MR. BOWEN HAS SHOWN ME THINGS IN MYSELFTHAT I NEVER KNEW WOULD BE POSSIBLE. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I PLAYED BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL FROM THE TIME I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO WALK. EVEN THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL I WAS A 2 SPORT ATHLETE. UNFORTUNATELY OVER THOSE YEARS OF BEING A CATCHER IN BASEBALL ALL THE WEAR AND TEAR FROM HAVING TO BE IN A CROUCHED POSITION TOOK ITS TOLL ON MY KNEE’S. SINCE I HAVE STARTED TRAINING @ CHOI KWANG DO IN DULUTH AND HAVING BEEN INSTRUCTED ON THE PROPER TECHNIQUES OF STRETCHING ALL THE MUSCLES AND LUBRICATING THE JOINTS, MY KNEES DO NOT BOTHER ME AS NEARLY AS MUCH AS BEFORE.

 WHEN MY WIFE (MRS. JOEY WOODY FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT) DECIDED TO GO BACK TO TRAINING AT CKD, SHE TALKED ME INTO GIVING IT A TRY. I REALLY DIDN’T THINK THAT I WOULD ENJOY IT. HOWEVER AFTER THAT FIRST NIGHT OF TRAINING I WAS HOOKED! SINCE I BEGAN CLASSES WITH MR. BOWEN I HAVE LOST APPX. 25 LBS. CKD HAS GIVEN ME NOT ONLY A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE IT HAS GIVEN ME A LOT OF SELF-CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT I WAS MISSING.

 MY STEP SON CHAZ STAFFORD IS AN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR AND RECENTLY RECEIVED HIS FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT (AT THE AGE OF 15) ON SEPT. 17^th 2005. MY STEP DAUGHTER, MS. CALEY STAFFORD IS ALSO TRAINING WITH US AT CKD AND IS CURRENTLY A GOLD BELT AND A MEMBER OF TH BLACK BELT CLUB. MR. MATHEW MORENO WHO RECENTLY HAS BECOME A NEW MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY ALSO TRAINS AT CKD AND IS A YELLOW BELT AND WILL SOON BE A S.T.O.R.M TEAM MEMBER AND THEN AN ASSISTANT WHEN HE IS OLD ENOUGH. 

IN MY OPINION CHOI KWANG DO IS AN AWESOME WAY TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT ALSO GIVES ALL THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS A LOT OF SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THAT THEY NEED AT ANY AGE. AFTER TRAINING AT CKD I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD WITHOUT IT. AFTER TRAINING WITH MR. BOWEN AND SEEING THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HAD ON EVERYONE, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AFTER MRS. WOODY AND MYSELF HAVE BOTH BEEN CERTIFIED AS CHIEF INSTRUCTORS WE ARE LOOKING INTO OPENING OUR OWN CHOI KWANG DO SCHOOL.

   

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