Charles B Stanley is still around

It is hard to believe that it was 2007 when I last posted here. My wife and I recently moved to the Mountains outside Linden Tennessee. I am still available to teach several martial arts on a private basis. It is easiest to contact me through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090456127010 I can aslo be contacted at makotokendo@yahoo.com. Note: several things have changed since my last post in 2007. My style was originally created under the name Makoto-Ken-Do and the organizatoin name was U.S. Kempo And Jujitsu Federation. About 10-12 years ago I changed the style name to Makoto-Ken-Ryu Kempo-Jutsu. I changed it from a Do to Ryu since Ryu better fits the style. Feeling that having the Organization name start with U.S. might give those new to my style the wrong impression as to what I practice and teach. It was never my intention to give anyone the idea that I had Americanized what I teach. I never have and never will. Please do not take it in offense, but I have always seen American styles as being things created by people that either think that the tradditional arts are missing something, OR they created their own style because they want to be in charge. As for what I teach, it has evolved as any art does, but is still based on teh same principles and concepts. The basic belief is that martial arts are for Adults only and were created as Life Protection arts. They were never meant to be competitive sports. I will argue with the the mindset of those that believe that, "a martial art that does not work in a cage fight does not work". While that mentality might seem valid at first consideration it ignores the fact that no competition in a cage or not is Real. By that I'm not saying that people can't be injured or killed. I'm saying that no one goes into such competition intending to really kill their opponent. Nor do they go into such competition beliveing that their own life is in danger of being lost. Also remember that all these competitions are governed yb rules and those rules are to prevent serious injury or death. A real fight is not sparring or competition. It is life protection, it has no rules and has a completely different mindset. All that said, I am hoping to build a Headquarters (Hombu) Dojo here on my 7 acres in the mountains of Linden Tennessee. There I will offere regular classes, private lessons and occasional Seminars on several topics not commonly taught in most martial arts. Finally, I am interessed in gettingin contact with former students and anyone interested in training with me.