But first a Toast:
How often we may Forget our respects. Often those that mean so much to us and are so important to us; don’t know their importance to us. This for me because we could not just sit down face to face and seriously speak it, or did not have the opportunity to say it face to face in a class or seminar. I do wish my respect and loyalties to be known! So to those Instructors shown below that have shared time and knowledge with me over the years please know you may be older now but never forgotten by me, I've told my world about you.
Know that I have tried to make sure over the years that your names, faces, and stories are known and respected by all the many students that have come through the doors of my schools. I have tried to respect you more then you may realize!!
I have helped your legacies grow in numbers! You, your teachings are in the minds of many as best as I could show! My talents and skills I have been demonstrating over the years at movie theaters, stage shows, on TV, store demonstrations other events, are a direct result of my work and your teachings. I want you to know that your pictures have been displayed on my walls, your names mentioned and referred to constantly, my memories of you, the stories, which is now history about you have been shared with hundreds of students over the years! My rolls had three hundred a year in one school alone. Your photo’s have always hung on the walls of my schools for all to see and ask questions about. They were referred to and pointed out when teaching a class technique involving your concepts or style. I am aging myself now so many of you are old now or passed on, but are still remembered by me and my students!
To you all now I say Thank you!!!
I toast now to your legacy.
Also to those students who did train in a Dahms Academy school, those who will remember, who where inspired by me, who developed the interest, who did accomplish, went on to get fully trained (by me or others), who have trained that knowledge, programmed it in, who have worked to develop their JKD, found their skills, who have become diversely knowledgeable, experienced in many Martial Arts systems, concepts and principles, and thus are more then they would have been; and have spread it; join me now, it's to your hard work as well that I raise my glass and toast!
One more for the road! Remember were you came from! Remember me as your Master, it’s my only legacy! As you were taught by me, or first by me! Remember I pointed them out to you, have said and so say now again; you must also show respect for; remember my Masters, their creations, their systems, their legacy that helped make me! Put aside your jealousies and egos, make mention of me, my teachings, my masters, the principles, concepts, the founders and their Systems. Include the places, the culture they sprang from, teach who, when and where the principles and concepts came from! Help to broaden the understandings and give credit where credit is due! You did not create what you are all by yourself. Remember who helped make you. Lets have respect and remember our roots, were your talent came from, the people, concepts, systems, cultures that helped created it! We all may forget, it’s easy, so lets not! Here is to now, trying to show respect and remember. Tell or show me and the Grand Masters who made me, of your respect, that you do remember!
End of toast;
Cheers!!!! |
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