Don't ask me to remember

Don't ask me to remember,

Don't try to make me understand,

I'm confused beyond your concept,

I'm sad and sick and lost,

I can rest knowing your with me,

All I know is that I need you,

to be with me at all cost.

Our Government is bought and corrupt.

It uses the courage and valor of the men and women in it's service to be 

'The worlds bully'  to serve it's own twisted agenda.

Yet, I will always take of my hat, put my hand on my heart,

and salute our service persons for their willingness to fight and protect

our constitution and the liberty of others.

Joseph Camppbell said it beautifully:

 The term hero is thrown around more often than it actually should be,

but you will know a real hero when you see one.

They are people who do something for the greater good in an unselfish act..

Three great forces rule our world:

Stupidity Fear and Greed.

-Albert Einstien-

Never , never, never forget

The Joe Lewis Legacy

The two best days of Joe's life were at age 48 

the births of his son Joseph Cameron Lewis,

 and two years later his daughter Kristina Ruth Lewis.

To Joe his kids were the most important accomplishment in his life.

Please suport their continuing education.

http://joelewisamericankaratesystems.com/

http://joelewislegacy.com/

To be yourself 

in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else

 is the greatest accomplishment.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

I wrote this August 30, 2012.....

Tomorrow I fly to see my Friend and mentor Joe Lewis for what is probably the last time.
 His courage, integrity, wisdom and friendship will live within me forever.

 I will take him with me to every class I teach or attend.

I will continue to honor his memory all the days of my life. 

I am who I am today because of his inspiration.
 Through me he will continue to inspire the hearts and minds of all who's lives I touch.

He asked us to
 'Innovate not Immitate'.....
That's what I will do !!

My mentor and friend Grand Master Joe Lewis,
 passed away peacefully at 10:45am on Friday, August 31st,
 with his family at his side as I sat on the runway in Portland, Oregon to go see him.

Mr. Lewis fought a valiant 13 1/2 month battle with brain cancer. 

His vision will live on in the hearts and minds of all whose lives he touched.

Good Bye and God Speed Joe Lewis
we love you Rest in Peace. 

http://fearsltd.blogspot.com/2012/08/mentor-master-friend.html

That hand is still on my shoulder.....

In the JLAKS (Joe Lewis American Karate System) ,

and NCCM (Non-Classical Combative Methodologies),

 there are no formulas, no recipes.

 In JLAKS there are a minimum of required skills,

 performed in an unlimited amount of ways.

It is conceivable that a long time ago a certain martial artist discovered some partial truth. During his lifetime, the man resisted the temptation to organizee this partial truth, although this is a common tendency in a man’s search for security and certainly in life. After his death, his students took his hypotheses, his postulates, and his method and turned them into law. Impressive creeds were then invented, solemn reinforcing ceremonies prescribed, rigid philosophy and patterns formulated, and so on, until finally an institution was erected. So, what originated as one man’s intuition of some sort or personal fluidity has been transformed into solidified, fixed knowledge, complete with organized classified responses presented in a logical order. In so doing, the well-meaning, loyal followers have not only made this knowledge a holy shrine, but also a tomb in which they have buried the founder’s wisdom.

-Bruce Lee -

We have been left with a great responsibility , let's not screw it up !!

In the mean time lets not forget.

It's said as long as the living still speak your name you continue to live.

A year and a day ago my Master, My Mentor, My Friend....

Joe Lewis lost his battle with brain cancer. 

Speak his name, do it today do it every day.......

Never, never, never forget it !!!!

Joe Lewis 

Legends are forever 

The Sounds of Silence

Never be bullied into silence.

 Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

 Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

-Harvey  Feirstein-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Dmrpt_CdI

The inner voice takes many forms but is usually not flashes of light,

life changing spiritual experiences or the result of rituals. 

It is usually just an inner gentle constant urging to change something.

Be willing to listen to the answers whether you like them or not.

Words have power and can choose the direction of our lives.

We can experience life positively or negatively .....

Our mind will create negative,

disempowering meanings whenever things are seemingly going wrong.

Success and failure are not overnight experiences.

 It’s the small decisions along the way

 that cause people to fail or succeed

 -Anthony Robbins-

As a young traditional martial artist

 my interpretations were often deemed questionable.

I remember once at Karate  College......

Joe Lewis said, "What are you going to teach ?"

Years later while evaluating a group of my students at an event in Boston......

Joe said, "Where did you learn that?"

I replied, "From you !"

Once Bill Wallace said,

 "How can you be a Joe Lewis Black Belt with a hook like that ?"

That same,....'hook...like that'.....

sent the Herman Digital Trainer.... Off the scale !!!

http://uechi-ryu.com/my-herman-digital-trainer/

In Uechi Ryu Karate, titles are awarded to teachers

who write or create things that further the art.......

Often the greatest lessons are not in the words, (spoken or otherwise);

But what's inspired from the sounds of the silence between those words,

 and what we choose to to do with it.