Rudy Vargas and Ryan Cruse began training at the GKK’s Visalia Karate-Do nearly nine years ago as small boys.(Photos Below- May 2004)
Today, they both have developed into exemplary young men in high school and are outstanding in their performance of kata, bunkai, and kumite.Captured for all to see is this photo (below) of Rudy and Ryan in a demonstration kumite match presented at the dojo’s Summer Recital and Promotions.This tremendous display was witnessed by a standing-room-only audience.
“To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant.” -- Taisen Deshimaru