Dear Students, Teachers, Parents and Friends,

We just finished a very busy weekend with seminars, black belt pre-
testing and a tournament. I think all the students that attended
Sensei High's kata and sword seminar had a great time. The testing on
Saturday was awesome with many students being promoted and some were
invited to test for black belt in May. Our team did a great job at
the tournament and brought back a bunch of medals. There are a couple
of them they may be sore tomorrow, but they all did great.

Lesson of the Week


The Enemy is Never Wrong

The warrior's wisdom is based on the premise that no matter what the
enemy does, it is never wrong. Whether the attack is a verbal
assault, or a knife attack to the ribs, or even negative thoughts and
actions, it makes no difference – it just is. The civilian meets
resistance with anger and gets upset. He curses his opponent and
whines about unreasonable behavior. The warrior, on the other hand,
accepts whatever attack comes his way and responds with grace and a
presence. A warrior's job is not to understand or judge an attacker's
behavior, but to respond with creativity and a quality response. In
the real world, problems present themselves to you not for you to
judge them, but for you to find a solution. Engage the enemy as you
find him, not as you wish him to be.
In reality, your most powerful enemy is yourself. We all know what we
need to do in life, yet we are constantly surrounded by negative
people, thoughts or actions. All successful people do not see
problems at all, but instead, opportunities for growth. When
presented an obstacle, they immediately think to themselves, " This
is good" and then develop the rational of what is to be learned from
this experience. What ever you spend time thinking about and believe
to be true, will more than likely become a reality. By thinking and
planning on those things he/she wants, the successful person spends a
great deal of time thinking about their goals and what they want, and
not what they don't want. This strategy will enable the average
person to achieve more in a short time, than many people can
accomplish in a lifetime. As the saying goes, "If you believe you
can, or believe you can't – your right."

Respectfully,
Terry Bryan