Favorite quote # 1:  “The doctor who chases pain is lost.”- Vladimir Janda

Favorite quote #2:  “Live like a man, die like a man, become a man.”  -Unattributed Japanese philosopher

Last book read: “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”

My favorite thing about the Martial arts is the constant feedback on a man’s position in social hierarchy, for better or worse.

My favorite teaching moment was when a student won a tournament with a choke I had demonstrated the day before, and he returned to relay the story to me.