The Closer You Get To Fort Lauderdale, The Easier It Is To Earn A Black Belt

by John Ericson

Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018

Stubb is behind the wheel talking about martial arts. Between swigs from a bottle of Beefeater gin he tells me about Grandmaster Itosu. Hokkaido, like 200 years ago: Little Itosu’s father, Mr. Itosu, a low-level politician of noble descent and feeble constitution, disgraces himself in …