07/16/2026
I don't have a date on this, I believe this was the first time I met Shogo Kuniba, Soke and Shihan Bill Price (responsible for Goshindo) And Shihan Ron Baker (responsible for Kobudo). Training at a clinic at Tony Cooper, Shihan dojo in Waynesboro, Va.
I was a brown belt in a different style when I met Kuniba Soke. About 6 months from getting a black belt in that style. After this clinic with Kuniba Soke, I decided to start training in his system, Motobu-ha Sh*to-Ryu ,later to become Kuniba-ha Sh*to-Ryu.
I was asked by the other instructor why not get your black belt in this in 6 months then get your black in the Motobu-ha Sh*to-Ryu system.
It took me 10 years of training to get to brown belt in the other style,
my own laziness, but I learned more in that 2 day clinic with Kuniba Soke than I had in 10 years in the other style so why waist 6 months when I can learn this system now! Rank was never a goal for me, what was a goal was knowledge, I always wanted to learn the how's and why's of movements and the body, the strengths and weaknesses all of it.
I started immediately training in Motobu-ha Sh*to-Ryu with Kuniba Soke as my Sensei.
I traveled back and forth to Kuniba, Soke dojo, 4 hrs travel to train 4 hrs then back home 4 hrs at least once a month while also going to every clinic he had that I could get to.
There is so much more to this story but....
Note: Before Shogo Kuniba, Soke passed he chose Bill Price, Shihan to Soke Daiko to succeed him making him, Bill Price, Soke.
