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The Bible – Is It Divinely Inspired?

Part 6 – Evidence of Fulfilled Prophecy

Dr. John Hoole

There is only one Book that never grows old.  For thousands of years, men and women have been writing books.  Most books are forgotten soon after they are published.  A few of the best and wisest are remembered for a time.  New discoveries are made; new ideas arise; the old books are out of date, their usefulness comes to an end.

The nations to which the authors of history’s first books belonged have passed away, and the languages in which they were written are dead – that is, they have ceased to be used in daily life in any part of the world.

Broken bits and torn fragments of some of the early books may be seen in the glass cases of museums.  Learned men and women pore-over the fragments, and try to piece them together, to find out their meaning once again, but they have little to do with the busy world of living men and women any more.

Now, our Bible was first written in a few of these ancient languages.  But is it to be classified among the “dead” books of the world?  Not at all!!  The fact alone that the Word of God can be read today in a thousand living languages, proves clearly that it is no dead book.  100,000,000 Bibles were printed last year

Nations may pass away, languages die, the whole world may change, yet the Bible will live on.  Why is this?  It is because in the Bible alone, of all the books seen on this earth, there is found an up-to-date message for every man, woman, or child.  It is the Message of God’s Salvation through His Son Jesus Christ.

If you are trying to determine whether or not the Old Testament is historically reliable, archeology, as we saw last week, can affirm or corroborate the biblical text.  But the Bible claims to be much more than a reliable record of history.  It claims to be the very Word of God.      And, to help us affirm such a bold claim, we must assess a distinctive feature of the biblical narrative:

Next to accepting what Jesus says about the Scriptures, perhaps the strongest objective argument for the validity of it writings comes from fulfilled prophecy.  If a book accurately and repeatedly predicts the future – rather than just a record of the past – it moves from reliable to Divine.  There are many fulfilled prophecies in the pages of Scripture.  Accurate predictions of future events, that have virtually no probability of occurring in the natural by coincidence, are spectacular precisely because they seem so supra-human.

Allow me to ask you a question: WHAT IS PROPHECY?  Sometimes there is the notion that when one hears the word “prophet” that the speaker will tell you something about the future --- something not presently known.  While some of the Bible prophets did make predictions about the future, that was not the central focus of their message.

Literally, the Greek word for prophet, means…..”to speak for another.”  In the biblical context, it means to speak for God.”  Prophecy means speaking forth what God has spontaneously brought to mind.  Sometimes, when speaking for God, it includes a prediction of something yet future.  But not all prophecy has a predictive element.

However, large chunks of the Bible qualify as predictive prophecy.  There are 16 named prophets who authored Old Testament books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.  There are also other prophets named in the Old Testament.  Moses, the author of the first five books of the Bible, is also called a prophet (Deut. 34:10).  King David had a seer or prophet by the name of Gad (2 Samuel 24:11).  Nathan the prophet confronted David over his sin with Bathsheba.           And there were others – Ahijah, Jehu, Elijah, Elisha, Shamaiah, Oded and Samuel – who were identified as prophets.

The Bible itself declares that the evidence of fulfilled prophecy is the unmistakable affirmation of God’s inspiration of the Scripture.  It is clear from the word of the prophet Isaiah that God Himself declared that the phenomenon of correctly and precisely prophesying future events and their fulfillment is the absolute evidence that the Lord inspired biblical writer to write the Scriptures.

In Isaiah 42:9, the prophet wrote:

9       Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them."

No one except God can accurately predict future events in detail.  Neither Satan nor his demons can predict the future.  Twenty-five centuries ago the prophet Isaiah recorded these powerful words directly from God Almighty.

Isaiah 46:9-10 NKJV

9       Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,

10     Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

Again, in Isaiah, we see one reason God predicted and fulfilled prophecy.

Isaiah 48:5 NIV

5       Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, `My idols did them; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.'

The Scriptures we just read tell us that God is unique in that He alone knows the end from the beginning.  He says, in effect:  “You have seen things come to pass as I had told you beforehand.  This proves that I am God.”

Then He goes on to tell us that, because former things have come to pass as He had said, then we should also believe Him when He tells us things about the future which are yet to come to pass.  We can trust biblical prophecies which are yet unfulfilled because of God’s past track record.

A moment ago, I mentioned that predictive prophecy makes up a major segment of the Bible.  And I said I would return to add some more thoughts.

One young pastor commented to one of his former seminary professors that he didn't preach on prophecy because "prophecy distracts people from the present."  His professor replied, "Then there is certainly a lot of distractions in the Scriptures."

Let me give you some very basic information relative to predictive prophecy in the Bible.

Total Verses in the Bible

Total Number of Predictions in the Old Testament

Total Number of O.T. Verses that Contain Predictions

6,641 out of 23,210

Percent of the Old Testament that is Predictive Prophecy

Total Number of Predictions in the New Testament

Total Number of N.T. Verses that Contain Predictions

1,711 out of 7,914

Percent of the New Testament that is Predictive Prophecy

Total Number of Separate Prophetic Topics in the Bible

Total Percent of the Entire Bible that is Predictive Prophecy

If 27% of the entire Bible is predictive prophecy, it seems it would be unwise to disregard it.  And of all the prophetic predictions in the Bible, about 30% are yet unfulfilled.

Despite the fact that the world is full of spiritual texts by multitudes of religious writers, a close examination of this literature reveals that not one of these texts contains detailed prophecies that have been fulfilled.  The reason is quite simple.  Since no one but God can know the future accurately, religious writers who wrote other texts were wise enough to refrain from attempting detailed prophecies which would quickly prove their authors to be in error.

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God’” (Isaiah 44:6).  The classical and religious literature of the Greeks, Romans, and other Middle Eastern cultures contain no specific, detailed prophecies regarding future events, people, or trends.  There were no prophecies concerning the coming of Buddha, Mohammed, or any other religious leader.  Only the Old Testament prophecies predicted numerous precise details about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

The ability of humans to correctly predict future events or trends is virtually non-existent outside of some lucky guesses.  Despite the great knowledge and genius of mankind, we are unable to correctly predict future events.

Solomon posed a question in Ecclesiastes 8:7 (NIV).,

7       Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?

         As we have already read, only God can tell the future.

As example of this blindness to the future, consider the following statements.  The director of the U.S. Patent resigned his high position in 1875.  He complained in his letter to the government that there was no point in continuing the Patent Office because “there’s nothing left to invent.”  Since his resignation we have witnessed an astonishing number of brilliant inventions and developments every year in all areas of knowledge and science.

Only a few years later, in 1887, the brilliant French chemist Marcellin Berthelot wrote: “From now on there is no mystery about the universe.”  In the years that followed, we have seen the mysteries of the atomic structure of matter unfold.  We now have the creation of a hundred new sciences, including biophysics, astrophysics and molecular biology.

Another great scientist of that time, Professor Simon Newcomb, wrote a highly acclaimed manuscript that proved that it was mathematically impossible for any machine that was heavier than a balloon to fly in the air.

An equally brilliant French philosopher by the name of Henri Poincare ridiculed a scientist’s speculations about unleashing the power of the atom through chain reactions in Uranium.  He said, “Common sense alone is enough to tell us that the destruction of a town by one pound of metal is an evident impossibility.”  Tragically, we know differently today.

More recently, in 1943, Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM, declared:  “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”  Today, the world contains over a billion computers devices.  Our smart phones are capable of doing more calculations and a multitude of other tasks than an IBM 360-65 which Boeing owned in the early 1970s.  And your phone doesn’t require a large climate-regulated room to operate.

Today, we have sophisticated computers capable of billions of calculation per second that weigh less than five pounds and are much smaller than a book.  In 1981, Bill Gates declared “640K (640,000 bytes) of memory should be enough for anybody.”  The tablet I am using to give this lesson today, has a million times more memory than that.

These inaccurate predictions reveal the profound limitation of man’s intelligence and his inability to correctly forecast future events.

HOWEVER, when we turn to the pages of the Holy Scriptures, we discover a staggering number of precise predictions that were made thousands of years ago concerning the future of nations and individuals.  A careful analysis of these predictions reveals that every one has been fulfilled with an awesome precision that can only be explained that by divine knowledge they were predicted and God’s hand in bringing them to pass.

It seems to me that there is monumental evidence that substantiates the perfect truthfulness of the Word of God.  There are no other books in the world that are doing this.  How about the prophecies concerning the Lord Jesus Christ?  The greatest fulfillments of prophecy are found at the first coming of Christ.  It was prophesied that Jesus would be born of the seed of Abraham, Jesse, and David.

Consider them!

 That is only 34 of the prophecies that were fulfilled by Christ during His first coming to earth.  I have in my hand a list of 100 prophecies He fulfilled, and these do not cover them all by a long way.  And all of them were prophesied more than 500 years before the birth of Christ.  The probability that Christ would have fulfilled all these prophecies are astronomical.  But they are not astronomical to a Divine God that said it would happen.

Let’s examine the details of a couple other prophecies of the Old Testament.  The precision of their fulfillment should chase any doubt that God is in control and that the Bible record is truly His Word and inspired by Him.

Jeremiah’s 70-Year prophecy

Let’s begin with a prophecy most of us are well-aware of.  It is found in Jeremiah 25:11-12 (NKJV).

11     And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12     'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the Lord;'and I will make it a perpetual desolation.

Here we have a specific prophecy reported by Jeremiah that gives a length of time for the Babylonian captivity of the Jews and the desolation of the land.  This should be fairly simple to prove one way or another.

First consider the 70 years of captivity.  The first departure of Jews to Babylon included Daniel and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego.  Most probably, Daniel was a young teenager at the time of his move to Babylon.  This occurred in 606 B.C. and would be the beginning of the 70 years of captivity.  This would suggest that the ending of the 70 years would be 536 B.C..

We know from the prophecies of Daniel, that he was aware of what Jeremiah had written about the 70 years.  Daniel 9 contain two very important prophecies.  The first lasted 70 years and the second covers 70 weeks.  I am only covering the first of these this week.

Daniel 9:1-2 NKJV

1       In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans —

2       in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

It appears that Daniel had just gotten a copy of the prophecy of Jeremiah.  And he refers to the prophecy of Jeremiah as being “the word of the Lord.”  And he set a time stamp on this moment – the first year of the reign of Darius.  This means the Babylonians at this moment had been conquered by the Medes & Persian army.  And we know that this occurred at about 539 B.C., which is 67 years after the captivity began.  We also know from the writings of Isaiah that King Cyrus the great would be the conquering king.

So, if Cyrus the Great is the conquering leader, who is this reigning King Darius, the Mede?  Josephus, among other historians, reports that this Darius was a relative of Cyrus.  He is not the same Darius the Great that we looked at two weeks ago, who was a Persian and came to power some time later, after King Cyrus had passed away.  At the time Cyrus conquered Babylon, he was not through conquering, so, he puts this Darius as the interim king, just in Babylon.  And he reigns for approximately three years, until Cyrus returned.

So, let’s put the timeline together.  The Babylon captivity began in 606 B.C..  Cyrus conquers Babylon in 539 B,C,  Most of you are aware of the events surrounding the defeat of Babylon.  You read it in Daniel 5, where King Belshazzar sees a hand writing on the wall of his palace.  They are having a feast and He sees this hand writing something on his wall.  Daniel is called in to interpret what was written, and tells Belshazzar, in Daniel 5:28, “Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”  Here is another prophecy – one that identifies who will conquer Babylon.

Here is what we read in the last two verses of Daniel 5.

Daniel 5:30-31 NKJV

30     That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

31     And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

                   As I said earlier, that occurred in 539 B.C..

For more information, if you were to read the first verses of the next chapter of Daniel, you would learn that Daniel is given a position as one of the top three leaders under Darius.  At this time, Daniel would be an elderly man, in his mid-eighties.

It is in the first year of Darius that Daniel reads about the 70 years in the prophecy of Jeremiah.  This would be 537-538 B.C., approximately one year after the conquest.  King Cyrus returns and takes control of the entire kingdom in 536 B.C.

Up to now, I have not mentioned the end of the 70 years, but, if the Bible prophecy is accurate, it should occur in 536 B.C., the year King Cyrus takes the throne of the Persian Empire.

Before we establish the accuracy of that date, I want to look at more of the details the Bible gives us about King Cyrus.  He was an amazing king.  And there is so much more to the fulfilling of the prophecy given by Jeremiah.  It is Isaiah who gives us additional information about this king.  I am going to approach the topic from a different angle.

Most of you who have had children have taken some time prior to their birth as to what their name would be.  Back, before the technology was available to tell you whether you were giving birth to a boy or girl, you might have come up with two names.  One for each sex.

Naming a baby during the months before he or she is born is not a big deal.  It happens every day thousands of times all over the world.  But naming someone a full century – or more impressively, 700 years – before he is even conceived, well, that is a totally different matter.

There are seven people who were named long before their birth.  They include Ishmael, Isaac, Solomon and John the Baptist.  There are three more, which I will discuss through the rest of this lesson.  Only an all-knowing God, who knows the past as well as the future, could accurately do such a thing.  Not just some lucky guess one time, but to do it accurately many times.

Isaiah tells us about King Cyrus, one of the remaining three named a long time before their birth..

Isaiah 44:28-45:1 NKJV

44:28       Who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd, and he shall perform all My pleasure, saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."'

45:1         "Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held — To subdue nations before him and loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:

This part of the prophecy of Isaiah is so amazing, one cannot help but recognize God’s control of the situation.  Isaiah lives and prophesies in the 8th century before Christ.  But Cyrus (Hewbrew = Ko’resh) was not born for more than 100 years after Isaiah’s prophecy.  Cyrus is one of seven people in the Bible who name was given before they were born.  Again, only God could do that.

Isaiah’s prophecy was given in the late 700s B.C., while Cyrus was born about between 590-580 B.C..  God reveals this man to Isaiah 130-150 years before he is actually born, and many more years before he comes to power.      God tells the prophet the man’s birth, his name and the tasks the Creator had for him.  And Cyrus dies young in battle, in 529 B,C..  He is held to this day in high esteem by the Persians.  And you could visit his tomb in Iran today.

As we just read in Isaiah 45:1, Cyrus had the favor of God.  As Isaiah wrote, this king was able to subdue kingdoms in quick fashion.  And his name is mentioned in the Scriptures 22 times, and not just by Isaiah.  The Bible is full of accounts of individuals in whom God had special interest, Where they would be guided through their life.  This was the case with Cyrus.           He enjoyed unprecedented success

I believe Cyrus is the person of discussion throughout the early part of Isaiah 42, though without giving his name.  Let me read it.

Isaiah 41:2-4 NIV

2       "Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

3       He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.

4       Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord — with the first of them and with the last — I am he."

King Cyrus actually takes the throne in 536 B.C.  That year is exactly 70 years from the beginning of Israel’s captivity.  And Cyrus does what he was born to do – deliver them from captivity.  Listen to the words of Cyrus when he makes his decree for the Jews to return home.

2 Chronicles 36:22-23 NKJV

22     Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

23     Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him and let him go up!

The words Cyrus used when he spoke twice of the Lord God of heaven were the Hebrew words, YAHWEH ELOHEEY.  He recognized that the kingdom he now had was given him by Jehovah, and he does what Isaiah said he would 150 years earlier.  He gave the decree to return and build the temple.  There was resistance of those who would build the walls and the temple, and progress was slow to begin with.

I have read a number of sources, both religious and non-religious sources, who write about Cyrus as a leader with high moral and ethical values.  He was not inclined to brutality or cruelty.  And he was tolerant of the religious customs of the nations he conquered.

In 2003, I was part of a group led by Bert Fields that went to South Africa.  My father-in-law, Ken Long, and a number of others from the church were there to help in renovating some of the campus of Cape Theological Seminary.  On the way back, we had a layover of many hours in London.  I knew where I wanted to go while we were there, so I dragged my father-in-law to the British Museum.  I knew there were several items there that I wanted to see.  One of them was the Cyrus Cylinder.

The cylinder has much information about the conquests of Cyrus.  In one paragraph of what is written, Cyrus states that he did not let his troop terrorize the lands he conquered.  Here is a direct quote of part of that paragraph.

"I did not allow any (troops) to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad. I kept in view the needs of Babylon and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being. The citizens of Babylon. . .I lifted their unbecoming yoke. Their dilapidated dwellings I restored. I put an end to their misfortunes.”

A moment ago, we read the decree for the Jews to return and built their temple as giving in 2 Chronicles.  Let’s now read it in Ezra, chapter 1.

Ezra 1:1-5 NIV

1       In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing:

2       "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "'The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

3       Anyone of his people among you — may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.

4       And the people of any place where survivors may now be living are to provide him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.'"

5       Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites — everyone whose heart God had moved — prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

The verses that follow, tells us that Cyrus returned to the Jews what Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem.  All the vessels of the house of the Lord were given back to the Jews.  In part, it included 5,400 vessels of gold and silver.

Earlier we read Isaiah 46:9-10.  I want to read it again, keeping in mind that the setting of chapters 45 and 46 is how God will deliver Israel, and use Cyrus to do it, although at the time they didn’t know who Cyrus was, or when he would arrive.

Isaiah 46:9-10 NKJV

9       Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,

10     Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

This passage finds God proclaiming that only He can tell the future.  And He follows that in the next verse by speaking of this man who will come from the east.

Isaiah 46:11 NIV

11     From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.

God likens Cyrus to a bird of prey that He will summon from the east to accomplish His purposes.

There are those who endeavor to strip away the correct meaning of this prophecy.  And yet, the only true God affirms from chapter 41 through 46, the proof that He is God and provides many proof in these chapter.  Nevertheless, despite the unbelief of critics, the Cyrus prophecy stands firm as the ultimate proof of the truth of the claims of Scripture.

There are still two people out of the seven whose names were announced far in advance to their birth.  I want to take you to 1 Kings 13.  Before we get to the passage, here is part of the setting.  This chapter is speaking about a time shortly after the kingdom splits into north and south.  Rehoboam, the son of Solomon is the king of Judah – the southern kingdom.  Jeroboam became the king of the northern kingdom of Israel.  God is concerned about what is happening in the northern kingdom, so He sends a man from Judah to the northern kingdom.  Let read what it says.

1 Kings 13:1-2 NKJV

1       And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2       Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, "O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: 'Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you.'"

Here we read of a man by the name of Josiah.  This prophecy was given 322 years before Josiah was born.  And it was 348 years before it was fulfilled.  Its fulfillment is recorded in 2 Kings 23.

2 Kings 23:15-20 NKJV

15     Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.

16     As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

17     Then he said, "What gravestone is this that I see?" So the men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel."

18     And he said, "Let him alone; let no one move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

19     Now Josiah also took away all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger; and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.

20     He executed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

Once again, God does something only He could do.  He alone knows the end from the beginning.  Only He can proclaim the name of a person who will not be born for possibly centuries.  But, His proclamation is not a wild guess – they always come true.

We have looked at Cyrus and Josiah, who were name long before their birth.  There is yet another of the seven that are thus treated.  That person is Jesus.

About 700 years before His birth, God again used Isaiah to make the announcement.

Isaiah 7:14 NKJV

14     Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

This prophecy was fulfilled in Bethlehem when Jesus was born.

Matthew 1:22-23 NKJV

22     So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

23     "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

Though “Immanuel is not a name in the sense that Jesus is the Messiah’s name, it is a title or description of who He is.

A moment ago, I mentioned that Jesus was the last of the seven men to be named in advance of their birth.  There is, in fact another name that was known in advance.  At least it was known to the one Person who has the ability to know the future.  That name is your – God knew you before you were born.  Your name was on his mind when He was on the cross.  He said, in effect, “There is a life worth saving,” so He went to the cross for you – and me.


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Monday, May 14, 2018

His First Big Trip

Just a few weeks ago Paul went on his first big trip without mom and dad.  His class from school made a multi-day trip to the Pali Institute, in California.  As other parents before me have no-doubt experienced, this involved a wide variety of feelings for me. The excitement of seeing him go somewhere for two nights without us.  And the nervousness of seeing him go somewhere for two nights without us.

I was in 4th grade when I made my first big trip like this, and still remember it vividly as our class got onto a bus and drove for about seven hours from Colorado Springs down to Mesa Verde National Park.  We spent two nights away from home, and learned about the people who lived there and built the amazing cliff dwellings.  I remember feeling grown up on that trip, and didn’t feel any uncertainly or worry that mom and dad weren’t right with me.  Talking to my son after his trip, it seemed he was the same, with his entire focus on the adventure and not being away from home.  I’d like to think that reflects on having done a sufficient job preparing him for being away from us at that point, but there was still all the nervousness in me as a parent, having him that far away.  Here’s how it all played out in my simple, fatherly mind.

As mentioned, the trip to Mesa Verde was exciting for me, and based on Paul’s stories when he came home, Pali was just the same for him.  It seems everything about the trip was fun:  the adventure of the bus ride, being with his classmates outside of school, everything he learned about and did, etc.  He even raved about the food and ate things there that we normally have to push him to eat at home.  We were excited as parents because he never showed any fear or reservation about being that far away for several nights.  I have to believe that a big part of what prepped him for this was that he’s spend more than that many nights away from home.  They just weren’t out of town.  If anything ever went wrong or he decided he wanted to come home in the middle of the night, we could have just gone and picked him up—no problem.  Whether Paul has stayed at a friend’s house, or with his grandparents, he’s never asked to come home early for any reason.

And nerves!

But this trip took Paul away from the local area without us.  If he got sick, had a horrible time, or anything else went wrong, it would have been a drive to another state to get him.  Not a crisis of course, but this was the farthest away from us he’d been.  Steph and I had been away from him longer than two nights before, but when that happened he was always with his grandparents.  This time he had no family nearby and it honestly made me nervous.  I know that doesn’t make me special or unique, but I had finally hit that point in the parenting timeline when those nerves came into play.  I managed this by focusing on the excitement and adventure he was experiencing, and by openly admitting to my wife (probably too many times), that I missed him and was nervous.  I also knew he was with two teachers—both of whom we obviously trust a great deal.

In the end, dad and lad both came through just fine.  I was reassured by all the stories he had ready for us when he returned home, and by the fact that nothing went wrong.  To add to easing my mind, his teacher periodically texted all the parents photos of what the kids were doing—something that my parents never could have benefitted from when I was in elementary school.  Frankly, short of a phone call, there was no word about the progress of my young trip to Mesa Verde.  But thanks to today’s technology, we could get amazing updates for Paul and his classmates as the trip unfolded.

So with that hurdle cleared, I know the next one will be easier.  Right?  Riiiiiight?  (Okay, I’m a big enough man to admit in advance, I’ll probably still be a little bit of a wreck…)

It’s great to be a dad!

Thursday, April 26, 2018

A Family Achievement

You’ve seen the earlier posts:  just about four years ago Paul began his journey to earn a Black Belt.  Within a month, I joined him on the mat and a month or so later, Stephanie joined us both.  Paul’s journey became a family journey.

Here’s what’s happened since my last post (over two years ago, please forgive me!) when we passed our Blue Belt tests.  This past June we all passed our tests for our First Degree Black Belts!  Like all of life, the challenge of testing didn’t come without a few hiccups, but in the end we celebrated as a family.

Right on track with his goals, last year Paul competed for a full year to include at the ATA Spring Nationals 2017, became the 2017 Nevada State Champion (Color Belt, 9-10 year old boys), and was the Silver Medalist at the ATA 2017 Districts Tournament (Nevada, Arizona and California).

And suddenly it was time for Black Belt testing!  We all tested on the same day.  Paul went first and we cheered for him, then Steph and I tested together with the adults and Paul cheered for us.  We felt it was the perfect culmination of a three year journey.  After working so hard to test for each belt, we faced the toughest test yet.  All the work that led to that point was to allow us to take the toughest test so far rather than to just be awarded the belt.  In spite of all the prep, a 10 session set of dedicated classes for the folks testing for their decided rank, when the day came, we were all confident but nervous, and the test seemed harder than it probably was.  It was also definitely more exciting as the head of Victory Martial Arts nation-wide sat in front of us and judged our performance as it related to the standards.  When it was all over, we had passed.

We celebrated the end of the beginning that evening in a candlelight ceremony where we we shared in the significance of the Black Belt, and entered into the small community of those who’ve earned the privilege of wearing one.  And we celebrated the opportunity to look forward to the beginning of a new journey.  As I’ve been told and read in the context of the Black Belt across several martial arts styles, the Black Belt represents the mastery…of the basics.  I think it’s true.  After all the work, memorization, struggles, nerves, failures, injuries, and incredible successes, it’s at that time you realize just how little you really know or are truly proficient at.  And so we found ourselves at the beginning of a journey once again—now to begin to hone the body as a weapon, to move beyond the basics.  Learning the basics was difficult.  Building on that foundation is more difficult, but we’re on to learning the 1st Degree Black Belt form called Shim Jun.  With 81 moves and more difficult techniques, it’s the longest, most complex and challenging form we’ve had to learn so far.  Make no mistake though:  it’s fun!

Paul and I have also learned the traditional Black Belt sword form called Gumdo, associated with the Korean equivalent of the well-recognized Japanese katana.  With the sword as his weapon, now he has to perform this traditional form each time he competes in order for his XMA sword form to count for points.  While Gumdo is relatively short, it’s a highly technical form.  It’s performed very deliberately and slowly compared to most other weapons forms, making even the smallest mistakes very apparent.  The precision and accuracy required to do the form well is a very real challenge.

For Paul, we couldn’t be prouder:  the competition in his ring as a new Black Belt this year has been amazing.  These kids are all incredible martial artists who bring their A-Game every single tournament.  Each one of these young athletes has my respect for being a part of the circle of friends that continue to motivate my son to always do his best.  Because of the time it took to learn these new forms, he didn’t have a shot at making State Champion this year, but he’ll finish in the top 10 and qualify to compete at the District Championships!

There are many people that deserve significant thanks, but I have to recognize two people in particular at this point in our family adventure:

First, Mr. Guerrero, our Chief Instructor.  He has been Paul’s instructor from his first day Paul started as a White Belt.  He’s also the gentleman responsible for challenging Paul to start competing several years ago during a slump in his journey to Black Belt.  Mr. Guerrero has continued to instruct, mentor, correct, encourage and champion Paul’s efforts.  Without you, sir, I don’t know how this journey would have happened.  We’re a part of your Victory Summerlin family, but you’re definitely a part of our family too.  I can’t imagine our experience, and especially Paul’s, could have been any better without you.

Second, Miss Noonen, who came alongside us this past year and has changed the way Paul approaches how he performs XMA.  She’s been a picture of honesty and grace, and taken time out of her schedule to teach and coach Paul specifically in the context of competition with a sword.  Ma’am, your timing was perfect as Paul moved into the significant challenge of competition as a Black Belt.  I can’t imagine anyone else who could come alongside our regular instructor and form such a perfect team to move Paul forward in his journey.

You both encourage, inspire and compel our son to exceed his own expectations, to set new and high goals, and then to realize they’re achievable.  And both of you have warmed his heart with a phone call, a hug, or a hero shot during those times when the goal isn’t met.  We can’t thank you both enough.

One final thought:  How many parents get to legitimately tell their kids to go play with a sword?  We are those lucky parents!

It’s great to be a dad!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Success Follows Failure

My last post covered how my son failed to pass a belt test.  Afterwards, he told us “that won’t happen again” and he’s worked incredibly hard.  Since then he’s passed the tests for his Green Belt (Decided), Purple Belt (Recommended), Purple Belt (Decided) and Blue Belt (Recommended).  As he went through earning his Purple Belt, he learned the associated phrase representing the meaning of the color of the belt:  “Coming to the mountain.  The tree is in mid-growth and now the path becomes steep.”  At Purple, he was half way to earning his Black Belt and was learning expectations are higher and what he’s learning is more difficult.  He also knows he’s now within a year of earning his Black Belt if he perseveres and continues to pass his tests.  It’s not just an idea he talks about now; it’s something he sees he can achieve.  As his parents we see this having a very real impact on his life.

Last Spring Paul competed in two events at the Las Vegas Victory Martial Arts Inter-School Tournament:  XMA Weapons (Sword) and Traditional Forms.  He was holding in third place but then a three-way tie for first eliminated his chance for a medal.  Then he tied for third in traditional forms but after performing again for the tie-breaker, he took fourth and lost that medal too.

While these aren’t failures by any means, to have two medals slip from his fingers was a disappointment for him.  We were so proud of his attitude and for how hard he tried, then for his heartfelt willingness to encourage all of his friends, and to celebrate with the ones who did well enough to take medals home.  We encouraged him to take a break and enjoy how hard he had worked, but with the intent to reset, re-focus and shoot to improve at the next tournament.  In the most recent Fall tournament, he competed in the same two events:  XMA Weapons (Sword) and traditional forms.  This time he tied for first place with his XMA Weapons form and ended up taking second after performing again to break the tie!

His practice of a martial art has also had an impact outside of the discipline itself.  For a second year now, Paul remains on the Victory Martial Arts “A-Team” as a straight-A student.  We certainly have to guide and encourage him to consistently apply himself at school (with the attention span and focus of an 8 year old constantly working to undo his fledgling habits of discipline), but more and more he’s telling us how he needs to apply himself differently or better, or telling us how a particular life skill from Victory served as a reminder to stay on task at school.

Related, he was recently presented with his school’s award for Academic Excellence in All Subjects.  Steph and I looked back to confirm what we thought we remembered, but this is his third year in a row earning this award.

Now the journey continues, in martial arts and in life at large.  We’re so proud to see our son and his friends who he’s sharing this journey with, as they genuinely work hard and struggle with achieving very real goals—goals that once achieved will have a lifelong and comprehensive impact.

What’s next?  Maintaining the incredible work he’s been doing during the second half of the school year, and the chance to test and advance to Blue Belt (Decided) in just a few weeks, in which “the tree reaches for the sky, toward new heights.”  He’s also been invited to join the Competition Team and is now training for the upcoming ATA Spring Nationals in Las Vegas, where he’ll compete in Creative Weapons (traditional Sword) and XMA Weapons (Sword) form.  You know what he tells us about all this?  “YES I CAN!”  His goal:  First Place.

In spite of the progress of these individual mountain top moments and successes, there’s also been a bit of a mental slump in the overall routine.  A three year goal is difficult to stay focused on for many adults, and it’s a lifetime away for an eight year old.  I’ll write about that next time.

It’s great to be a dad!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Learning From Failure

One of the challenges of parenting is finding ways to safely let your child fail at something so that they learn, grow and improve from it.  When you and your child are surrounded by like-minded friends, those inevitable moments of failure can become wonderful experiences.

In April, all three of us tested for our next belts at our Victory Martial Arts school.  We each tested on different nights:  three nights and three tests, followed by a fourth night where we’d all stand together and tie on our new belts as a family.  Steph tested on Monday and passed, I tested Tuesday and passed, and our son tested on Wednesday.  He didn’t pass.

He wasn’t alone, as several others failed as well.  Not to diminish what we were doing, testing this time was difficult for all of us.  Steph was working hard to gain and maintain the necessary skills while guarding against re-injuring her knee.  Training to pass her test while in the middle of physical therapy was a challenge.  Her perseverance showed though and she did fine in spite of some real difficulty and pain.  For Paul and I, this was our first training cycle and test as advanced students.  The standard required to be allowed to test is higher, and what’s required to pass the test is also more difficult.

At the end of the evening, our school’s director was fantastic with the kids who failed.  He took time to explain the role that failure plays in life.  It was a great teaching moment.  The kids who didn’t know how to learn from a failure had a glimpse within a very safe environment, how they could apply this experience and continue to grow toward success.  It was very special to see how the instructors and the parents came together to celebrate those who passed, and solidly encourage and support those who didn’t at the same time.  Let me be frank:  this is not a program that finds a reason for everyone to pass.  Everyone doesn’t get a new belt.  If you don’t meet the standard, you have the opportunity to train hard and try again next time.

What made this experience special was that while the kids who didn’t pass were still disappointed, they learned several important things:

First, they can and should be responsible for working to improve themselves for the next time, so they can try again.  Good instruction is provided, but as we know, that’s not all it takes.  Many of these kids knew as they were testing that they didn’t meet the standard to pass.  Some also felt that something outside of their control caused them to fail.  As adults and parents I trust we all know that this is how it is in life.  Sometimes you don’t prepare well enough.  Other times things happen that you don’t or can’t anticipate or control, and these things frustrate your best intentions and desires.  Even so, you can be the victim and blame everyone else, or you can work to overcome the obstacle.  Paul and so many others that night set out immediately to do better and not succumb to the temptation to blame someone or something else.  They strive to improve and perfect the things they can so that when the challenge comes, they’re best prepared to succeed…to win.

Second, there are journeys in life that are just as important as the intended goal at the end.  Running is one of those journeys.  The practice of martial arts is another.  Getting your next belt is always the goal.  Getting a black belt is certainly a goal that many view at THE goal, but working toward the black belt is where most of the learning happens.  Once you earn your black, there are additional degrees of progression.  The journey can end, but it can also continue beyond just earning a belt.  Even if you physically hit a point where the next belt is out of reach, the journey doesn’t have to stop.  The fit lifestyle and the challenges to maintain your health to the best of your ability can certainly continue.  Giving the benefit of your experiences, your wisdom, can (and should) continue as you help those who are at an earlier point in their journeys, or are struggling through something for the first time that you’ve dealt with many times before.  I believe the journey is really the adventure and the goal.  In the case of martial arts, the belts represent signposts or reminders from special points along the way.

Third, there’s still joy to be found in celebrating the successes of your friends and family.  Paul was clearly disappointed but he perked up quickly and continued to cheer for his friends.  At the end, he found as many friends as he could who passed and told them “good job”, gave high-fives and hugs.  As things calmed down though, some of his sadness returned and Steph and I had the pleasure to see him do something that many adults probably wouldn’t have.  He stepped outside with one of his best friends who also failed the test, sat on the curb, and these two amazing boys shed tears together as they comforted and encouraged one another.

What made this most special  for Steph and I was the Belting Ceremony.  Paul sat with us on the floor and participated as Steph and I tied our new belts on, even though he wasn’t receiving one himself.  He stood there with us, and each of us held an end and pulled together.  He told us several times he would never want to miss being there to celebrate with us and help us tie our belts on.  What a wonderful perspective coming from such a young man.

In the end, our son is learning how to deal with adversity and failure in a very safe and controlled environment.  With good instruction, support and encouragement from his family and friends, mixed with his own developing perseverance, he’ll continue down this path.  He’ll be a better martial artist for it.  I think as he applies what he’s learning to the rest of this life, he’ll be a better man.  By the way, watching him do things I’ve never did at his age makes me a better man too.  I’m so proud of my son!

That was in April.  Now it’s October.  We’ve tested twice since then, and next week is the next testing cycle.  So much has happened.  I’ll tell you the rest of the story in my next post.

 It’s great to be a dad!

Saturday, March 14, 2015

A Family Affair

As many of you know, Paul has been taking Tae Kwon Do for eight months now, and I’ve been training with him for the last six months.  Two months ago, Steph also joined us, making the practice of martial arts a family affair for us.

Steph’s commitment has been amazing, especially since the beginning of her journey hasn’t been easy.  With bad hips and a bad knee, she found herself unintentionally on the floor several times, but she maintained her “yes I can” attitude and continued to train with the support and expert advice of her physical therapist.  Two months after she began, all three of us went through testing last week to advance in rank.

I need to mention the instructors and staff at Victory Martial Arts - Summerlin.  Without them, this journey toward black belt wouldn’t be possible for Steph or I.  Our son is young and strong, and like most kids, he’ll try anything with a little encouragement.  His mind is sharp and his body is able.  Training is to do something new is always challenging, but his body adapts and grows stronger.  Steph and I “enjoy” all the challenges of middle age, along with a few additional permanent bumps and bruises that always try to assert themselves.  The instructors at Victory Summerlin willingly accommodate us, always adjusting the training to allow older bodies the chance to grow strong and more able.  Somehow they do this without making things easier or cutting things out that others are expected to do.  Then when testing comes, we find ourselves accepting the challenge to do the forms and break the boards just like the young men and women!  Mr. DeSmith, Mr. Guerrero, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Garretson and Miss Bivens:  you inspire us, you keep us motivated, you train us hard, and because of you, we succeed.

Our instructors are like family, but there are others in our Victory family too.  Paul has a wonderful circle of friends he trains with:  some ahead of him in the program, some at the same level, and some coming up behind him.  These young men and women are amazing, and it’s a pleasure to watch them all grow together.  He also goes to school and church with some of these kids, making this circle of friends a part of his whole life.  The same is true for Steph and I as we’ve become close with several of the parents, many of whom have also joined their kids on the training mat (and adding to the ranks of what several of us at Victory, with tongue in cheek, call the “Senior Division”).  We struggle and sweat together in training, encourage each other and our kids, and love it when we find ourselves doing things we weren’t sure we could.  Then we socialize and celebrate together.  There are too many to call out here, but we love each and every one of you!

So the recent testing week was special for us.  After all three of us successfully tested, we sat together as a family and were called up to receive our new belts.  Then we stood in a circle of three, with a hand on the ends of each other’s belts, and at the appropriate time, we all pulled and tied our new belts on together as a family.

The journey continues now as Steph works toward replacing her orange belt with yellow, and Paul and I do the same, hoping to replace our cammo belts with green.  Yes we can!

It’s great to be a dad!

Monday, January 19, 2015

Busy with Belts

October through December were fun and full months for Paul and I!  Paul competed in his first tournament and both of us tested twice to advance to our next belts:  Paul went from orange to yellow and then cammo (recommended), and I went from white to orange, then to yellow.

The Las Vegas Inter-school Tournament

All four Victory Martial Arts schools in the Las Vegas valley came together for a city-wide tournament on October 18th.  With approximately 300 participants and four rings, it was a crowded blast!  Right after the tournament was announced, we asked Paul if he wanted to participate and with his nod of approval, we signed him up for two events:  traditional forms and traditional weapons, knowing these were two events he could perform well in, even if he was nervous.  The goal was for him to do something new, and build his confidence and self-esteem while having fun.  The morning of the tournament Paul went through an anticipated round of nerves, and we had to remind him we expected him to do what he committed to do.  Once he realized he wasn’t allowed to just back out, he began to relax.  Then after a few of his friends arrived, he shook off the nerves, found his confidence and was ready to compete.

Since this was his first tournament, everything about it was new.  Paul had to line up with the other beginner kids he was grouped to compete with (and without Steph and I).  This refueled a few nerves but by that point his enthusiasm and confidence was in control.  As his line walked in, they announced them and directed them to their ring.  Steph, her parents and I had seats at Paul’s ring and the competition began.

He performed his empty handed form as well as he’s ever done it, and made us proud. He did a great job entering and leaving the mat, and showed all the proper respect to the judges.  After completing his form, he sat and cheered for his friends, then prepared to do his traditional weapons form with the Jahng Bong (Bo Staff).  Even though it wasn’t the weapon he was currently training with, Paul chose to use it because he was already comfortable with the form and most other competitors would probably be using the current weapon (the baton-like Bahng Mahng Ee), allowing him to stand out a bit.  As it turned out, he was the only one in his group using the Jahng Bong and he stood out in a good way.

The first real surprise came when the first in his group was called up to perform with her weapon.  Like Paul, she was prepared to perform a trained set of moves (a traditional form).  When she was ready, the center judge told her, “you have 30 seconds…begin!”  She completed her form comfortably in 10-15 seconds and waited at the end for the next command from the judge, only to hear him say, “you still have 15 seconds…keep going!”  It was clear at this point that whatever the kids were going to do, they had to fill the time (or the remaining time) with a creative weapons performance.  It was a surprise for parents and kids alike, but  she didn't miss a beat and finished strong.  I looked at Paul to see if the change was going to trouble him, but he remained excited and confident—I honestly wasn’t sure if he didn’t realize there was a change, or was confident enough not to be bothered by it.  Steph and I had no idea what he would do once he took the mat.  He could perform his traditional form a couple times, traditional form once, then some creative moves, or just wing the whole thing and perform creatively for 30 second.  He did the latter and it looked like it was his plan all along, and his score for this was higher than his empty-handed form!

At this point, he was done with his events and could relax, continue to cheer for his friends and enjoy the rest of the day.  The next event that followed was board breaking and before we knew it, Paul was signaling us and silently mouthing, “I want to break boards!”  So much for the earlier nerves and a lack of confidence!  Since we didn’t register him for board breaking, he wasn’t able to perform, but I suspect he will during the next tournament!  Sometime about mid afternoon, we headed home and that evening he slept like a rock.

Belt Testing and Ceremonies

On October 21st I tested for the opportunity to move from white to orange.  It was an exciting time for me after training for two months.  As mentioned in an earlier post, resuming martial arts training after over 30 years is exciting and quite a challenge.  The mind remembers, but a 50 year old body doesn’t behave quite like the mind may want it to.  The training is challenging and fun and this is a deliberate first step in my own journey toward black belt—a chance to finish what I started so long ago.  I passed my test and what made it most special was having Steph and Paul there cheering me on, and Paul holding up a totally cool sign he made to motivate me.

Two days later it was Paul’s turn.  Steph, her parents and I were there to cheer him on.  With a sign we made for him, and a cowbell to make some noise, we watched our young man approach the challenge as a totally different guy than two months prior when he tested for his orange belt.  With several more months of training under his belt, being selected for the Leadership Program, and being bolstered by the experience of the tournament, he was completely confident.  (When he tested for orange belt, it was quite an effort to keep him calm and cut through his worry.)  He tested very well and passed without any issues.  We’re definitely proud that he’s continuing to advance and enjoy martial arts, but we’re most proud of him for the incredible amount of confidence he’s gained since he began.

The Belting Ceremony (Graduation) was fun and well done as always.  With the school decorated and students in clean, white uniforms, Paul and I were called up at the appropriate times to receive our belts.  Then family members were allowed to join the students on the floor to help remove the old belts and tie on the new.  Stephanie joined Paul and I and with our new belts loosely tied around our waists, Paul and I held one end of each other’s belts and Steph held the other two ends.  When the time came, we all pulled and tightened the new belts!  With the ceremony over, the celebration continued with food and music.

Then in December after another training period it came time to test again.  Paul worked hard toward his cammo belt and I did the same to advance to yellow and we both passed again!  Due to travel I was unable to test with the group I was supposed to , but consistent with our school’s emphasis on family, I was able to test with Paul the evening I returned from my trip.  It made an already special event even more special for the both of us.  Earning cammo, is significant for Paul as it moves him from beginner ranks to advanced.  At this point the learning, rigor and expectations increase for him individually as well as his involvement as a leadership student ratchets up as he starts helping the school’s instructors with the kids’ beginners class.  As for me, I continue to remind him I’m racing him to black belt!

Steph and I owe genuine thanks to our martial arts instructors, Mr. DeSmith, Mr. Guerrero and Mr. Daos.  These three men and our fantastic Program Directors (Mrs. Garretson along with Miss Bivins— both also black belts!) do a great job, as does the rest of the Victory Summerlin team of leadership students and black belts who are always there helping the beginners.  It’s a gift to be able to push kids and adults to their limits in a way that provides an important part of what they need for success in martial arts and in life, while keeping it fun at the same time.  As a footnote, we learned that Mr. Daos was selected to travel and perform with the Marvel Universe Live.  (Now we can say we know Spiderman!)  We’re sad to see him leave so soon, but in his place we gained another awesome instructor, Mr. Scott.  As a family we’ve all already benefitted from his expertise as he moved right in and started instructing as if he’d been there all along.

Steph and I look forward to watching our son continue to grow in the best of ways physically, mentally and emotionally.  Adding martial arts, and specifically the Victory Martial Arts’ program under the American Taekwondo Association, into his life alongside his academic education is truly preparing him for the years to come.  And speaking of Steph, she’s joined us in our journey and is training now as well.  We all test for our next belts in February: came (decided) for Paul, came for me, and orange for Steph.  Victory Martial Arts has truly become a family affair for us!

It’s great to be a dad!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Victory Martial Arts - Leadership Program

Following up from my last post, Paul has taken another step in his development as a martial artist and in his growth as a young man.

Not long after Paul earned his Orange Belt, our Chief Instructor talked to Steph and I about placing him into the Victory Martial Arts leadership program based on the potential he shows in class.  Around that same time, there was a special demonstration and instructional event hosted by the Victory schools here in Las Vegas, featuring several senior black belts from Orlando, Florida (the home of Victory Martial Arts).  During that event, Paul also caught the eye of the visiting leaders and we consented to have them publicly invite him to enter the leadership program.

A week later, at our school, one of the Chief Instructors at our school announced in front of his friends that Paul had joined leadership.  He received a new belt representing his participation in the program (an Orange Belt with a gold stripe in place of the usual black stripe), and a new leadership uniform.

Since then, he attends an additional 30 minute training session twice a week following the normal Beginner’s class.  It’s fantastic.  In these sessions he trails with the small group of other leadership students in a more difficult, but also more fun, class.  While the practical focus is on more advanced knowledge and discipline, more complex forms and additional weapons, the goal within the school is to develop these kids into martial arts leaders as they work toward black belt.  As Paul continues to advance in rank he’ll attend his usual training and leadership lessons, but he’ll also start help the instructors when they teach the beginners class.  He’ll directly apply what he’s learning as he helps other students.

The character traits taught and fostered through Victory Martial Arts are: Respect, Self Esteem, Communication, Discipline, Honesty and Belief. As important as these are in the practice of martial arts, it’s more significant that the knowledge and practical experience Victory provides for the kids is intended to directly translate into a positive attitude and a lifestyle of action in the child’s behavior and performance at home, in school and eventually in their jobs and all of life.  After only three months we already see these life skills carrying over into the Paul’s life at home and at school.  On a humorous note:  recently we were leaving a restaurant with Paul.  As we reached the door, he quickly turned back to face our server and the folks who work there and in a strong voice thanked them by proclaiming, “Goodbye Sir, Goodbye Ma’am!”, then stepped outside.  It was already habit to be courteous and show respect to those who had just helped (or in this case served) him.  Obviously this wasn't required ore expected but the habit carried outside the school.  We were amused and very proud at the same time.

This has been a great time striving toward a goal as father and son!  We’re less than a month away from testing again.  This time Paul will test for his Yellow Belt and I’ll test for my Orange.  And not too long from now, Steph is going to join us in the program too.  What an amazing addition to the things we do throughout the week to build and strengthen the bonds that tie us together as a family  through shared experiences, struggles, and striving together toward a goal.  In the process we’re also getting more fit, and we’re making some amazing new friends as a family!

It’s great to be a dad!


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Party on Wayne

One of my favorite childhood memories! They were filming Wayne's World 2 in my hometown of La Verne, CA. Mike Meyers was so cool! I think i was about 12 or 13 in this picture...

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Mrs_FrancisBuxton said...

My good friend Joey!!! I was totally thinking of the picture the other day! I really have to have my own personal copy. This is my favorite "celebrity story" of yours... and you do have a lot!
Your work is amazing!!! Keep up the good work! love, janine


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There's something undeniably catchy about the theme song to Small Wonder. It's instantly recognizable, catchy, and beyond cheesy, but everytime it came on the t.v. i couldn't look away. I'm sad to say that in it's own little way, Small Wonder is the partly responsible for my love of robots... Though i have moved on to bigger and better fembots, I'll always have a spot in my heart for my dear Vicki.

I was asked to contribute a piece for the upcoming "Idiot Box" show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Since i love robots and bad 80's t.v. shows... it was a pretty easy decision of what i was going to paint. This is my first time participating in a gallery show, i had a lot of fun working on it, so come on out for the opening! Besides, when are you ever going to get a chance to meet THE Mr. Belding ever again?

Charlotte said...

Joe, this looks AWESOME! You are so talented ... I feel lucky I get to share pepperjack cheese, bad Irish hats, and late night zombie killing with you! :)

damon said...

very cool

David Kow said...

Hahahahaha!!! it´s very funny...awesome style too.


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