 My name is Master Sergeant Mason Bergeron, I work in air crew flight equipment. I've also been studying Okinawan Weichiru Karate for most of my life, and I'm currently a Shihan 5th degree black belt in Weichiru Karate, a 4th degree black belt in Rukyu Kobudo as well. One thing I've noticed is a lot of people there in the military, and they end up in Okinawa, and then they're like, oh well cool I'm in Okinawa, I guess I'll try karate. That story was different. I was a kid doing karate. For ten years I followed my teacher listening to his stories about Okinawa, and when he died I traveled to California because I heard Master Shinjo was teaching a seminar in California, so I said I'm going to go there and I'm going to go to the seminar and meet Shinjo sensei. So I went there and I trained with all these other Weichiru people, and I was so amazed by the training that I asked some of the other Americans that had been to Okinawa, how can I go there and live in Okinawa, and one of them goes why don't you join the Air Force, and I was like you can do that, and he goes yeah they got it pretty good over there. So I ran to Shinjo sensei who was teaching the seminar and I said sensei I'm going to join the Air Force and I'm going to come to Okinawa and train with you, and he said oh when? And I said it'll take about a year I think. The next day I went to Shinjo's dojo and I didn't think he remembered me, so I said sensei my name is Mason Bergeron I'm here to train with you, and he laughed and he said I know who you are, he says we've been waiting five years for you to show up. Karate training I think helps you a lot more outside of the dojo than it does inside the dojo. It goes with you in every aspect of life, really it teaches you confidence, self-discipline, but mostly humility as I found very a valuable trait that I've gained from Karate.