To constantly seek Balance within myself, knowing that it is a never-ending beautiful journey of Humility, Self-Control, Integrity, Courtesy, Discipline, Perseverance, and Compassion. To extend what strength I have found to others through gentle openness, while always living by a moral code of Peaceful Discipline.

Through Balance there is Love. From Love, Balance in all living things.

Pinan-Do Karate adheres to the traditions and teachings of the original Masters. Long before there was a belt system in the martial arts, there were “Black Belts” because the qualities of the Black Belt do not lie within or upon the piece of cloth that keeps their Gi fastened.