Resources
(Frequently updated!  Check back regularly!)

INSPIRATION

  • Crossfit Games 2008 Finals - Kallista Pappas, a 14-year-old girl, finishes last in the finals after dropping the weights on her shins on round 23.  This is the definition of spirit and effort!
  • Tribute to Sensei Stuart Quan - Stuart was Brian's sensei and the creator of Bushido Kai karate.


PHYSICAL FITNESS

  • Sortor Karate Workouts - Workouts you can do at home.  Post your results on the message board.
  • Crossfit - Physical fitness training.  You can see second degree purple belt student Mark Daugherty's local CrossFit gym website at www.highdesertcrossfit.com. He offers 50% off his monthly rates to all Sortor Karate students/family members.  This is how Sensei Brian keeps in shape.
  • Women's Fitness Bootcamp - Taught at the dojo by trainers Chelsea Johnson and Natalee Reyes. Childcare provided!


INTERESTING STUFF

  • Sensei Brian testing for his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in October 2008.  He may test in late 2009, early 2010 for his purple belt.
     
  • Sensei Brian as a teenager testing for his red belt at Stuart Quan's karate in Fresno, CA.  This clip includes point sparring, fighting, board breaking and his "red belt essay."
     
  • A day in the life of the Sortor Karate dojo:
  • Sensei Brian as a teenager testing for his red belt. This clip includes self defenses, weapons, and forms towards the end of his rank test.
  • Sensei Brian competing at a tournament, as a red belt circa 1998, in point fighting and forms.
  • Bunkai Katas
    Ninjushiho


    Bassai Dai

     
  • Loopkicks (martial arts trick kicking team)
     
    (Warning: One written nonverbal curse word visible in the last few seconds of this clip.)

     
     
  • Sensei Stuart (the Red Ranger) - Enjoy the cheese-fest!


OTHER SCHOOLS & OTHER ARTS


REFERENCE

  • Audio files of white belt Japanese terminology:
    Blocks:

    Punches:

    Strikes:

    Kicks:

    Stances:

    Numbers:
  • At the dojo:  Check out the dojo's small library of books, CDs and DVDs on subjects ranging from Aikido, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Tae Kwon Do, to teaching the ADD/ADHD child, to flexibility training, to ultramarathon running.  All books are available to students and parents to borrow.
  • Video of forms that we do at Sortor Karate:
    Tai Kyoku Shodan
     


    Unsu


    Jion
    Empi (performed by Sensei Brian as a red belt, age 17 - two different angles)


    A Wushu Staff Form
     

    Similar to "The" Wushu Staff Form
     

Sortor Bushido Kai Karate
63056 Lower Meadow Dr. #120, Bend, OR 97701
(on Empire next to Port of Subs)
541.385.4985 - kristina@sortorkarate.com