When I first moved to Maui I used to fly out to L.A and stay at Billy Blanksās house for a week to ten days. Billy had been one of my Instructors in Massachusetts, my sparring partner and the best man at my wedding.
Billy had a rocking dojo in Sherman Oaks at the time. The busiest, most packed dojo Iāve ever been in to this day. (The place was absolutely NUTS)
Jean-Claude was there for a few days. A really nice guy, polite, friendly, just an all around good dude. He was supposed to teach a seminar but some nagging health issues raised their ugly head
and prevented it. Too bad, I would have liked to have done some training with him.
I know people say some crap about him but I never saw it. Of course there were a lot of big dogs in that gym, so I donāt know.
But I liked Jean-Claude. A lot.