I am sworn to instruct the life enhancing & protecting lessons of the martial arts with integrity that values the reputation & legacy of the martial arts above the needs, wants, wishes, and demands of myself and all beings that I encounter.  Every student I accept is appreciated, valued & developed justly by me without bias, judgment, favor, or even hope for their success, or failure.

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Every students' progress must stand upon pillars of truth that stem solely from their own, self sought intentions.  I carry no expectations towards any student's progress, development or even participation.  A student must be committed and wanting on his or her own to fully face, challenge, and succeed in the life empowering feats of the martial arts.  The harsh, unyielding lessons of undeniable truths can only be accepted in sincerity by one, and can never be convinced into the un-willing.

 

"Martial" means "war" which clarifies that the Martial Arts are the War Arts.  I hold in high regard the combative foundation of the Martial Arts along with its still lethal potential.  I do not view, promote, or exploit its power as a game or toy for my adult students, self, or even the children who I accept as my students.  All formalities and respects of the Martial Arts are obeyed by all who choose to seek my tutelage  regardless of who or what they are.  The Martial Arts change the people that I bring to it, it does not get changed by them.

 

I do my best to openly demonstrate honor with committed manners of kindness, consideration & selflessness towards my students and all persons I encounter.  I have been blessed through enlightenment with the mental freedom to understand and feel true love towards everyone.  I gladly take the initiative to present respect, patience, fairness, humbleness, opportunity, and the benefit of the doubt shamelessly without hesitation. I behave with chivalry towards women and children, and supporting compassion towards men and boys.  I thrive on assuring that everyone’s experiences with me is one of the best moments of their lives that they leave feeling better about who they are because of how I treated them.   This is who I truly am.  Except in the dojo.

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In the dojo I serve the safety and betterment of mankind second, and I serve the integrity and uncorrupted deliverance of the martial arts FIRST with good reason.  In the dojo I can only offer friendship and companionship.  In the dojo the martial arts can offer empowerment, security, physical and mental wellness, self surety, unbreakable confidence, unwavering self control, revitalization, purpose, value, athleticism, passion, validation, reality, calm, fearlessness, perception, patience, the mastery of self, and true inner peace.  The martial arts offer a better life along with the ability to pass these gifts on to others.

 

Hence the reason why I do not fickle or interfere in the struggles of one's martial arts challenges under my tutelage.  I hold the utmost respect for all of my students and I would never insult their integrity or degrade their honor with deception that offers instant comfort while covertly evaporating the moment of growth that was hidden within the challenge.  Everyone deserves a fair chance to face the harsh, empowering challenges of the martial arts with the pride of doing it all on their own, even if they fail.  Because the one who fails on his own evolves more than the one who cheated or was given his way to success.     

 

The only time that my interest is captured by a student in the dojo is when a student demonstrates repetitively through several acts that he or she has become a true student of the martial arts who truly believes in what it can offer him.  It is when I witness this in a student that my true service towards that student and the martial arts begins.  This is when I must not fail in providing this dedicated student with all of the unaltered, complex, harsh, challenges of the martial arts, that will allow him the full opportunity to use it to reach the full potential that uncompromised martial arts training offers without diluted restrictions.

 

I believe the Martial Arts are a sacred gift of enlightenment for the betterment of all mankind.  I have been blessed and entrusted with a life duty to protect, nurture and cautiously deliver lessons of the martial arts to others.  Before I had the job to teach Martial Arts, I was doing Martial Arts.  And even though the job that I do today and have done for over 30 years is the teaching of Martial Arts, I still DO Martial Arts.  It serves as my career and employment but not once has it ever been a job for me.  It has been my protector, teacher, comforter, motivator, stability, guide, and more.  And now it has positioned me to be that for others.

 

-Master Chief Instructor Kru Jermaine Andre'