tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89698362008-03-14T13:58:46.413-07:00Vorticity Martial ArtsBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969836.post-1100302616602775922004-11-12T15:50:00.000-08:002004-11-12T15:54:12.166-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Gary Michael Zimmer <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Born: </span>November 5, 1946 <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mailing Address:</span> <br /><blockquote> G. Michael Zimmer <br /> 2407 Beach Drive, <br /> Victoria, B.C., Canada <br /> V8R 6K2</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phone:</span> 250-598-3306 <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> mailto:</span>mikezimmer-vma@islandhosting.com Vorticity Martial Artstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969836.post-1100303499080552812004-11-12T15:45:00.001-08:002008-03-14T13:58:46.440-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote>Information Systems since 1978<br />Martial Arts Instructor since 1971<br />Occasional Guitar Teacher since early 1990s<br />Video Maker since 1990<br />Progressive Social Activist since early 1970s<br />Children's Storyteller since 1992, maybe earlier<br /></blockquote><br /><span class="fullpost"></span>Vorticity Martial Artstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969836.post-1100303055823243192004-11-12T15:43:00.000-08:002004-11-12T15:44:15.823-08:00Martial Arts Practitioner Since 1965 <br />Training History (most recent first) <br /><blockquote>Adam Zugec - Brazilian Ju Jitsu and mixed martial arts (studied for a bit, but very much a 'newbie') <br />Jamie Templeman - introductory grappling and mixed martial arts (very much a 'newbie') <br />Gord Muir - Chen Taijiquan (an ongoing, if not all consuming interest) <br />Gord Muir - boxing derived self-defence <br />Dom Lopez - Balintawak Eskrima (since 1985, senior instructor) <br />Shishir Inocalla - Arnis (introduction to the art) <br />Jean Yves Theriault - Full Contact Karate (introduction only) <br />Georges Sylvain - Can-Ryu Jiu Jitsu (only to orange belt level) <br />Richard Ostrofsky - Aikido (a few years, but little evidence of progress ever exhibited) <br />Andre Langelier - Chito Ryu Karate (graded to 1st kyu level, with years of practice afterwards) <br />Affiliated with the Villasin Balintawak Eskrima Association</blockquote>Vorticity Martial Artstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969836.post-1100302757604218502004-11-12T15:38:00.000-08:002004-11-12T15:55:24.060-08:00<blockquote>Spending Time with the Family <br />Fine Dining <br />Flamenco and Improvisational <br />Folk Guitar <br />Canoeing and Hiking <br />Western Science and Philosophy <br />Video Making <br />Writing <br />Social Justice and Civil Liberties <br />Serious Reading <br />Human Evolution and Prehistory </blockquote> <br />Vorticity Martial Arts