Episode 29. 34 Years in Shorin-Ryu & Coaching for AAU
The conversation
About John Axsom.
John Axsom sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 29, “34 Years in Shorin-Ryu & Coaching for AAU”.
John, known to everyone as Coach Moose, started karate as a ninth birthday present. On his first day his sensei told him he was too big to be a human, so he would be Moose, and the name stuck.
He has trained in Shorin-Ryu karate for about 34 years under Sensei C.D. Williamson in Florida. He calls himself an athlete first and always a coach, and coaching for the AAU is his niche.
Coach Moose talks about helping athletes see that one tournament does not define them, and why the trust athletes and families give a coach must be guarded and protected.
“it was a ninth birthday present”
“You're too big to be a human, you're moose”
From the episode
- One tournament doesn't define you. A loss can be jet fuel.
- You won't always be the one on top.
- Trust is something to guard and protect.
- Discipline
- Shorin-Ryu Karate
- Location
- Florida
- Rank
- AAU coach
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