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Shortly after opening Nonoâ€™s Hapkido at 137 Pier Ave., in downtown Hermosa Beach in 1987, Nonoâ€™s adult students asked him to teach their sons and daughters. They were concerned about the downsides to their childrenâ€™s privileged upbringings â€“ including lack of discipline, lack of respect for authority, and ignorance of lifeâ€™s less pleasant realities â€“ both Mean Streetâ€™s and Wall Streetâ€™s. Nono was reluctant. He was used to teaching local, federal and international law enforcement officers and professional and amateur martial arts fighters. Only after opening his Hermosa studio had he begun to teach lay adults. His teaching philosophy was rooted in relentless repetition. Repetition requires discipline. Discipline is learned from mistakes. In the martial arts, mistakes are painful. Nonoâ€™s reservations werenâ€™t unfounded. Some parents complained that their children werenâ€™t advancing fast enough through the belt system. Nono told them he didnâ€™t believe in â€œsocial promotionâ€ in education, and he wasnâ€™t running a martial arts mill, where testing fees are common. â€œBelts mean nothing,â€ he would tell the young white belts. To make his point he would teach them a black belt kick. He prefers to start children when they are five or six. â€œIf you want to plant a tree first brace the tree so it will grow straight. If it grows crooked it canâ€™t be straightened,â€ he explained.  Learning by repetition may be out of fashion, but it is the foundation of Nonoâ€™s instruction.

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