Week 1 · Honor and Respect
The Way of the Warrior
Begin by defining the kind of person you intend to become, and the standards that will govern the weeks ahead.
Each day teaches the job. You can follow it without the book and without a class. The book is where the stories and the training finish what a page opens.
The seven days
One job a day. Today is where you do it.
- Read the weekWrite what honor means in your actual life, not as a proverb
- The practiceName how your conduct this week will affect instructors, partners, family, and strangers
- The practiceSet three personal standards you will keep for the eight weeks
- The practiceIn training, listen fully before you answer, and leave the space better than you found it
- Study honorThe reputation a person builds with himself through repeated choices.
- Close what is openFinish any practice still unchecked. Do not invent a new one.
- Close the weekRead what you wrote. Mark the week only if the conduct matched it.
This week introduces the Zen Warrior path. Honor is not applause. It is the reputation a man builds with himself through repeated choices. Respect is how that man treats instructors, partners, family, and strangers.
In the training hall, respect creates safety. Outside it, respect creates trust. The work is to name personal standards before pressure arrives to negotiate them.
Practice
Reflection
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