To live truly as a warrior, and help make peace, we must set an example of treating all persons, even those poorer and richer, dumber and smarter, better or worse, with basic respect. Yet, if we don't respect the lives of others, even if we don't like or understand their behavior, conflict or violence will naturally result. All people are the same in this way. Our martial arts skills can give us the courage and confidence to see the life value in all persons, and support and defend that value. Life, not culture, color, creed, or behavior, is the most important and universal value.
Life is worth defending.
Jack Hoban is a former active duty US Marine Corps Captain and long time practitioner of martial arts. He is Shidoshi Senior Instructor in the Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu system under Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan. He was the third non-Japanese person in the world to become fully qualified as a senior Bujinkan instructor by passing the 5th degree black belt test in 1985. He received a 10th Dan in May of 1996. His Living Values Program is inspired in great degree from Professor Humphrey's Life Value theory.