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I am still learning about myself.

My favorite quote is:

“A man who conquers himself is

greater than one who conquers a

thousand men in battle”

He have lost to many different people
and never considered it a loss. His brother
told him that there’s always someone bet-
ter and to learn from it. Train in the Dojo as if blems
you’re are there on the floor. This is how he with justi-
have trained all hislife. ce, and he did
two years in a fede-
He still lose and He still is learning about him- ral prison. Todd Dunphy
self and how his mind and body need to con- had time to reflect about the
nect. His Sensei STILL corrects him. course of his life and once again
embraced what he loved so much:
He is motivated and NEVER going to give up. Martial Arts.
He does his best to achieve his goals. And he
is still learning about himself. He enter every About this hard stage of his life he commen-
division he can and he gives the youngsters a ted:
run for their money.
—What is really important to me is
Todd Dunphy has not only been a champion the fact that I made out of prison
in martial arts, he has also been in life. Todd alive and the martial arts save me.
made mistakes in his life and he describes
The whole time I was in there my
himself at that time as someone who frequen- knowledge of self-awareness, figh-
ted bars, drank a lot of alcohol and was invol- ting, body energy and picking up
ved in fights. All this ended up causing him pro-

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