BY SOKE WILLIAM DURBIN

Kempo students should train to the highest level and achieve the gentle skills of restraint, while always being grounded in reality and learning the lethal techniques should they ever prove necessary.

‘Again they picked up stones to stone him…and they tried to seize him, but he escaped out of their hands.’

Only by achieving the union of mind and spirit does an individual become truly free and know their true self.

Let those who read these words go in peace and seek to live the life of Kiyojute that they might be; spiritually positive, gentle people.

If a person cannot adapt to changing circumstances, they will never be able to actually defend themselves.

I teach the principles of Kempo so that a person can truly develop into a master of the Sogo Bujutsu.

Be like the masters of old and practice hard, seeking the secrets of Kempo.

Thanks to Richard Stone and Rod Sacharnoski, I was able to accomplish one of the most important achievements in my life.