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From Paul Haydu: 1984 Seminar by G. Mattson in Cardiff, CA.
Bill Bauknecht
Down many times - but he always bounces back. . .Bill Bauknecht, Survivor and good guy, celebrates his 50th wedding anniversary! Susan and I sent him and his bride "Suzie" a congratulatory message last week and received the following from Bill today. We thought all his friends would enjoy his response. . . ================= Thank you. We had a very pleasant celebration, our kids played a trick on us. Saturday, we had them over for cake and ice cream for David's birthday,,,the 23rd, his 37th!!.
Vicki had warned us, make no plans for Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. We figured we would all be going to Foxwood's or something, as we did on Mother's Day.
So Sat. before they left they gave us directions to North Conway, NH. Now we have always liked it there, both in the winter, when we all skied, and in the fall too. They couldn't come as most were busy. So we left around noon Sunday and it was a dull trip as we are thinking how we do like it up there, but, we have no one to celebrate our 50th with. Suzie had a couple crying spells.
Anyway, to make a long story short,,we had to call Vicki several times to find the "condo", the itinerary would be in the condo. W finally found the place and thought how nice, they had the people put a large Happy 50th anniversary out in front of the place. We took our stuff and went inside, it was a four story condo and we didn't know where we were supposed to stay. I looked in the bedroom on the first floor and didn't find any "itinerary".
We went to the second floor where there was a large fireplace with a big fire going. Once again I thought they had the people fix things up and ready for us. Well, the third floor was open with a railing across and when both of us got to the fireplace, all hell broke loose. Everyone,,the whole bunch yelled surprise!!!
Happy Anniversary. It was ALL the kids and All the grandkids. We were so surprised, this ole tough guy was in tears. We had a ball, it couldn't have been a better celebration and we were and are just tickled. We always have such a good time with the whole family but it's hard to get them all together. But they all were there, had their cars hidden.
They had food there plus we went out for our anniversary dinner. Some went sking, and I had been promising Suzie a sleigh ride for 50 years but never produced . Well, they had it all arranged, we went for our sleigh ride. We got home late yesterday.
What's funny, I have been sick with the flu for 3 weeks, I still felt kind of bad when we left Sunday. All my symptoms left, I feel great and I slept better than I have for months. Tom even cooked my eggs in the morning, to perfection. lol. It was perfect. We are so thankful we have such a wonderful family, sometimes you forget, then something like this brings everybody together. There were lots of hugs.
One thing I really wanted more than anything, was to make it to our 50th. I told Suzie this morning, might as well go for 60. Thank you for your wishes, thank you for being our very good friends. We have been very fortunate. Love from the old timers Bill And Suzie
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From Paul Giella. .
 The Hut group is going strong. We have developed a new kumite for 2008, called the “push/grab kumite”, meaning the all the attacks are pushes or grabs and all the defenses are jujitsu/judo/aikido-like adaptations of Uechi-ryu moves. We have also learned the new kata from Okinawa, ‘Ryuko’, and are practicing it as a group. Have you seen it yet? Lotta strong, simple moves, not unlike your ‘Yankee Kata’ but much longer.we are also doing the Long Sanchin, the Sanseiryu Bonkai … in case people want to come by and see or learn them.
Everyone is healthy and well.
The Hut group is going strong. We have developed a new kumite for 2008, called the “push/grab kumite”, meaning the all the attacks are pushes or grabs and all the defenses are jujitsu/judo/aikido-like adaptations of Uechi-ryu moves. We have also learned the new kata from Okinawa, ‘Ryuko’, and are practicing it as a group. Have you seen it yet? Lotta strong, simple moves, not unlike your ‘Yankee Kata’ but much longer.we are also doing the Long Sanchin, the Sanseiryu Bonkai … in case people want to come by and see or learn them. Everyone is healthy and well.
Say hello to Susan.
By the way, I forgot to add, that picture that Henry Thom sent in was from a picnic at Plum Island, Newburyport. I can't recognize anyone in the picture, but I was there, as was Rich Baptista, Bruce Murphy and some of the other teens from that time period.
From Henry Thom. . .
George,
How are you? Just came home from Felipe's dojo working with the group that will be testing this summer camp. They are coming along fine.
Your latest home page shows some old photos and asked for more. Attached is an old one from my file. It was taken in June 1968 during one of your beach workouts. I wonder if anyone recognize those guys and if anyone remembers that workout.
Henry Thom
http://www.selfdefense-lessons.com
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A Day at the Races! While at WinterFest, Fedele Cacia invited me to the famous Sebring Raceway in Central Florida to watch him race his custom Porsche!
Wow, what an experience!
And what a difference from my racing days in the 1960s, when I completely rebuilt a 1958 TR3, turning a tame little sports car into one of the fastest division 3 (I think it was) vehicle on the local circuit. Back then, you had to really become part of your car while racing. You not only had to negotiate the track; knowing the line to take, when to downshift or brake and when to accelerate, but you had to master the art of speed-shifting a rather (by today's standards) primitive transmission and knowing the limits of your suspension while "drifting" through the corners. Top speed on the straight-aways approached 110 - 120 MPH, which was quite thrilling, considering that you could reach outside your door and touch the pavement with the palm of your hand! Fedele's concerns during his runs were many of the same ones that I had, only magnified many times due to the speeds attained with these unbelievably durable and powerful cars. Limitations imposed by the earlier race cars are now virtually non-existent today. Now the major concerns are: How far can I power into this turn at speeds approaching 160MPH, before downshifting and/or braking! A split second too soon and he will lose precious yardage that may allow the car behind him, to pass and gain an advantage. Of course, delaying the downshift might prove disastrous to driver and/or car. In today's racing, there is virtually "0" tolerance for error.
Sure, today all Fedele has to do when shifting up a gear is push a button. Every shift is in the "red-line" zone of RPM and Fedele can, if he wants, get the maximum speed out of a shift, by taking advantage of a warning light that flashes just before the engine will self-destruct!
Lines going into a corner are micro-managed. Being off a couple inches will extend the cornering limitations and may mean a spinout or if you are unlucky (as one driver was on Sunday) it may mean turning a $250,000 car into junk! Anyone who knows Fedele, knows he is a perfectionist and watching him in action, will see the same concentration, control and endurance he demonstrates in his Uechi-ryu. I'm not sure what Fedele's long-term goals are, but I know that whatever he wants to do, he will master. Lots of pictures from Sebring now available in our Photo Gallery.
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