About Michael Zimmer

Name and Address

Vorticity Martial Arts — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:50:00 +0000

Name: Gary Michael Zimmer
Born: November 5, 1946
Mailing Address:

G. Michael Zimmer
2407 Beach Drive,
Victoria, B.C., Canada
V8R 6K2

Phone: 250-598-3306
mailto:mikezimmer-vma@islandhosting.com

Activities - Professional and Otherwise

Vorticity Martial Arts — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:45:00 +0000

Information Systems since 1978
Martial Arts Instructor since 1971
Occasional Guitar Teacher since early 1990s
Video Maker since 1990
Progressive Social Activist since early 1970s
Children's Storyteller since 1992, maybe earlier

Martial Arts History

Vorticity Martial Arts — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:43:00 +0000

Martial Arts Practitioner Since 1965
Training History (most recent first)

Adam Zugec - Brazilian Ju Jitsu and mixed martial arts (studied for a bit, but very much a 'newbie')
Jamie Templeman - introductory grappling and mixed martial arts (very much a 'newbie')
Gord Muir - Chen Taijiquan (an ongoing, if not all consuming interest)
Gord Muir - boxing derived self-defence
Dom Lopez - Balintawak Eskrima (since 1985, senior instructor)
Shishir Inocalla - Arnis (introduction to the art)
Jean Yves Theriault - Full Contact Karate (introduction only)
Georges Sylvain - Can-Ryu Jiu Jitsu (only to orange belt level)
Richard Ostrofsky - Aikido (a few years, but little evidence of progress ever exhibited)
Andre Langelier - Chito Ryu Karate (graded to 1st kyu level, with years of practice afterwards)
Affiliated with the Villasin Balintawak Eskrima Association

Other Interests

Vorticity Martial Arts — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:38:00 +0000

Spending Time with the Family
Fine Dining
Flamenco and Improvisational
Folk Guitar
Canoeing and Hiking
Western Science and Philosophy
Video Making
Writing
Social Justice and Civil Liberties
Serious Reading
Human Evolution and Prehistory