Episode 74. Coming Back To The Mat For Three Generations
The conversation
About John Gossman.
John Gossman sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 74, “Coming Back To The Mat For Three Generations”.
John trained in a Chinese kenpo striking art at Bayside Karate in Maryland from about age 18 to his early twenties. Then life happened. His corporate career took him to Washington, D.C., and then to Philadelphia to open an office, and he stopped training.
He always wanted to get back into martial arts. About three years before the episode, he and his son-in-law decided to start jiu-jitsu together, and John joined once his rotating work schedule allowed.
John has owned businesses and worked as a nurse. He talks about starting martial arts later in life and why it's never too late.
“I'll never be a pediatric nurse”
“it was called bayside karate”
From the episode
- It's never too late to start again.
- Life happens, but you can come back to what you love.
- Training with family makes the journey better.
- Discipline
- Jiu-Jitsu, Kenpo
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