Thanks David,
Interesting stories. It brought back memories for me, except for the Chicago and LA Martial arts community of the time. LA's CMA community actually goes back much further than people think. Back to the 20's and 30's and evolving to pretty robust selection of teachers, schools and training choices today. Even well before that in private.

Would you say there is still any of that solid, real deal, training to be found or is just too hidden in the commercial BS that passes for martial arts in most suburbs, x-urbs and strip malls across the country?