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2024 Spring in the South

May 5, 2024

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Tom Muzila led this year’s Spring in the South weekend of practices and socializing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. KC’s Carl Johnson and Mike Lyon attended along with UNL’s David Altman. Nora and Oleg Favorov graciously hosted us along with a house full of other visitors and we had the BEST time eating and drinking and practicing karate and telling tall tales and enjoying hanging with everyone!

Tom Muzila led the 2024 Spring in the South in Chapel Hill, NC
Tom Muzila leader of the 2024 Spring in the South (Durham, NC)
Using and iron ball to connect the whole body
Tom demonstrates slipping behind Rob Clark’s jodan attack (photo: Simone Degan)
Tom recruited Mike Duray godan Pittsburgh to help make a point about effective gyaku-zuki counters. (photo: Simone Degan)
Jason Peck and Darion Rapoza (photo: Simone Degan)
Jesse Winch and Carl Johnson (photo: Simone Degan)
The incredible Joe Fu (photo: Simone Degan)
ferocious Jesse Winch (photo: Simone Degan)
Karen Frost and Kausik Regunath (photo: Simone Degan)
Tom Muzila observes as Karen Frost and Inke Keller work on effective gyaku-zuki counter attacks (photo: Simone Degan)
Norberto Keller (Curacao) with Karen Frost (photo: Simone Degan)
Karen Frost (Emerald Isle, NC) with Inke Keller (Curacao) (photo: Simone Degan)
Hilmar Lapp, Karen Frost, ??, Mike Lyon, Norberto and Inke Keller at banquet
participants enjoyed socializing and Latin American cuisine at Durhams Blue Corn Cafe Saturday night.
group after banquet with Nora Favorov, Carl Johnson, Mike Lyon, David Altman, Karen Frost
Oleg Favorov precisely measures some medicinal resuscitation
Amanda Wong Jensen with Tom Muzila
Jeff Ross, Carl Johnson, Mike Lyon
Carl Johnson, Patrick Moeller, David Altman, Mike Lyon
Jesse Winch (Boston), Joe Fu (Georgia), Mike Lyon
Norberto Keller (Curacao) and Mike Lyon
mutual admiration of Karen Frost and Mike Lyon
Old friends Tom Muzila and Mike Lyon
John Teramoto and Mike Lyon
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