Epilogue

Kung fu is a transformative discipline that empowers and inspires. Silent River Kung Fu is unique in the martial arts community for providing evidenced-based outcomes. The benefits are obvious to anyone who has had the opportunity to experience the art directly themselves or indirectly through a family member, yet only a fraction of practitioners ever go on to earn their black belt. The probability of success is increased if certain basic facts are respected:

• Behind every successful person are countless mentors and positive influences. Share and use your time wisely.
• Children do not have the life experience required to make positive decisions. Given the opportunity, most children would quit school at an early age if allowed to make such a decision. No matter the activity, once quitting becomes an option for a child, it almost invariably becomes the decision. If you do not want your children to learn to be quitters, approach their kung fu like you approach their scholastic education — take the decision out of their hands and stay actively involved in helping them deal with motivational traps, obstacles, and setbacks. 
• It is harder to develop positive habits than it is to maintain them. Work hard to create positive habits that serve your goals and those habits will become effortless effort. Take consistent action!
• Respect the law of incremental progression. Many small things add up to big things.
• The only constant in life is change. Remain mindful of this and proceed boldly.
• Every moment is an opportunity to begin anew. Every success is built upon countless failures. If you want to succeed — double your failure rate.
• Remember: a black belt is just a white belt who never quit. 

"If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!" - Michael Jordan (b. 1963)