I love the martial arts. I love it like you love our children, our freedom, our history.  I love the martial arts as much as I love to train, as much as I love the rush of the right technique at exactly the right moment, as much as I love the thrill of a good contest.   I believe that there is something to the study of the martial arts, something beyond the technique, beyond what takes place in the ring - something magical and interesting and important.  I respect all methods, and all of the men and women on their own paths, from all the countries, from all the schools, passing down what it is they have learned or in the process of learning.