Episode 59. 50 Years of Isshinryu & Championship Karate
The conversation
About Cindy Ingram.
Cindy Ingram sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 59, “50 Years of Isshinryu & Championship Karate”.
Sensei Cindy and her husband, Sensei John, run Ingram's Karate in Florida, and they sat down together for this episode. She helped arrange for Nick to stay with the family while he trained with them in 2010.
She was about to mark her 50th year in karate and 50 years of marriage to John, and she was turning 70. She says the secret is being best friends and doing things together.
In the early years, the Ingrams mowed lawns, trained hard and taught karate while raising two daughters, before going all in on the dojo. Their students have gone on to win world championships in kobudo, kata and kumite.
“It'll be my 50th year in karate, 50th year married to him”
“You've got to be best friends”
From the episode
- Being best friends is the secret to a lasting partnership.
- Running a dojo means giving people your heart and soul.
- You don't have to be perfect. You make it through together.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
- Gym or dojo
- Ingram's Karate
- Location
- Florida
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