Greetings from Utah...

By way of introduction...
My martial arts background includes Traditional and Sport Taekwondo, limited Judo and Hapkido, a Shotokan like Japanese Karate, Parker Kenpo, Aikido, Aiki-Jujutsu, and Kenjutsu. I own and operate a TKD school, as my formal ranking is in that discipline. My training in Aiki-Jujutsu and Kenjutsu where under Dan Harden, who I found is a member of this community.

Regards,
Kirk Flora

Hi Kirk,

Welcome to AikiWeb.

-- Jun

Thank you for the welcome. I look forward to gaining insights from this community. Many of the posts that I have read thusfar have been very enlightening.

Kirk Flora wrote: By way of introduction... My martial arts background includes Traditional and Sport Taekwondo, limited Judo and Hapkido, a Shotokan like Japanese Karate, Parker Kenpo, Aikido, Aiki-Jujutsu, and Kenjutsu. I own and operate a TKD school, as my formal ranking is in that discipline. My training in Aiki-Jujutsu and Kenjutsu where under Dan Harden, who I found is a member of this community. Regards, Kirk Flora

Hello Kirk,
I am from Utah and still often visit family in that area. I would very much like to stop in and train with you on my occasional visits to Utah. Hope to keep in touch with you and if your ever coming through Barstow California I would invite you to stop in. I would love to learn some of the things you learned from Dan.

That would put me in a humbling position. I did not train with him for very long. I trained at an Aikido school in Chelmsford Massachusetts, and got my appetite wet for things Aiki related. I wanted an instructor to learn Ken from and got in touch with the guys at Bugei for a referral. Enter Dan and some great instruction.

-Kirk