Contemplations

Hi and welcome to my blog; the musings of a Filipino-American writer, martial artist and teacher. Thanks for stopping by. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about what I have to say.

31 July, 2013

Bamboo Martial Arts

Bamboo Martial Arts (BMA), the Taekwondo club I ran from January 2011 - May 2012, has made its final bow today. The club's Facebook p...

14 July, 2013

Semi Deprived

Semi Deprived (or Good Things Come To Those Who Wait And Are Still Waiting) This is a term used by Harold Abrahams (played by Ben Cross...

30 June, 2013

A Final Bow

A Final Bow Sometime in May 2012, Bamboo Martial Arts (BMA), the Taekwondo club I ran, stopped holding formal classes. Since...

21 June, 2013

Graduation

My son, Jude, had his first 'graduation' a couple of weeks ago. Pre-K is over and, this fall, he'll be starting kindergarten. An...

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

I received a very flattering email yesterday. An intern at the Asian American Writer's Workshop ( AAWW ) informed me that the entr...

17 June, 2013

Review: Bruised by Sarah Skilton

Bruised , by Sarah Skilton, is a tender story about sixteen-year-old Imogen, a Taekwondo black belt, who has just witnessed an attempt...

09 June, 2013

Mr. Lessmore

Mr. Lessmore I run an after school Creative Writing class at my school. I have four students and we meet Mondays from ...

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About Me

Juan Rader Bas: Mabuhay! I'm an Asian American writer (Back Kicks And Broken Promises, Abbott Press, 2012), martial artist and teacher who was born in The Philippines, raised in Hong Kong and ended up in New Jersey.

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