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Sempai Stician Samples
Throughout my life, Eastern contemplative practice and traditional martial arts have played a role in my personal development. As a child, I was lucky enough to have several close family friends that were long-time practitioners of Chinese and Japanese Ways. Their influence and example led me to begin my own pursuit of these arts when I started to actively define myself as a young adult. At times I have been more and less serious in my martial practice, starting with Aiki exercises and games learned as a child, then a year studing Wing Chung and Tiger Claw Kung Fu, followed by three years spent intensively practicing Shotokan Karate.
In the Spring of 2002, I moved to Brattleboro to pursue a Master's Degree at the School for International Training, studing intercultural relations, sustainable development, and conflict transformation. Upon moving to the area, I found the Brattleboro School of Budo and began training to balance my mental study with physical discipline. In May of 2007, I earned the rank of Shodan in Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do under Kyoshi Donahue. Although I had walked some distance on the Martial Path before, it is in this Dojo that I feel like I have finally begun to climb up "the Mountain."
Professionally, I am working to develop a methodology based off of the principles and practices of Budo to supplement the preparation of Peaceworkers for the rigors of their chosen field. I am also continuing to develop local programs with Kyoshi Donahue's guidance, working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges, and with the Deaf community, through the practice of martial arts.
Stician Samples
Brattleboro School of Budo
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