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I'm very pleased to announce that one of Sifu's students, Chris Aguilar of Los Angeles, California recently graduated from USMC boot camp in Camp Pendelton, CA is now a Marine. The USMC has a glorious history of selfless sacrifice and legendary courage helping many people around the world attain freedom from oppression. We proudly salute Chris who told me his Shaolin Wahnam training and practice gave him special help during the arduous boot camp. There are links below to info on his journey
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I also wanted to pass along my congratulations to Chris for making it through the very intense, very tough military training.
Chris Aguilar is an upstanding, determined young man. We had the opportunity to meet at Sigung's Intensive Chi Kung course in Malaysia in 2006, and have kept in touch since then. If I recall correctly, after reading about Shaolin Wahnam on Sigung's website, at age 19 he worked hard to save up enough money to pay for the flight and course in Malaysia (his first trip abroad).
Since the course, I've noticed remarkable changes in his mental clarity, calmness, and ability to enjoy life. It has always been a joy to get updates from him on occasion.
Thank you for the kind words. Indeed, bootcamp was challenging for everyone there, but I've realized something after leaving MCRD San Diego and moving on to School of Infantry West in Camp Pendleton.
Bootcamp was all fun and games!
My view on bootcamp is in no small part to the benefits I've derived from practicing our wonderful Shaolin arts. I find myself cracking jokes in regard to our bootcamp experiences with fellow marines, and helped 'em see how and why bootcamp was actually so funny. We laugh hysterically a lot of the time.
School of Infantry, by comparison, is much tougher. I believe that part of the reason bootcamp was so much fun was due to the sheer absurdity of some parts of it -- such silliness is much less common at SOI.
I plan to post regarding my experiences during infantry training around graduation time, June 25/26th or so, barring the unforeseen. Injuries are quite common here, after all, considering the heavy loads we bear during hikes, and the rough terrain. Climbing steep hills with 100+ lbs on your back isn't quite so fun. I expect my telling of my experiences next time to be shorter and drier.
In any case, thank you all for your kind words and well wishes. Stay tuned.
"Then how could chi kung overcome diseases where the cause is unknown or when there is no cure? The question is actually incorrect. The expressions "the cause is unknown" and "there is no cure" are applicable only in the Western medical paradigm. The expressions no longer hold true in the chi kung paradigm. In the chi kung paradigm the cause is known, and there is a cure."
I wholeheartedly appreciate your kind words. Thank you very much for being so awesome.
I'm not sure how many of y'all saw the president's State of the Union address, but it seems likely that I'll be heading to Afghanistan less than a year since making it to the fleet in June.
Hoping to do some good over there and carry myself beyond reproach.
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