Steven Dowd FMA Digest Editor/Owner Visits

I had the honor of meeting Steven Dowd on his trip through this great country meaning Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) Instructors. Mr. Dowd is a very accomplished FMA practitioner of Arnis and Kuntwa. He gave me a couple of gifts, two of his books called Arnis Balite, and Kuntaw ng Pilipinas. We sat down and had a nice little chat that I wish could have been much longer. I have had the honor to write several articles for Mr. Dowd’s FMA Digest, and he has published every one of them so far. Mr. Dowd also honored me by doing a Special Edition on my brand of FMA. The edition was a success for me, and it got me many of e-mails telling me how much they enjoyed that edition. This was on the same day of my illness, and I read every e-mail from my hospital and did my best to respond even though I was in a tremendous amount of pain.

If you’re reading this and I didn’t respond to you, I’m sorry and please e-mail me once more. Why did I try to e-mail people even though I was in pain? Simple, you took time out of your day to e-mail me; at least I could return your e-mail.

I took Mr. Dowd to a local restaurant in my town, and introduced them to Buffalo meat. That’s right; we had Burgers made out of Buffalo Meat. I think he was surprised to find out that here in Kansas they have buffalo farms where they raise buffalos to eat. Mr. Dowd and I talked about the martial arts, military service, the types of food we have eaten, and many other things. The one thing I found out about Mr. Dowd. He is a very straight to the point no BS type of guy, but he is one of the nicest you’ll ever meet. Don’t worry about wondering what is on his mind, because he will tell you. I respect this very much in people. If I don’t like you, I’ll tell you, and if I do like you, I’ll tell you. With Mr. Dowd, there is no BS, just honest straight talk.

He truly is a man to be respected. If not for his many years of Military service, or his FMA, but just because he is very up front and honest not to mention just a great person. It was my honor to play host to Mr. Dowd and his wife. It was a very short visit, but a great visit nonetheless. It was great to meet you Mr. Dowd, and I hope to be out your way very soon so we can have a longer visit, and workout session.

Steven, it was a lot of fun.