User:ShuriLeopard

Bart Scovill (aka ShuriLeopard) is the founder of the Warrior Pages. The Warrior Pages has been providing superior Products and Information to serious Martial Artists since April 2006. Bart trains in Shuri-ryu Karate-do. He is a lawyer by trade, but a martial artist at heart. Bart has been training in the martial arts since 1978, and currently trains and teaches under the legendary Shihan Donna Judge at the Suncoast Karate Dojo in Sarasota, Florida. One of the great things about training with a legend is being surrounded by other legends and legends to be.

Bart has previously trained in Shorin-ryu, Wado-ryu, and Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu. In addition to Shuri-ryu, he also trains in jiu-jitsu (both Japanese and Brazilian), bagua-zhang, xing-yi quan, qigong, aikido, kali, kobudo and yoga.

Shuri-ryu was brought to America by Grandmaster Robert Trias, the father of American Karate. In Shuri-ryu, karateka are expected to defend themselves standing, sitting, kneeling or lying down. Bart believes that through observing mixed martial arts matches and through his own personal experiences that it is essential to be able to defend yourself from any position.