Lost and Found

Many years ago I felt lost. I needed to find a way to be found. I found body building but it lacked something and I also found that it fed the ego with not substance to achieve something more. I tried boxing and Judo as well which taught me fighting skills but something seemed to be missing.

I found the Marine Corps which gave me a lot of guidance and focus. It also fed the ego more than it should but to meet the Corps strategy for combat and so on it was the best. I still needed more...

Then on the island of Okinawa I found Isshinryu and along with the Marines started down a path full of excitement and possibilities. Many years later I still felt lost so I started digging into life a bit more where the light sudden came on so I could "see" more.

The kenpo gokui and other sources of the esoteric studies seemed to give some direction to all the practice and training I had done for so many years.

Maybe to explain it better I can use a movie with Billy Crystal. In this movie Mr. Crystal's character seemed to be lost so along with his friends they embarked upon a path or singular endeavor that tho was not the original intent did provide for that "one" thing that ultimately showed him the one true meaning of it all. His character found himself through this singular endeavor much like the "Art of Te" helped me find my way.

While driving cattle the drover told Crystals character that the answer to life was this "one thing" and when asked he stated that each of us had to find that "one" thing for ourselves.

Only through the many trials and tribulations of that cattle drive did Crystal's character find that "ONE" thing that gave life meaning and direction.

Our practice of the art of the empty hand or any other endeavor where we practice with diligence and purpose can that "one" thing be revealed.

Gokui no mokuso!