Well, football is out of his life, but he has been inducted into the prestigious Kuoshu (Chinese Martial Arts) Hall of Fame. The induction was done by the United States Chinese Kuoshu Federation, a member of the World Kuoshu Federation.

        Somehow along the way his passion for football changed to martial arts during four years of football at Tulane while pursuing a degree in business administration.

        He fell in love with it, he said, from his office in Gaithersburg, Md., where he owns and operates a martial arts school. He refers to martial arts as a “very cool thing.”

        “After I started training in it, I realized that it was something I could use in my everyday life,” Mr. Dunphy said. “The self-confidence it builds. The concentration it teaches and how you can use it for unhealthy peer pressure are things that make me love it as a lifestyle. I love it as a sport, but I also like it as a lifestyle.”

        Mr. Dunphy also learned that he was pretty good at it in competition. He was the 1981 national champion in form and weapons and in 1986 he was the world champion in Chinese full-contact kickboxing.

        Mr. Dunphy is a 6th degree black sash and is the highest ranking U.S.-born master in the style of Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu.

        In December, 1999, Mr. Dunphy was selected by Inside Kung Fu Magazine of Los Angeles as one of the top 100 most influential martial artists of this century.

        Making it to the hall of fame involves much more than just being good in the sport. The federation considers community service and how a person has participated in advancing the sport.

        “I feel good about getting into the hall of fame, because you are voted in by a group of knowledgeable martial artists,” Mr. Dunphy said. “I have been able to give seminars on martial arts across the country and have kept active locally and nationally.”

        Mr. Dunphy said he still maintains his loyalty to the Buckeyes and Cincinnati, where he grew up in Kenwood.

        “He started late in martial arts, but he really worked hard at it,” said his sister, Jan Meyer of Blue Ash. “I think getting into the hall of fame is real neat.”

        The City of Cincinnati deserves a pat on the back for its job of filling potholes this year.

        Statistics show the Department of Public Services has filled 18,611 potholes and repaired 3,211 linear feet of curb.

        The department uses portapatchers along with pickup trucks, outfitted with hot boxes, which contain warm asphalt.

        The city is also continuing its Big Cincinnati Sweep, in which city crews work in specific neighborhoods for one week. Last week the crews were in Mount Lookout and Columbia Tusculum.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at 768-8362, e-mail ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.

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