Originally Posted by
Mark E. Hurling
And there it is. Once again. I got the same crap from every Sensei in every dojo in each of the martial arts I practiced. Starting at age 15 and finally(!) relenting at age 62 when I qualified for the IPL Worlds and took a gold. At that point, everyone in the Jujitsu dojo I was part of let up and Master Bellman started playing that up to promote the dojo. They also began to comment that even sans intentional resistance on my part during technique drills, that it was profoundly difficult for even the black belts to get my arm, wrist, or shoulders in a compromising position as well as putting me off balance for a takedown.