Tyrone Mittelstadt

Sensei J. Shanks - Shanks Martial Arts RBK Honbu Dojo Edgewood, MD

My tutor, my mentor, my Sensei.

He has taught me to become what I am by changing the thought pattern that has been constantly running through my mind. He taught me that every human being is the sum of there own thoughts, and that we become what we think about.

He once told me that, "To get the things you want, you must help enough other people get the things they want."

This single paradigm shift in my thoughts have greatly effected my everyday life as well as my professional and personal life. It has lead me from a meager profession as a elementary school custodian to a professional sales, recruitment and management representative.

"There is nothing capricious in nature, the martial arts were never intend for solely for kicking and punching, the martial arts principles are the success principles for life."

- Sensei J.Shanks...