08.06.05 - 2nd Annual West Coast Kenpo Confederation
Departure
Walt crashed pretty quickly and I left him in the hotel room to go across the street to get some aspirin. I had a pretty good headache, probably from not hydrating enough during the day, and I wasn’t really looking forward to my flight home. I had a little more than an hour to kill before I was to meet my scheduled ride with the shuttle service to the airport and decided to wander down to the lobby. I met up with Bill somewhere along the line and he sat down with me in the lobby and we started discussing the events of the day.
It wasn’t long and we were joined in the lobby by Shawn Monday. We had seen him there when we arrived working on his laptop PC because, as he explained, this was the only area in the place that his wireless internet connection worked. He sat with us and just discussed different things about the seminar and his background with us. I was surprised to hear that he still participates in “cage matches” as well as teaching and running several businesses. He seems to have his hands in real estate as well as several merchant oriented websites. He is a bright guy and seemed to very much enjoy technology – which was pretty cool because it seems to be an interesting melding of ideas. The ‘ancient’ concepts of the martial arts combined with the ‘modern’ interests in today’s technology. Somehow, I just don’t feel like the only one anymore!!
The shuttle was late but after several angry phone calls to the dispatcher, it arrived and took me off to the airport. I had plenty of time there and wound up having to wait for 30 minutes to board my flight anyway. Going through the X-ray machines was sort of cool though as one of the technicians from across the way read my shirt and shouted out “Kenpo – Fist Law”, followed by a slight bow and the hand over the fist salute. I was a little stunned and at first just stood there smiling before I realized he was waiting for a response. Duh. I returned the same salute to him with a slight nod and he smiled, turned around, and went back to work. I couldn’t have made it over to him without a major hassle for both of us so I never did get to talk to him and see if he studied Kenpo. It was a fun experience and one that seemed to lend itself to the comradery that I had just been exposed to at the Confederation.
The rest of the trip was uneventful. I tried to sleep on the plane without success, had a layover in Texas, and arrived at RDU around 10:30am or so on Sunday. Maria and Duncan picked me up and I described as much as I could all the way to Bill’s house to retrieve my truck. It wasn’t until I sat in my truck and started driving home that I realized how tired I was. I had been awake for more than 28 hours at that point and was ready for some sleep. I got home and crashed.
It was a great trip and I am looking forward to doing it again next year. After describing the trip to Maria, she stated that she would be interested in going out there next year with me, perhaps making it a vacation and staying there for a week or so. It think that’s a great idea and I am looking forward to getting some details on the next event.
Walt crashed pretty quickly and I left him in the hotel room to go across the street to get some aspirin. I had a pretty good headache, probably from not hydrating enough during the day, and I wasn’t really looking forward to my flight home. I had a little more than an hour to kill before I was to meet my scheduled ride with the shuttle service to the airport and decided to wander down to the lobby. I met up with Bill somewhere along the line and he sat down with me in the lobby and we started discussing the events of the day.
It wasn’t long and we were joined in the lobby by Shawn Monday. We had seen him there when we arrived working on his laptop PC because, as he explained, this was the only area in the place that his wireless internet connection worked. He sat with us and just discussed different things about the seminar and his background with us. I was surprised to hear that he still participates in “cage matches” as well as teaching and running several businesses. He seems to have his hands in real estate as well as several merchant oriented websites. He is a bright guy and seemed to very much enjoy technology – which was pretty cool because it seems to be an interesting melding of ideas. The ‘ancient’ concepts of the martial arts combined with the ‘modern’ interests in today’s technology. Somehow, I just don’t feel like the only one anymore!!
The shuttle was late but after several angry phone calls to the dispatcher, it arrived and took me off to the airport. I had plenty of time there and wound up having to wait for 30 minutes to board my flight anyway. Going through the X-ray machines was sort of cool though as one of the technicians from across the way read my shirt and shouted out “Kenpo – Fist Law”, followed by a slight bow and the hand over the fist salute. I was a little stunned and at first just stood there smiling before I realized he was waiting for a response. Duh. I returned the same salute to him with a slight nod and he smiled, turned around, and went back to work. I couldn’t have made it over to him without a major hassle for both of us so I never did get to talk to him and see if he studied Kenpo. It was a fun experience and one that seemed to lend itself to the comradery that I had just been exposed to at the Confederation.
The rest of the trip was uneventful. I tried to sleep on the plane without success, had a layover in Texas, and arrived at RDU around 10:30am or so on Sunday. Maria and Duncan picked me up and I described as much as I could all the way to Bill’s house to retrieve my truck. It wasn’t until I sat in my truck and started driving home that I realized how tired I was. I had been awake for more than 28 hours at that point and was ready for some sleep. I got home and crashed.
It was a great trip and I am looking forward to doing it again next year. After describing the trip to Maria, she stated that she would be interested in going out there next year with me, perhaps making it a vacation and staying there for a week or so. It think that’s a great idea and I am looking forward to getting some details on the next event.
posted by Bonzai at 8/06/2005 11:16:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hi,
Very nice Blog.
Keep up th egreat work and I hope you are enjoying your journey with IKCA. You have a great instructor to work with.
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