Who's This Bill Woodward Guy, Anyway?

The Whole Crew


OK, I'll admit it. I'm a family man. Not only that, but I'm very proud of the fact that I'm a family man.  I believe that I have the best (and most beautiful) family in the whole world. You gotta problem wit dat? Left to right, we have Matthew, Carlisle, Kelly, Aubrey, Me, and Delaney in my lap. This picture was taken at Enchanted Rock State Park, near Fredericksburg, Texas.

What The Heck Kinda Name Is Bill_CCHKK?

I use the handle Bill_CCHKK on a number of different message boards. I started out using it as my Yahoo! email address, since I needed something unique. "But what does it mean?," I hear you cry?

Bill_CCHKK

First of all, I'm a Christian.  I believe that God is alive and actively involved in the affairs of those who follow him.  I believe that he loves us and wants to help us in all areas of our lives, but like any good parent, he also allows us to make (and learn from) our own mistakes.  I believe that he listens for and answers prayers if they are in line with his teachings, but that in order to be used effectively, we need to know his word and use it in prayer.  I believe that God has made promises in his word to his people and that we can call him on those promises and expect to be answered.

Bill_CCHKK

I'm a Chile-Head.  I like hot foods in many forms, although I'm especially partial to Asian cuisine.  I enjoy cooking and eating hot foods, although my tolerance is not as high as some other people I know.  Still, it's much higher now than it was before I moved to Texas.

Here are some Chile-Head related resources:

Bill_CCHKK

I'm a Karate-Ka, or student of karate.  I study Okinawan Goju-Ryu under Sensei Ty Yocham at Round Rock Martial Arts in Round Rock, TX.  We are one of the Texas Okinawan Goju-Kai Karate Federation schools under Shihan Dean Chapman in Dallas.  I am currently a Nidan, or second-degree black belt, making me Sensei Yocham's senior student in Austin.

Although I'm a big fan of the Okinawan karate styles (when I was in High School, I studied Isshin-Ryu, another Okinawan style, for several years), I am interested in any martial art.  I am not one of those people who will get into the middle of big flame wars over which martial art in the best.  I do believe that the Okinawan styles are the best for me, but I think that a bit of cross-training in other styles is a good thing.

I've been keeping an on-line journal of my Goju-Ryu studies since I started in October of 1996.  I highly recommend keeping a journal of your studies (I didn't when I studied Isshin-Ryu, and I don't know dates, ranks, etc.)  Keeping it online has been a great experience, since I get email from martial artists from around the world.

I have a list of martial art related links off of my Martial Arts page.

Anything Else?

I work for Hewlett-Packard Corporation in Austin, TX.

I have been a brother in Phi Gamma Delta since May 10, 1986, when I was initiated into the Rho Alpha chapter at Virginia Tech. Fraternities can have a pretty bad reputation nowadays, but I really believe that this is because there are a small number of bad ones on any campus, and these tend to be the most visible. I highly recommend the fraternity experience.

I have finally completed my Master's degree in Computer Science at Southwest Texas State University with a 3.92/4.0 cumulative GPA.

wpwood@saifa.net