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Kenn Scott has studied martial arts for over 45 years; his practice blends Okinawan Karate, Chinese Kung Fu, American Kenpo, Tai Chi, Muay Thai, Hollywood stuntwork, and years of national tournament competition.
02/03/2026
Well, lemme be honest with myself. I have repeated my cycle of samsara again. Through a combination of injury, surgery, and sloth, I have allowed myself to close out this year fat again. However, just like last year and the year before, I am undertaking a new regimen and diet to address the issue. I’ll do it, but damn I’m getting tired of repeating this process (and now I’m even older…sheesh). Thank goodness for the stair master.
12/23/2025
Little delay in training/life, but an opportunity to let my whole body rest for a few weeks, and try to start 2026 as enabled as possible (and unfortunately as fat as possible). Arthritis cut out of big toe and neuroma cut out on left side.
11/23/2025
The universe is amazing. Randomly saw my childhood hero and international martial arts icon Bill “Superfoot” Wallace in the Charlotte airport. I approached him and we spent a while talking until our flight boarded. Lo and behold our seats were next to each other with nobody between us. It was an amazing hour in which he let me ask all manner of questions, from martial arts, to movie making, to John Belushi, to personal history, and even Kickin’ Jeans. He was gracious and friendly, always smiling, and we shared a lot of laughs. It was a joyous time for me and an amazing memory I will cherish.
Bridge katas. Grand Rapids, MI
Opportunity
08/11/2025
The universe at work:
As I prepared to go to terrificcon in CT, I thought about my friend Ric Meyers.
35 years ago, after TMNT had a cast and crew screening in NY, Ric interviewed me for Inside Kung Fu magazine, a periodical that I read regularly as a growing martial artist and idolized the subjects covered in its pages. Although seeing each other only every few years, Ric and I have remained close friends of the heart. He was a guiding light and provided mentorship as I wrote my first book.
I forgot exactly where Ric lived, but felt I should reach out and let him know I was going to be in the northeast. For whatever reason or excuse I could make, I did not reach out to Ric, and as I approached the con, I felt a bit of guilt in my soul.
You cannot imagine my surprise or the joy that I felt, when I looked up from my table, and there stood Ric Meyers smiling down upon me.
Ric had no idea that I was at this con but attended every year and turned the corner to find me at a table.
In addition to sharing hugs and pleasant greetings, we spent a long time discussing energy and kung fu concepts.
The whole reason I’m putting this picture here, is because along with Ric’s presence and dialogue this weekend, I picked up on what I felt were other various ways that God, the Tao (or whatever you want to call the unknowable force beyond our earthly comprehension) was giving me messages.  And lately, I have been searching for some answers.
Ric said some interesting things to me regarding martial arts training and kung fu that caused me to ponder deeply (an approach Musashi often notes to do), including “Let me know when you’re ready to stop hurting yourself.”
This I need to think deeply about.
Raleigh katas!
A true pleasure to talk martial arts, and do some katas on a Denver roof with Francois Chau who studies Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu . We compared katas and techniques and it was a grand old time. Francois Chau
Tonight I learned this kata fighting with an oar (eku). This is how a beginner does it, but it’ll get better! There is distinction in how to position the oar blade for blocking, slicing, and thrusting.
03/08/2025
Went on a bit of a pilgrimage to Greensboro, NC this weekend and visited my original karate instructor, teacher, and friend Mr. Lawrence McSwain. Starting when I was 12, “Mac” was very influential in laying the groundwork for who I am continuing to become today. We talked martial arts, philosophy, and worked out. Pictured here with sone of my original training family, training partners, and teachers who came to visit after 40 years.
Angela Dodson, Steve Stas, L.C. McSwain, Vivian McSwain, and Jimmy Chandler. Not pictured but also came to visit are Jimmy Thornton, Jay Bell, Billy Johnson, Rodney Ross and Charles Hood.
Been training pretty good for a while now. Enthused to be training with Lynn Young, a fellow practitioner of Isshin Ryu, but also extremely knowledgeable in various forms of karate and kobudo. Excited to be learning some basic principles of Uechi Ryu from Lynn, another Okinawan form of karate that embraces a fighting position favoring open hands, almost like a bear claw. Learning new forms, techniques, and combinations like this most assuredly helps me develop coordination as well as build new neural pathways.