I started taking karate in 1976 under George Annarino of
Newark Ohio. The style I train is a mixture of Japanese and
Okinawan styles. I hold a 6th degree Black Belt under the
Ko-Sutemi Seiei Kan Dojo, and have won 5 NBL World
Championships between 1993-1997 while competing on a
National Team called “Full Contact”. I also won a gold medal
competing on the USA team in Mexico City at the “Mexican
Olympic Festival” in 1993. My last competition before my
surgery was in 2002, but the pain was too intolerable for me
to compete any more. Now I currently teach Karate and Cardio
Kickboxing at the Barstow Community College, and the
Community Center. Since the surgery I am able to do all that
I did before the osteoarthritis and am elated to have my
life back.

Sun Oct 1, 2006 12:48 pm
Re: CALLING ALL MARTIAL ART HIPPIES

I am back from my second hip resurfacing done by Dr.Bose/Chennai
India
7 weeks ago. I had my first done in Feb, 16th of this year.
Currently,
I am back to the Dojo, no sparring only kata with low medium
speed
kicks. My Karate training started back in 1976 on top of
running,
biking and other sports. It can take a toll on the joints. I
didn’t
realize that they wore out!!! Last week I started going to
the gym and
walking the tread mill. Everything is strengthening well. I
am taking
my time recovering also, for I don’t want to injure
anything. Next
March, I plan on competing again in Kata. Hopefully my
flexibility will
be back to normal. Swimming is the best therapy, it’s
difficult for me
to find a pool. Let me know if there is anything that I can
inform you
of that may help. It’s good to hear that more martial
artists are
finding out about the hip resurfacing.

Happy Kicking!

Linda Pugliese
Dr. Bose, 2/16 and 8/15 2006