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One Mind. Any Weapon.
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Male
22 years old
Monterey Bay, California
United States
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07/22/2008 23:58:24 |
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Budo, great taste, less filling.
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I have no parents:
I make the heavens and Earth my parents.
I have no home:
I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death:
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power:
I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means:
I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets:
I make character my magic secret.
I have no body:
I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes:
I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears:
I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs:
I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy:
I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.
I have no design:
I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
I have no miracles:
I make right action my miracles.
I have no principles:
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics:
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents:
I make ready wit my talent.
I have no friends:
I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy:
I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor:
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle:
I make immovable mind my castle.
I have no sword:
I make absence of mind my sword.
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I don't wish for things, I create them. That being said, I would like to:
1)See the invisible
2)Feel the intangible
3)Achieve the impossible
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In no real order, excepting Jesus would be first:
Jesus The Christ
Julio Toribio
Maasaki Hatsumi
Any and all who can call themselves "uchdeshi"
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The Four Agreements
The Alchemist
The Holy Bible
The Republic of Plato
Warrior of the Light
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indie
rock
acoustic
tiger drums
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anything thought provoking
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Myspace (stogie2520@myspace.com)
Henka (Bujinkan Blog)
YouTube
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I am committed to being a martial artist for the rest of my life. I thirst for both Budo and Bujutsu, and am always looking for training. I believe that martial arts can and should teach you to defend yourself, but should also give you a set of values that you can live your life by. I believe in the five elements and that they exist in all of us. Finally, I believe in being a student for life. Never losing the "white belt" mindset will take you far, and I always enjoy putting on the white belt and seeing things with fresh eyes.
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Seibukan Jujutsu is the art that I have dedicated myself to for the time being. My teacher and mentor is Julio Toribio. I train at the Seibukan hombu dojo in Monterey, CA. I am dedicated to learning the art from him and his Shihan, teaching it, and helping it to grow over the next six years and beyond.
I have been studying Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu in the past year to enhance my jujutsu training. Although it is not my main focus, my teacher is Shidoshi and connected to Soke. He is true to the teachings of Hatsumi Sensei and I attend Bujinkan seminars and events whenever I can.
I am continuing my studies of Seikendo, a healing martial art. It is a synthesis of shiatsu, massage therapy and energy meridian stimulation. I give treatments to select people for the time being and will soon receive my certificate of completion of the system.
I have casually done some Aikido, but look forward to stepping up my commitment to the art in the future.
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I use martial arts to improve my health, my relationships, and to experience abundance. The teachings of Toribio Sensei, his teachers and students, and Maasaki Hatsumi have changed my way of thinking.
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International Seibukan Jujutsu Organization
The Bujinkan
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Sharing my budo with others and seeing it make a difference in the training and lives of the students.
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The trasition from jujutsu to ninjutsu is a challenge, because you have to reprogram yourself. Whenever you train in a new martial art some people will see your previous training and tell you that it is wrong. While some of it may be, the challenge for me is taking new techniques and incorporating them into my bujutsu, without abandoning my previous training.
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Dojos that are friendly, clean, and respectful of the art that they teach. Instructors who are dedicated to your success. A family dynamic among students. Most of all, a serious attitude towards training.
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I am cautious of politics, egos, competitiveness, and most of all, arrogance. That being said, these are things you have to experience so you can appreciate what a healthy dojo is like..
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Playing and listening to music. I play guitar and bass. I enjoy writing my thoughts down in a journal and sometimes blogging about it. I enjoy history and study martial arts history. I also enjoy philosophy and thinking about living an ethical life. Finally, I do play video games as a de-stressor from time to time.
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I don't know, I don't like to think of things as my saddest or happiest times. Loss, sorrow, and even hate have a natural place in our lives. But they always pass and are a sign that you are worthy of being tested. So I appreciate those things and keep going.
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Right now. I am where I want to be in my life. I am young and healthy, I have incredible friends and teachers, and I have enough money to do the things I want and no more. Although I sometimes let myself down and disappoint others, I never said I was a master. I am only a master of being myself.
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