My name is Rick and I am a sensei with Karate Budokan International in Noosa .I have trained in Budokan karate for the past 14 years and am currently a 3rd Dan Black Belt. I began this site as an interest of martial arts and teaching myself a little bit about computers. I hope to slowly build on what we are creating here and make this into a wothwhile website! Ricroc
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"When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed
of changing the world. As I grew older and wiser, I discovered that the
world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided
to change only my country, But it, too, seemed immovable. As I grew
into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for
changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have
none of it. And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If
only I had changed myself first, then by example I would have changed
my family. From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have
been able to better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world."
- The words inscribed on the tomb of an Anglican bishop in Westminster
Abby (1100 A.D.).
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"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
- Bruce Lee
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"Experience is what you don't get until just after you need it "
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* Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away "
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"Who in the world am I? Ah _that's_ the great puzzle."
-- Alice (in Wonderland).
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"You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the
consequences"
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"If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in
some way."
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"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value."
Albert Einstein
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"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"
Joe Namath
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Ghandi
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing....it wastes
your time and annoys the pig."
Anonymous