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As I sit here, smoking a wonderful Ashton VSG stogie, I'm trying to respond to a person from the great State of New York. "Mr. LaBounty, Mr. LaBounty, why are your posts often... well.. dark?" Hmm.. well, I guess that is how I see the world...

Recently, at the weight gym I train at, they added a heavy, well actually a 40# bag, for persons to practice their kick boxing... I guess? I hit it a couple of times and began to get the urge to seek out my 120# bag and work with it, rather than get over...

Never, ever, ever delegate responsibility for your own safety. Never, ever, ever override your own experience and common sense on the say-so of some self-appointed "expert" including me. Never, ever, ever ignore what your eyes see because it...

Recently, I learned that a certain "master" (lower case intended) had told several people in his circle that I, and several other of my friends and peers had 'stolen' our belts and that Mr. Parker NEVER gave us our ranking. In my case...

In an attempt to resume writing without the doom and gloom of my recent mood, I offer some quotes I've found through reading, listeniing, remembering and even a few of my own. Don't know why or who'll care, lets call it a catharsis of sorts...

Hope: Ah yes, to have hope, what a wonderful idea. It's one of those 'self-help' mantra's that ring throughout all the private therapeutic sessions, the political campaigns, the medical people who when one is stricken with a life ending...

"The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie-deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth-persistant, persuasive, and unrealistic" - President John F. Kennedy The traditional approach to a martial art has become a bit of a pariah today...

So, continuing on this subject and to clarify a bit more on the term "Death of Kenpo". Much of the modern bias to any form of ritual is contained in the thinking that the 'mythical' symbols would lend some sort of superstitious character...