Martial Arts

Martial Arts

Over this past year I have been very involved in my Kung Fu.  I joined martial arts because I wanted to know more about the spiritual side of the art.  I first tried TKD and I found that it was a good art but it was not the style I wanted to learn no was the school what I was looking for.  Don’t get me wrong here, TKD is a great MA just the school didn’t teach the “spiritual” side of the MA that I was so looking for.

Yesterday I had a conversation with a new business owner that was trying to understand his customers and to a smaller extent his business.  He has a new equestrian business that he and his family started 2 years ago.  They were very successful dairy farmers for over 30 years and decided to take their business in a new direction.  After about 15 minutes of conversation we both came to realize the same thing.  You need a complete package if you are going to have a successful business.  Without the right facilities, the right trainer and owners that truly care their business is not going to flourish.  If you have one or two of these pieces your business may run and you may pay the bills but you are not going to reach your businesses full potential.

This brings me back to my Kung Fu training.  I believe the school where I train has all three pieces.  We have a great Kwoon, with great Sifu’s that are very skilled and more importantly they are very approachable.  Finally we have an owner (Sifu Brinker) that really does care about not only the health of his business but the overall health of his students.  I have found what I was looking for in a MA school not only in the style of the MA but in the family that is there helping me grow.

Ian Repay

Student of Silent River Kung Fu

Student member of UBBT 8

"Do not criticize any of the other martial arts. Speak ill of others and it surely comes back to you.
The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it cannot move about."

 -Master Morihei Uyeshiba