I am looking for a training partner. I practice a northern Okinawan self-defense art. It is a non-sparring art. No board breaking either, we leave the trees alone. It is a kind of thing for someone who might get bored practicing just yoga. There is a lot of medical research that shows the muscles and cardiovascular system need more, but my kind of art is not "martial art" as many Americans might understand it. It is an art of self-defense nevertheless, the total self. Also, what I do is a safe, sane, and is holistic from the soul up. Write me a thoughtful email if you are interested. A 1970s, 1980s karate kid type who hit a "training wall" would be great. There is somebody out there who wants a change. 75% of American men are overweight. It isn't a matter of embarrassment or shame. It is 100% an issue of self-defense. In Asia, Okinawa is a good example, the Japanese call it soto dojo or uchi dojo. "Soto" is the "outside" school, the city or village center dojo, the dojo set up near a Marine camp gate, the one with the big sign that says in English "KUNG FU" or "KARATE." The soto dojo is public. The uchi dojo is private. It is part of someone's home. Essentially that is what uchi means, home. Example, Katori Shinto Ryu, Japan's oldest fencing school in northern Chiba prefecture is a "kenjitsu uchi dojo." More often than not, kendo is offered soto, which today is also the case for karate here in America. So, I'm not in the phone book per se. Generally, in northern Okinawa, or off on the other islands, most schools are uchi. If you do write, please try to say something mindful. (I think I just did. I gave it a go.) Why would you be interested in something like this? A martial art joke, let's see ... How many martial artists does it take to change a light bulb? 100, 1 to actually change it, and 99 to correct the form. Thank you for your time.