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A Year of Make or Break

Red Dragon Sen-I Jutsu Instructor Promotions

Fighting off your back and on to your feet

Dragon Jam 2010: Best Ever!

The Deity Syndrome; by Master Harvey Hastings

Sometimes You Have To Step Backward In Order To Take A Step Forward

Blackbelt Championships Nashville, TN ; Points v/s Continuous

Sen-I Jutsu Rolls in, Shaffer's Dragons Roll Out

February 2010 ICA Jam

Master Pete Mills; A Work In Progress

Resignations And Resolutions; February 1, 2010

Master Cooling Newest Tab Holder

Defining New and Separate Roles of the ICA & HLF

So You Want To Be A Blackbelt

The Real Point Of It All: Dragon Christmas Party

Lets Try To Clear The Air

Philosophy of Change and how to Organize It; Part 2

You Can't Hide What You Don't Know In The Street or on "Jam Day"

Rerun of Previous Harold Long Article; (Article 3 of 3)

ICA Goes to Minden, La

Rerun of Previous Harold Long Article; Memories of the Trenches (Article 2 of 3)

Rerun of Previous Harold Long Article; 1st Harold Long Memorial Tournament (Article 1 of 3)

The Philosophy Of Change And How To Organize It, Part 1: THE PHILOSOPHY

How To Build Your Dojo On Who You Really Are

The ICA Steps It Up A Notch

Judan Promotion

Hall of Fame 2009

ICA Travels North, July 2009

Train For Reality, by Master Ron Honeycutt

This, That And The Other

What It Takes For Me To Have Fun, And Why I Often Don't

Guess We Can't All Get Along

THE ICA; A Day of Firsts, Fun and Fellowship

Our New Dojo!

Kelley's Hero's 2009 & ICA NEWS

ICA News; A Weekend of Training and Progress

ICA February Jam "Bigger, Better, Stronger" Part 2

ICA February Jam "Bigger, Better, Stronger" Part 1

Interview with Master Wilson Part 3: Personal Insights To your Life Experiences

Interview with Master Wilson Part 2: Teaching Methodology and Philosophy

Interview with Master Wilson Part 1: Organizational & Professional

Master Shaffer Interviewed by Master Wilson

What Leon's Fight Tells Us

Another Year Gone and What Did We Accomplish
PLUS A Tribute To Isshin-ryu's Lifetime Achievers

Assistant Advisors Chosen for ICA Board

1st ICA Advisory Board Meeting

Activities for Upcoming Year & HLF Selects New Board Member

Interview with Gary Long by Master Wilson

Memoranda of Understanding

Article on Master Long - Recirculated

ICA Strikes Again

Athens Dragon Sen-I Training AND
Kata Bunkai: For some, nothing more than a great slight of hand card trick

2008 Hall Of Fame

2008 Don Bohan / Rick Niemira Memorial Tournament

Middle Tennessee Karate Games

ICA Newsletter and One Heart Dojo Seminar

2008 Kelly's Hero's Tournament

A Harold Long Weekend

Athens 2008 Karate Games & 6 Suggestions To Improve Officiating

Being A Leader & 10 Commandments Of Leadership

Steel Hand Jam 2008

Awards Banquet and The Harold Long Foundation

Young Leaders And Kids Rule The Day,
Tony Williams Promoted To Master

Another "Jammin" Training Day And
What Would Mr. Long Say???

Gab Jam 2007

Changing of the Guard at Tournaments

2007 Hall of Fame

Mama's Do Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Isshin-ryu People

2007 Middle Tennessee Games

2007 Dragon Jam

2007 Kelly's Heroes and Hall of Fame Selections

2007 Harold Long Memorial Tournament

2007 "Athens Karate Games" Comments and Observations

Article by Master Msarsa: Cross Training

More Dragon Sen-I Jutsu

Dragon Sen-I Jutsu

Where Have The "Unwritten" Rules Gone?

Grandmaster Harold Long

More Street Stuff

Master Shaffer is "Warrior of the Month" on Master Bohans Site

"Real" Street Stuff

Classic Fights & Classic Memories

A Dojo Workout "Shaffer's Terrible Ten"

Article by Grandmaster Maurice Msarsa: "Whom Would I Choose To Back Me Up"

"Power Up" Weight Training for a Better Martial Artist

My Favorite Isshin-ryu "Myths" 6-10

My Favorite Isshin-ryu "Myths" 1-5

"Warrior Stories" from the Masters

Memories of the Trenches with Grandmaster Long

Patches of Distinction

Personal Observations and Random Thoughts

The Kata

Yawara Stick Defense

Man Ya Gotta Love It

The Challenge of Maintaining Traditional Values 

Tournament Preparation