"Keep asking questions, or else it becomes a religion"

--Bill Maher

"While some leaders are men of words: others are men of action. President Bush is a man who uses words...to describe actions!"

--Jon Stewart (10/9/07)

"People who cannot live comfortably with "differences," always have a tendency to slide into tyranny."

--Anouar Majid (10/12/07)
www.pbs.org/moyers/journ...profile2.html

I received this testimonial on the tail-end of an email'd paper, the other day.

"Sensei, I just want to let you know that Aikido has been a challenge for me. I have trained in Muaythai for the last two years and I find Aikido completely different from my previous training. Before, I learned how to strike and my goal was to damage my opponent in the shortest amount of time. Here, I learned patience and to move with my partner (not opponent). In Muaythai, I excelled because of that flame(a... read more