This is the weirdest thing. As background, I was involved in United Studios of Self Defense in the 90's, and have been involved in Z-Ultimate recently. Both in Colorado ( I'd rather not say exactly where. )
It was my understanding that in the late 90's ( before the lineage split ) United Studios of Self Defense had around 160 some schools nationwide. I left them for awhile after that, and I understand that the lineage split happened around 2011. I came back after that, to find Z-Ultimate here in Colorado, with all the USSD schools gone, or turned into Z-Ultimate.
I won't get into the whole mess and why it happened, because I understand there are two sides to the story and it's debatable, and I don't want to fan the flames of that, which I understand is pretty over with now anyway.
But here's the weird thing. I understood that USSD started on the east and west coasts. I recall hearing that Master Taylor was from Connecticut? ( please correct me if I'm wrong. ) So out of curiosity, I just searched for each school on Google Maps, zooming to see the entire U.S., and then refreshing the search. Here's a screen shot of each, that I found.
Now as far as those USSD locations shown in Colorado, to the best of my knowledge, USSD doesn't have any schools in Colorado anymore. So they must have purposely not removed them as locations, from Google Maps. But I'm shocked at how few Z-Ultimate locations there are, and they've been closing schools in Colorado too, and apparently leaving them listed as locations on Google Maps.
So what really shocks me, is that both of these schools seem to be disappearing, since the 90's. Can anyone verify that? I know I've heard of several Z-Ultimate schools closing in Colorado since I've been back, and they seem to keep leaving them on Google Maps - possibly so as not to give the impression that they are slowly closing down.
So does anyone "in the know" know what's happening with these two schools since the 90's? It's sad to see, for someone whose been involved in both, and is still involved in Z-Ultimate. But the class sizes have been dwindling down since I've been back, and it's troubling. It used to be such a decent school.
It was my understanding that in the late 90's ( before the lineage split ) United Studios of Self Defense had around 160 some schools nationwide. I left them for awhile after that, and I understand that the lineage split happened around 2011. I came back after that, to find Z-Ultimate here in Colorado, with all the USSD schools gone, or turned into Z-Ultimate.
I won't get into the whole mess and why it happened, because I understand there are two sides to the story and it's debatable, and I don't want to fan the flames of that, which I understand is pretty over with now anyway.
But here's the weird thing. I understood that USSD started on the east and west coasts. I recall hearing that Master Taylor was from Connecticut? ( please correct me if I'm wrong. ) So out of curiosity, I just searched for each school on Google Maps, zooming to see the entire U.S., and then refreshing the search. Here's a screen shot of each, that I found.
Now as far as those USSD locations shown in Colorado, to the best of my knowledge, USSD doesn't have any schools in Colorado anymore. So they must have purposely not removed them as locations, from Google Maps. But I'm shocked at how few Z-Ultimate locations there are, and they've been closing schools in Colorado too, and apparently leaving them listed as locations on Google Maps.
So what really shocks me, is that both of these schools seem to be disappearing, since the 90's. Can anyone verify that? I know I've heard of several Z-Ultimate schools closing in Colorado since I've been back, and they seem to keep leaving them on Google Maps - possibly so as not to give the impression that they are slowly closing down.
So does anyone "in the know" know what's happening with these two schools since the 90's? It's sad to see, for someone whose been involved in both, and is still involved in Z-Ultimate. But the class sizes have been dwindling down since I've been back, and it's troubling. It used to be such a decent school.
