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William Bannon Passes

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 06:37 Written by George Mattson Tuesday, 15 May 2012 06:28

Thanks to Joe Guidry for submitting this article:

The picture shows Bill being tested by Scott Higi in Sanchin at the Brandon Recreation Center in Brandon, Florida.

Bill Bannon was a 3rd degree in Uechi Ryu and a 1st degree in kobudo under Master Shinju Gushi. He trained with me since the late 80's in Brandon and Center Hill, Florida.

In 2006, Bill crashed his ultra light plane and was told he would never walk again, but he did.

He attributed his walking again to the kata Sanchin
BANNON, William Maurice, 66, of Darby passed away on April 28, 2012. Survived by his wife of 39 years, Joanne, his children, Jesse Bannon, Esq. of Jacksonville, Florida and TSgt Trevor (Tina) Bannon of Crestview, Florida, and his three grandchildren, along with an extended family and numerous friends. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held 10am Friday, May 4, 2012 at the 301 Chapel of Hodges Family Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to HPH Hospice or the American or Canadian Cancer Societies.
Bill's enjoyment of competition was so much who he was. He liked to win and frequently did at British car shows and amateur motorcycle road-racing circuits. Bill raced many classes of motorcycles for nearly 20 years, in clubs such as American Motorcycle Assoc, Western Eastern Roadracers Assoc, Florida Grand Prix Riders Assoc, Canadian Motorcycle Assoc. and American Historic Racing Motorcycle Assoc. He has many trophies including the 1994 AMA Championship Cup Series Champion Florida Region for Lightweight Vintage. His mechanical talents were very helpful in making this hobby a reality.
Bill loved outdoors activities with family; boating & knee-boarding, hiking, camping, canoeing, and road-trips to Canada and Massachusetts and nearby beaches.
He had the dream to fly since a kid, spending Saturdays at the airport watching take-off and landings. He was finally able to realize that dream when he built and learned to pilot the ultra light sport plane, 2005/2006.
 

S. Henry Cho

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 March 2012 09:08 Written by George Mattson Saturday, 10 March 2012 09:08

S. Henry Cho passes.

Sadly, it must be announced that another long-time friend of mine is no longer with us.  Sihak Henry Cho, a pioneer of Korean Karate on the East Coast, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012.

Many of my senior students will remember Henry, who attended all of my tournaments, with many of his formitable fighters.

He will be missed by all of his friends and many students.

 

 

 

 

 

A worthy Cause for a very worthy warrior!

Written by George Mattson Tuesday, 06 March 2012 08:31

At this year’s JLFS Annual Research Conference, the executive board passed a resolution to create National Joe Lewis Day. This initiative gives martial arts schools an opportunity to honor Joe Lewis on his birthday-week, with either a Kick-a-thon or Spar-a-thon fundraiser.

Mr. Lewis’ birthday is March 7th and Joe Lewis Day is set for the following Saturday, March 10th. All proceeds will go to a special fund set up to help and assist Joe Lewis as he continues to be treated and recovers from his brain cancer.

“Joe Lewis Day has been created to help with some of the huge financial burden that such a serious illness can create.” says Jim Graden, a 7th degree master in the JLFS and the person heading up this initiative. Jim continues, “Joe Lewis is the smartest and most giving person I have ever met. Considered by many to be the greatest American martial artist of the 20th century, Joe Lewis Day has been created to help a man who has inspired multiple generations of martial artists and has always given of his knowledge so unselfishly.”

Read more: A worthy Cause for a very worthy warrior!

 

Uechi-ryu World Cup

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 09:18 Written by George Mattson Tuesday, 28 February 2012 09:15

Two New Video Clips

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:18 Written by George Mattson Thursday, 22 December 2011 06:42

January has started off with a number of exciting projects.

Sensei Dan Maestas has been working on a video production relating to my Mattson Academy "Virtual" Dojo program. Dan has taken IUKF's challenge to make his future gold stripe (Renshi) degree something more than just slapping on a stripe when he gets promoted to 6th dan. He believes, as I do, that "on-line" education has a very positive future for martial art dojo and his four year study, documenting his experiences and progress has become his Renshi thesis project. The first phase of his study involves this short video clip that I have been given permission to use in promoting the Mattson Academy. Although Dan has a few more years to go before qualifying for Rokudan, he says that his project will take that long to complete. View Dan's "Virtual" Dojo Study Here!

Read more: Two New Video Clips

 

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