TAO MADE MANIFEST: THE ELIXIR OF THE WF LIFE IS ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCALE
photo by Coach of Student Alex during his recent Intensive. New to mountain biking, this shot was taken of Alex after he used his vast martial art background to faithfully and chifully conquer a 38-minute hillclimb which left him cross-eyed with effort. “I have found new respect for bike racers,” he said. the next shot was taken a few minutes and a few falls later as Alex flew down the renown 4-mile singletrack descent of Schultz Pass Trail:
“My beloved Sensei’s
My heart sings with melody and melancholy as I departed you and Ananda from my Private Intensive. You have given me so much. The Tao has been made manifest before my very eyes. My practice is to uphold your teachings and transmit the love you have given me into the “everyday” world. Ripples make Waves but you have caused a tsunami to well up within me. I will give a more detailed account of my experience when I am back in Miami. Our sangha must know how powerful your medicine of life truly is. To read and know theoretically and didactically is one thing, but to feel the elixir of life that you possess, is knowledge on a completely different scale.
I love you both
Love and Honor,
Humbled Grappler Alex”