Episode 87. From Yellow Belt To Running His Own Dojo
The conversation
About Michael Nolen.
Michael Nolen sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 87, “From Yellow Belt To Running His Own Dojo”.
Sensei Michael runs Ocean Pines Martial Arts Academy in Berlin, Maryland, just outside Ocean City. He had been an active sensei for about two and a half years and moved into his current location about a year and a half before the episode.
He first met Nick as a yellow belt just starting Isshinryu, at a tournament in Dover, where he watched Nick perform kata and was blown away.
Michael opens up about caring for his grandmother as she was passing away from cancer while he was earning his brown belt, and how that loss changed his life.
“I took care of my grandmother here at the beach”
From the episode
- Keep training through life's hardest moments.
- Every black belt was once a beginner watching someone else.
- Friendships from the dojo can last a lifetime.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
- Gym or dojo
- Ocean Pines Martial Arts Academy
- Location
- Berlin, Maryland
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