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My Movement Story - The Thumbnail Sketch

The short version of my movement story looks something like this:

Martial Arts
Start Finish Activity and/or Organization
1981 1985 Studied Tae Kwon Do at
Like's Black Belt Academy
1985 1996 Studied Tae Kwon Do at the University of Wisconsin Tae Kwon Do Club (UWTKD)
1985 1987 UW TKD Instructor
1987 1987 Trained Tae Kwon Do with Master Chungsik Choi
1988 1990 UWTKD Head Instructor
1990 1996 UWTKD Instructor
2005 Present Study Aikido at Aikido of Madison
2005 Present Study Wabuku Ru Ju-jitsu

Dance
Start Finish Activity and/or Organization
1997 Present Ballroom Dancing
1998 2002 West Coast Swing
1999 2003 Studied International Smooth ballroom dancing with Tom Choidour
2002 2002 Taught ballroom dancing for MSCR
2005 Present Study Argentine Tango with Nicole Stevens, Nina Tatarowicz, Maria Castello and Jacques Saint-Cyr, Brian Dunn and Deb Sclar, and Luciana Valle.
2006 Present West Coast Swing
2006 Present On the University of Wisconsin- Madison Ballroom Dance Association's Board of Director as a Co-Instruction Coordinator
2006 Present Study Lindy Hop with Jump Town

Massage Therapy
Start Finish Activity and/or Organization
1995 1997 Studied Rolfing Structural Integration and Rolfing Movement
1998 2003 Worked as a Structural Integrationist
1998 2003 Pursued continuing education in spinal bio-mechanics, joint motion, cranio-sacral therapy, and visceral manipulation.
2000 2002 Taught Kineseology at Lakeside School of Massage Therapy
2006 Present Work as a Structural Integrationist

Other Movement Stuff
Start Finish Activity and/or Organization
1972 Present Skiing
1985 Present Swimming
1992 Present An ever evolving somatic mediation practice
1995 2003 Weight Training
2003 2005 Triathlon Training

There's a lot more beneath the surface, but hopefully this gives an idea of my movement history.

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