ADAM
"DAIJOFU" DAYS
I
HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF STUDYING HIKARI RYUZA JUJUTSU™ UNDER GRANDMASTER CRIMI
SINCE 1983. HE HAS BEEN THE SPIRITUAL LIGHT IN MY LIFE. HE HAS SHOWN ME HOW TO
LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. HE IS MY FATHER, MY DOCTOR,
MY SPIRITUAL GUIDE, AND MY GRANDMASTER.
GRANDMASTER
CRIMI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPIRITUAL ROCK IN MY LIFE. EVEN AFTER MOVING TO LOS ANGELES,
HOUSTON, AND BATON ROUGE, I TRAVELED BACK TO THE DOJO FOR CLASSES.
MY
JOURNEY WITH GRANDMASTER BEGAN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY IN 1983. IT WAS A COLD SATURDAY
MORNING IN JANUARY. AS MY FEET FIRST TOUCHED THE MAT, I BEGAN MY JOURNEY TOWARDS
SELF UNDERSTANDING AND SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. I WAS TO BE CHANGED FOREVER AS
A HUMAN BEING. ON THIS PATH I HAVE LEARNED HUMILITY, SINCERITY, HONESTY, AND LOVE.
THIS PATH HAS ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF MY HIGHER SELF.
AS
IT HAS BEEN SAID, "ACCEPT YOUR PROGRESS WITH HUMILITY, FOR WITH EACH STEP
FORWARD THE CHALLENGE GROWS". THIS HAS BEEN TRUE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY ON
THIS SPIRITUAL PATH. WHEN I RECEIVED MY SHODAN IN 1993, GRANDMASTER TOLD ME THAT
"NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS". NOW YOU LEARN HOW TO BE A SERVANT OF MANKIND.
THOUGH
THE GRANDMASTERS TEACHINGS I FIRST LEARNED HOW TO STRENGTHEN MY BODY AND INCREASE
MY FLEXIBILITY. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BREATHE PROPERLY AND FALL SAFELY. AS MY
PROWESS IN THE PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES INCREASED, I LEARNED HOW TO PROTECT MYSELF
AND OTHERS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LEARNED HOW TO AVOID PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION AND
HAVE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THOSE AROUND ME. THE GRANDMASTER'S TEACHINGS HAVE
LED ME TO LOOK INWARD AND STRENGTHEN MY CHARACTER, UNCONDITIONALLY, AND TO BE
A BETTER HUMAN BEING AND YUDANSHA (BLACK BELT). FOR THIS I AM FOREVER INDEBTED
TO HIM.
I
CURRENTLY HOLD THE RANK OF GODAN (5TH DEGREE BLACK BELT)/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND
THE TITLE OF RENSHI IN HIKARI RYUZA RYU JU-JUTSU™ AND DANZAN RYU JUJUTSU,
WHICH WERE AWARDED TO ME BY GRANDMASTER CRIMI IN 2000.
I
HOLD A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND I AM LICENSED IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
