karate-Do Center
Alex Ndem Senior Shotokan Karate-Do Center
Anne Marie Lorion Senior SKIF Miami
Stephanie DePreta Youth Long Island Shotokan
Matthew Ferrando Youth Long Island Shotokan
Michael Fung Quee Youth Long Island Shotokan
Ian Fung Quee Youth Long Island Shotokan
Frank Lulley Youth Long Island Shotokan
Felipe DeLaCruz Youth SKIF Miami
Adrian Delgado Youth SKIF Miami
Alejandro Guvira Youth SKIF Miami
Christopher Macedo Youth SKIF Miami
Sebastian Madero Youth SKIF Miami
Livio Zanardo Youth SKIF Miami

 sensei – 713-412-5062 – deddy@wt.net