Little things here and there over the years. I turned my eye to mounting and framing some of my pictures with varied success. All of this is to say that over the course of my entire life I was trying out skills and testing my various talents, experimenting and learning the right way to things by doing them, usually, completely wrong.Īs a thirty-something, after starting my Kung fu training but long before the thought of owning and operating my own school was born, I began purchasing equipment to use for my workouts.
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I tried my hand at photography, and bought a base model DSLR and took it everywhere shooting pictures and learning how to adjust the shutter speed, aperture, and other settings. I tried working with acrylics making "glass" tabletops. As time progressed I became very computer and tech literate and eventually used my skills to design newsletters and event programs using design programs like PageMaker and Quark for one of my early adult jobs. I was part of the first generation of personal computer users and learned to program in BASIC on my Commodore 64. I made 16mm movies and played them on my brother's projector. Once I'd achieved a level of proficiency at them, I moved on to other art forms. And I took those early attempts, knowing that they were crudely drawn and roughly crafted examples of writing, and worked on making improvements the next time I drew a comic book. I mean, I was nine, or ten, or eleven years old. I'm not saying that the comics were extraordinarily well drawn or the stories were examples of the craft of writing. But what this early creation did was get me started with visual arts and design. I never sold any, never wanted to-they were just for me. I created my own comic books from characters to stories to drawing, inking, and coloring. Since I was a young boy I've been creating. I'll start from the beginning so this will make more sense.
You see, I've used almost every talent I've ever had, every skill I ever practiced and refined, every experience I've had in the creation and promotion of my school. It was almost as if I'd been unconsciously laying the foundation for this moment over the course of my entire life. But by the time I was ready to open the school, everything that I needed to start a school seemed to already be in place. The decision to open my own Kung fu school came after several years of very hard work (Kung fu), intense focus, and sacrifice. If you're interested in opening your own martial arts school this post may be of interest to you.
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