Dear Students, Teachers and Parents,

A quick reminder that we will be closed this Friday and Saturday for
regular classes because of the black belt weekend.

On Friday night at 5:30 we will be having the black belt test at
Coronado High School. This is the first time that we have given this
test open to the public, so feel free to come and bring you friends.
Also the black belt graduation is going to be held at 2:00 p.m. on
Saturday with great demonstrations and the new black belts will be
awarded their new belts. The tournament is being held Saturday
morning, and is designed to be a great warm up for the city-wide
tournament being held November 17th. I hope you can come and watch as
the different high schools battle to see which team is victorious in
kata and sparring. On Saturday night we are having our annual awards
dinner with guest from around the country. This is open to all our
students and their guests, but please let Mary know if you are coming
this week so we can make sure we order enough food. On Sunday we are
having seminars with some of the Masters coming in from around the
country. I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to train with
some of the best teachers in the country. For more information please
call Mary at 598-0398.

Weekly Lesson

The Proactive Way of Defeating the Enemy at the Lowest Level


The warrior sees a fight in his future. Someone is going to abuse
him, attack his integrity or even take a swing at him. Instead of
waiting till this happens, the warrior takes the initiative. This is
why we train. Preemption is an extremely economical strategy for
dealing with conflict (The Chinese Term of Wu wei means "No Action"
or "No Unnecessary Action"). In the beginning the attacker is not
consumed by emotion and is not fixated on a particular outcome. At
this point the warrior's resolution is easy, small touches can nudge
a situation back into alignment. The civilian ignores these signs and
delays a response until it intensifies. This will eventually cause a
tremendous amount of time and energy to be used to resolve the
situation. Following this logic of preemptive action, the warrior
understands that there is no limit to how early he can act. He learns
that benevolence; respect and positive thinking are the elements of a
proactive warrior.

Till Next Week,
Terry Bryan, Kyoshi