More podcasts uploaded

I added several more recordings. The rest of the Graham Lelliott interviews and one on an analysis of the original orange belt techniques. See the link on my home page at http://www.leewedlake.com/.

Kenpo biker update

I added a video link to an interview with Bill Hayes in the previous post entitled Kenpo Biker.

More fake diplomas

Yet another rip off. This one has a version of the Mitose crest on it. Has Ed Parker's signature and also Tom Kelly's. Mr. Kelly is not amused. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kenpo-Karate-Diploma-IKKA-Certificate-International-/190408720387?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c553e8003

Fake diploma update

The supplier of the fake IKKA diplomas has been reported to the Parker estate's attorneys. Some of you have also sent e-mails to the supplier as well. Kudos!
Sibok Tom Kelly says he knows who the guy is.

She lobbies me, too

An article about my niece.

LOCAL CADET LOBBIES CONGRESS

Cadet Lt Col Serena Wedlake representing the Charlotte County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol went to Washington D.C., accompanied by 150 other CAP members from around the nation, to lobby members of Congress on several important issues. Serena served as the Florida Wing and South East Region Cadet Advisory Council Vice Chair and the National CAC Primary Representative for the South East Region.
Their major thrust of the visit was to address the Fiscal Year 2011 Operations and Maintenance Funding which was reduced by $4.5 million. It was noted that if CAP’s O&M is not fully funded, our readiness to support emergency and operational missions will be significantly degraded. Among the impacts brought up were:
• A reduction of 12,000 flight hours in support of local, state and federal missions
• Operational training by over 35%
• Counterdrug and other support to states reduced by 80% or eliminated
• 8 positions eliminated from National Headquarters
• CAP’s ability to safely conduct air operations will be compromised, and
• Support to the cadet program will be reduced
• CAP would not be able to perform 90% of all Inland Search and Rescue Missions

They also spoke with the Congressional members about CAP’s Homeland Security Bill
(S704) which is awaiting action in The Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee. They urged the members of the Committee to pass the bill out of committee.
Another matter discussed was the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of CAP’s World War II Service. CAP was formed on December 1, 1941 and was instrumental in forcing the German submarine fleet to leave our shores. They urged Members of Congress to cosponsor the bill as it is introduced.
Lt Col Wedlake stated this was one of the best experiences of her CAP career, giving her, at age 19, the chance to meet with Congressmen and discuss the bills and issues of importance to CAP. She will be attending Legislative Day again next year looking forward to meeting new members of Congress. We at the CC Squadron are very proud of the performance of this young lady in all of her duties.

Kenpo biker

I was contacted by a Southern California Parker kenpo instructor recently. His name is Bill Hayes. It turns out that, like me, he rides a Harley and is a published author. Bill has had articles published in Black Belt magazine, so you may recognize the name.
   Bill and I think a lot alike. He knew Mr. Parker and trained under Mr. Bob Perry, who was a Parker guy and known as "The Voice of the Internationals". Perry got that name because he used to emcee the tournament. I can hear his voice when I think about him. He passed away way too early. Back to Bill.
   Bill also writes about bikers and has a book, American Biker, coming out in October ( http://www.americanbikerthebook.com/ site shopping cart may not be working yet) that will be available on Amazon.  There is a mystique about the biker lifestyle and many books have been written about it. Bill has a rare perspective in that he is a member of the Boozefighters club. That club is widely known in the riding community largely because a reputation gained in connection to the Hollister "riot" in 1947. An enterprising writer had an article published in Life magazine about how motorcyclists supposedly took over a town. A movie was soon based on it and its title was The Wild One starring Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando. It caught on and the biker persona was known world-wide. The Original Wild Ones is Bill's first book.
   Bill and his partner, Jennifer, have a studio in Torrance, CA near Los Angeles. Nice looking school from what I see on their site.http://www.oldschoolkenpo.com./ The name says it all.


Here's the Amazon link for the new book.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Biker-History-Clubs-Lifestyle/dp/0615375952/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276044976&sr=1-7

Here's a video interview.
http://vimeo.com/12868592



    

Podcasts

Well, I finally figured this out. Below is the link to my first podcasts. Now I need to figure out how to do the i Tunes thing and all that techno-stuff.
http://feed.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/3314/mp3.rss
Feel free to send suggestions to me about subjects. I hope you like them.