As life continued and I moved to Vancouver and started a family, my Judo studies slowed down but didn't stop. Vancouver being closer to Japan lent itself to some very good Dojos. A few years out their and starting to work for the RCMP I transferred home to Port Perry and set up a Dojo. Hiryu Judo Club was alive again in Port Perry. My lesson from separating from Judo was to begin here. Karate was on the rise and Judo had lost its respect as a martial art and it continued to change to an Olympic sport. I did my best to stand but I stood alone which meant I had to move to another martial art. This was in the 1970's
I moved to Karate as a base martial art once I attained my Black Belt and continued to move upward in rank. Then I moved on to Iaido to try to satisfy my thurst of deeper meaning to Budo Studies. Studying Sword lent more opportunity to meditate and look to spiritual study. Energy awareness revealed itself but I still was floundering. What was becoming more revealing was the degree of indepth detail was required to find my way in anyone of the martial arts I have been studying. I needed to find the principles and follow them and most important keep my mind and awareness honed to as high a level as I could. I started to look to healing energy with Rieki and became a master in this area. Soft energy was revealing its self as a fresh face and the poser I can generate from it.
Learning to stop "pushing the river" and letting go while going with the flow became a whole new world which was to change me as person in many areas.