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Loyalty, Honor, to have the heart.

By: Victor I.C. de Thouars, Guru Serak®

 Loyalty, and Honor, those are not some Idle words.  Not too long ago, the VDT Academy had a Serak® Phase Camp. Meaning the study of every line that is held on the Serak® Curriculum. This so the true system of Serak® may never perish or change.

February Serak® Phase camp 2008

Top Row L to R: Mike Agoff - Tim Lucas – Richard Gould –  Nyk Cowham - Pak Vic - Guru Serak® Horacio Rodriguez Lineage Serak® Holder - 
Ray Graham, Guru Serak® - Bernard Langan, Guru Serak® - and Gary Boisen.
Bottom Row:  Instructor William Serrano - Lucian Tabares -
and Dan Inosanto, Guru Serak®

 Phase Camp participants in holding the system of Serak® and to preserve to time to come.  For the first time in Serak® history that we have had beside myself the four (4) Full Serak® gurus all in one place.  The Value of adopting and with certainty that the system of Serak® will survive through the ages and time. Not Shown in the Photo who attended the camp are Murid Douglas Hardy and Nathan Carlen who had to leave early.  Sorely missed was Guru Bernard Aragon, who was not there because of medical reasons.

 In all, many of folks who used to be associated with the VDT Academy have the written Serak® Curriculum. Problem is that I never explained many of the lines in the Curriculum.  Funny, Phase 7 and Phase 8 looks the same and visa versa, this to include Phase 9 and 10, and the answer…….wrong.

 Time is a great teacher, and sooner or later it will show up, and for sure not appreciating the gift in what Serak® is. Taken one for granted is and was the key to those who used to be associated with the VDT Academy.  They have forgotten in what loyalty is and was, the system of Serak® holds many of keys not shown to those who believed they had.

 In retrospect, an older family member in this kind of understanding did hold back very much. And certainly it shows up in their students whom they teach. With unfortunate, many have traveled and studied from the older family member, through a phase structure that have come up to Phase 3 and maybe some material of Phase 4 and 5. Shameful, No for they no longer are students or have association with the Older brother……Good for him.

 Even those who were in the VDT Academy and who reached certain levels, well as they reached the edges of an assistant instructor, that is all where they reached and no further. My Lineage Holder in Silat Serak® Guru Serak Horacio Rodriquez noticed that very much; when he reminded myself that I only taught those folks with shear little understanding. You know, how fortunate that is for our organization, for they have shown their colors and came up with zero.

 Also to remember for people to use the Trademark Name of Serak® one must have written permission to use that trademark name.   As we always video the ROF, this including the Banquet Ustad Guru Dan Inosanto has a copy of the ROF 2007.

 Be great to see in the April 2008, Phase camp comes in addition who already came to the February 2008 Phase camp.

Instructors:   Andrew Astle, Matt van Gorden, Peter Lee, Tim Lucas, Kevin Hill, Dan Reilly, Sue Irvine, Ray Pacheco, Kiley Alba, Dime Atanasoski, Mark Green, Mark Davis, Mike Faraone, Peter Underwood.

In all reality, the list can fill a book of those who have shown loyalty and honor.

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