Greetings to All you GentlePeople and Happy New Year!
It is rare for me to get to town now-a-days, but I thought it appropriate that I endeavour to do so on the First Day of Spring, which is the beginning of the new year for the Ancient Hebrew People.
Imagine my surprise and joy to see so many good people joining and pursuing the American Martial LifeStyle! There are so many posts on this Forum that there is no possibility of my answering them all in one day ~ so I’ll make a few words suffice until more time in civilization is available to me.
First, I want to express my gratitude to Derric, Aric and Art for taking the helm and steering the DistanceLearning Program in my absence. It actually looks better than I left it, which causes me great joy and humility. It is particularly inspiring for me to see Guru Derric conducting a Spring Training GetTogether today and tomorrow.
Then, I want to thank those who have taken the responsibility to moderate boards that focus on issues near and dear to my heart, like God and sharp tools. So thanks to Tim Nichols and Travis Caton. And while I’m on the Tim Nichols subject, congratulations are in order, not just because of his advancement to Level Three, but because of the dedication that advancement required. Tim was one of the early supporters of my video training idea that has blossomed into the DistanceLearning Program. It was difficult, at best, in the early days to sort through the mass of disconnected information contained in my embryonic videos, not to mention the production values were amateur, in the kindest of evaluation. Tim stuck with it like a wolverine.
It would be impossible to describe the joy that welled inside me when I saw that Elijah Rock Gartin had taken the responsibility of crafting and administrating the Forum. He has certainly exceeded anything I could have done! Thank you Elijah!
I’m also pleased to see that Art has continued to make the DVDs available, and with the payment gateway, to a larger audience. It also pleases me to see that the lowered prices keep the DVDs within the reach of those People smitten by the collapse of the World Economy. Of course, I have been admonishing People for decades to prepare for just such an eventuality.
Speaking of the Economic Collapse. I will again be available to those pursuing the American MartialLifeStyle after the inevitable economic collapse and the ensuing wars that will bring about the demise of the FEDERAL DEMOCRACY under MARTIAL RULE and the Banker’s New World Order; and usher in a return to the Republic Of the People, By the People, and For the People wherein Peace will reign.
So those of you who are continually progressing in the DistanceLearning Program will have Derric and Aric and Art to certify your progress up to the GuruMuda level and I will be available to finish you as Gurus and to prepare you for the levels beyond that.
Until then, I’ll abide in YHVH’s Love in the Cave of Adullum and do my best to provide as much instruction as I can from afar. I noticed some of the old videos from a couple of years ago are now on-line, so I have to assume that the rest of the “new” video footage will also soon be available to you. I have endeavoured to address some of the difficulties of learning by video and to provide a more detailed explanation of the MartialLifeStyle in those videos.
To my surprise and satisfaction, however, I see that many of those points have recently been addressed in this Forum ~ thank you GentlePeople!
I am deeply impressed with the moral and intellectual quality of the People I see reflected in the posts on this Forum, as well as the reviews on the payment gateway, and I am humbled that Yah has gathered such an elite calibre of People to represent American KunTao Silat!
Know that each one of you are in my thoughts and prayers and that one day soon, I’ll be able to see you face to face and bask in the glory of YHVH’s Love and Peace.
Until then, I remain in His Service,
Steve