“Be the weird kid.

Be the funny kid.

Be the quiet kid.

Be the athletic kid.

Be the theatre kid.

Be the numbers kid.

Just don’t be the mean kid.”

-Anonymous

“As in life, so too in budo. As in budo, so too in life.”

-Robert Van Valkenburgh is co-founder of Taikyoku Mind & Body and Kogen Dojo where he teaches Taikyoku Budo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu