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That's great Danny! Sounds like you've had some enviable experiences over there, but there's no place like home. Hope to see more of you in a few months.

And more good news, no more time difference on the DOTD! I don't know if that's good or bad...:D

Norm
 
hey Danny im about 2 hours from you , and would love to spar if you get a itch , I love trying to adapt to styles and would love to just shoot the s... about everything , let me know
 
my oldest daughter being born tipped the scales for us too. We were in Hawaii, which by the way IS a foreign country AND a state at the same time. We moved back because we wanted family around to help with raising her etc.. and because of racism and bad schools.

(People get mad when you say that, but I think it shows respect for those who believe the kingdom of Hawaii was forcibly (and wrongly) overthrown, and it also shows respect for those who believe it should be a state.)
 
Demon, I dont plan on teaching budo, but I am very open to just training with people, so let's definitely get together. I think we are going to be home in time for the fouth of July. Im not certain about the date, but my visa expires july 12.
I have spent 6 years here. It doesnt seem that long, but I have been busy!
Literally I have been working night and day to do and learn as much as I possibly could.
I was afraid that I might be leaving too soon, but I have made so much progress this past year that I am not afraid of that anymore.
Sensei told me that basically, I had "got it" whatever that means.
I will keep training until the end of my life, but I am not going to ever wonder if Im doing it right anymore. It may not be perfect, but the feeling is what I came for and I feel it now.

I want to simply enjoy the rest of my life and I want to do it in America.

They say the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long. I say who cares? We have a moral duty to burn as brightly as we can because nobody knows how long we have, no matter how brightly we burn.

I may not have any money to travel when I get back, but I will do whatever I can to come and spend some time with you, my friends in America. I have known some of you for years now and never even seen your faces.

Let's change that as soon as possible.
 
Maybe you could change your name to 'forgedinjapan'

or backfrommountain

It will be good to have Danny in the US.


munk
 
I want to simply enjoy the rest of my life and I want to do it in America
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Brother, I feel you. I have always loved and appreciated my country, but it's amazing how much you can appreciate it when you see how some other places are.
 
America isn’t a good place to raise kids unless you’re in the country. That’s what I think.
 
I was born in Chicago but moved to South Africa when I was 9. I went back to the U.S when I was 15/16 to look around and see childhood friends. I couldn’t believe how different the people were there. And so much stress... I also had much, much more emotional intelligence and general maturity than my old friends of the same age. To me they seemed like 12 year olds.

Its something you don’t notice easily until you've found some kind of centre. There’s a lot of angst in America. There’s a lot of angst in SA too but of a different variety.
When I go to China, all of that kind of disappears. It seems the Chinese have better ways of dealing with every day life in general. They also regulate their emotions and deal with it better than most.
 
I don't want to raise my child anywhere else. As a public teacher in elementary and middle schools in Japan, I know what kind of brain washing BS goes on and it aint happening to my kid.
Im sure we all have had different experiences, but Im certain of this part.
 
It'll be good to have you back, Danny. This way you'll be able to attend some of our Khonventions.

Bob
 
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