Episode 59. 50 Years of Isshinryu & Championship Karate
The conversation
About John Ingram.
John Ingram sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 59, “50 Years of Isshinryu & Championship Karate”.
Sensei John and his wife, Sensei Cindy, run Ingram's Karate in Florida, and they sat down together for this episode. Nick stayed in their home while training with them before going to Italy in 2010.
John has been training for 52 years. He started in early 1974 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and followed his sensei when the dojo moved north to Port Richey.
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.
“we are giving them our life, and this is not a job”
From the episode
- Running a dojo is not just a job. You give people your heart and soul.
- Support students who move on to other things with kindness.
- A strong partnership means leaning on each other's strengths.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
- Gym or dojo
- Ingram's Karate
- Location
- Florida
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