Upon closer look, there is something not quite right with the logo:
According to its website,
Sensei [Daniel Spalding] was inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame as the "2007 Male Martial Arts Leader Of The Year" and the "American Karate Man Of The Year."
However in United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame website for 2007 inductees, Spalding is not there.
Heh, looks like a screwed up 勇気. Wisdom, Courage and Body (Power).. yay Legend of Zelda!
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of funny that the sign says "No Nonsense".
ReplyDeleteHis school is listed under 2006.
ReplyDeletehmm... the inductee comment could just be a typo on the year. The USMA site does recognize him as School of the Year in 2006, and in that note it says "Mr. Spalding is a several time United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.unitedstatesmartialartshalloffame.com/inductee/inductee_list.php?yearId=2006
Dunno how you can get "inducted" into something multiple times, but...
There is a big difference between "School of the Year" and "2007 Male Martial Arts Leader Of The Year" or "American Karate Man Of The Year".
ReplyDelete@anon said "There is a big difference between "School of the Year" and "2007 Male Martial Arts Leader Of The Year" or "American Karate Man Of The Year"."
ReplyDeleteAgreed, hence my pointing out that the UMSA site brings his specific name to note.
He was the 2003 outstanding competitor of the year, though:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.unitedstatesmartialartshalloffame.com/inductee/inductee_list.php?yearId=2003
Does look like he's lying about the 2007 award though.
deramoz wrote:
ReplyDeletelooks like a screwed up 勇気
Yup, it looks like it. A little better version of the logo appears here.
It looks like someone that cannot read Chinese or Japanese started with 勇気 but got a little too enthusiastic with the touch-up tools.
-Alan
Looks like a 屰, an old radical for 'opposition'... but ya, it's probably meant to be 勇气
ReplyDeletehere's the thing about all the various martial arts halls of fame (and there's plenty): the recipients pay the fee, and they are "awarded" in return.
ReplyDelete*ZH*ongGuo: You're thinking of Chinese. In Japanese, the "ki" character has those two crossed strokes (simplified down from an older form that contained a rice radical, still seen in the logos for some dojos, especially Aikido dojos). They shouldn't connect to the containing radical, but that's just somebody's crappy handwriting.
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