Here is some extremely rare video of The Cat giving instruction. The video ends with the now classic image of Gogen Yamaguchi under a waterfall. This is the image that I recreated for my Five Principles of Everything (Go Tao Chi) cover shot.
About Me
- Gordon Richiusa
- The owner and director of Five Birds Industries, has been a martial arts student for almost 50 years. He has also been a teacher of English Composition,Film as Literature, Creative Writing, Scriptwriting and Martial Arts for 2/3 of that time. Like any good journalist, he never made himself the story. On June 19th, 2010, Gordon was inducted into the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame. The next year he published his first novel, SHIDOSHI:The Four Ways of the Corpse and was then inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the Legends Hall of Fame, both with Book of the Year awards. Barbara Rich, his wife and Gordon have been working and writing together for 10 years. She is the author of The Gradual Diet and is known as Ageless1der to family and friends. She is also one of 15 contributors to The Five Principles of Everything.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Gogen Yamaguchi--The Cat
Here is something that I found online. Thanks to Isaac Florentine for pointing me to this rare and valuable video series.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Triple play at Ted Tabura's Tournament of the Kings
Remember this date...Sure this particular day has past. It's just that this day will probably be remembered for three reasons. First, it was a tournament in the spirit of bringing past and future together. We have Ted Tabura and all the people who volunteered their time to put on a great event, to thank for the first memory associated with this date. Second, it was Alfred Urquidez's birthday. He can tell you his age, if he feels you need the information. Third, it was the first competitive tournament for Alfred's son (and student) ADAM URQUIDEZ. And, no...Alfred Urquidez ISN'T dead. No, Alfred Urquidez isn't a recovered alcoholic and/or addict, and yes Alfred Urquidez does exist. Happy Birthday my brother. Ho (means Osss).
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