Volunteers in Airport Policing (VAP)

A few weeks ago there was an appreciation luncheon for us here in San Antonio. We volunteer for the airport police, doing a variety of things to make the airport experience more pleasant and safer for the public. Here's the 2019 class.

Texas Spirit Camp

Brian Duffy up in Austin held his annual camp and asked me to come up to teach. Here are some pics.

 With Andy Guzman, a Trejo black belt I've know for thirty years.

Brian Duffy took the time to make special certificates for those of us who instructed. 

 This is Mikie Rowe, one of the pioneers of sport karate for women.

New article posted

The Sept. 2019 article is up on my website, www.kenpotv.com. Title is "You Don't Teach the Basics?"
Monthly articles posted and access to the archive of hundreds of items is available at www.kenpotv.com for $29/yr.

More Alamo Markers

These three markers are difficult to find. They are on the patio at Alamo Hall, back in the arbor. They indicate the corners of the house that once stood there and belonged to a post- Civil War mayor of San Antonio. They are where the back wall of the house, to the Northwest, at the kitchen would have been. 

 Below are photos of some remains of the west wall of the mission, at the Southwest corner. Look for a triangular concrete structure when you go down the stairs to the Riverwalk.

This is out front by the Long Barrack.

This is also across the street, near the stairs mentioned above. It is the site where the defenders had the 18 pound cannon. The home had been filled with dirt to support the weight of the cannon. It is alos the house where Toribio Losoya, an Alamo Defender, was born and would lose his life years later.

I wear this every day

Family stuff

Grandson was here three days and made considerable progress in his drawing skills.

What I'm Reading

Re-reading, actually.