"Why'd you join budo?" My sensei asked me the other day. I remembered the moment I walked up to a stranger's garage at nineteen years old. I sat in a folding chair set up in the driveway to complete the mandatory observation of a two-hour class before I could be allowed to enroll.
Leslie, this is the last thing I'll read in 2023. And I can honestly say that it contained sufficient gravity, meaning, and eloquence to leave me feeling perfectly satisfied with this as a last essay to close the year. Just beautifully and wisely said. Thank you.
Great read and thank you for creating all of this. Happy New Year’s Eve and next year is going to be record breaker-for you. Budo, Bushido, Jiu-Jitsu or any martial arts has historically been about self-discipline as well as self-defense. Having read “the 5 rings” by Miyamoto Musashi (only undefeated Samurai), and later getting inked (tattoos) of them on me-is a reminder Life has never been defeated and will always win; so your moments of happiness and joy or sense of accomplishment are absolutely worth celebrating. Even the simplest things of a good full deep concentrated breath, eyes close, with slow deliberate exhale are incredible. 할 수 있어(요)! You can do it, Leslie. 💪🤘
Leslie, this is the last thing I'll read in 2023. And I can honestly say that it contained sufficient gravity, meaning, and eloquence to leave me feeling perfectly satisfied with this as a last essay to close the year. Just beautifully and wisely said. Thank you.
Great read and thank you for creating all of this. Happy New Year’s Eve and next year is going to be record breaker-for you. Budo, Bushido, Jiu-Jitsu or any martial arts has historically been about self-discipline as well as self-defense. Having read “the 5 rings” by Miyamoto Musashi (only undefeated Samurai), and later getting inked (tattoos) of them on me-is a reminder Life has never been defeated and will always win; so your moments of happiness and joy or sense of accomplishment are absolutely worth celebrating. Even the simplest things of a good full deep concentrated breath, eyes close, with slow deliberate exhale are incredible. 할 수 있어(요)! You can do it, Leslie. 💪🤘