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Posted March 5, 1998
. . .This is the first time I have subscribed to a magazine and got a thank you from the publishers. A class publication and most courteous staff.
--James B. Boorstin, M.D.
I have been reading your magazine since issue #1 and have been very pleased with its content. In your issue #7, I read an article that really hit home. This article was the Inner Learnings of Daito-ryu by Ayako Yamamoto. It is refreshing to see that there are some Daito-ryu practitioners that really understand the true essence of Daito-ryu. Nowadays there are some Daito-ryu instructors that have seperated from their organizations are are rapidly awarding dan ranks in Daito-ryu in order to spread their organization.
My hat is off to Yamamoto sensei for having written such a great article. Please continue to write more. And keep up the excellent work. You are one of three serious magazines of the arts that I am happy to read.
--Jose Garrido
It was worth the wait. Furyu #7 is outstanding. I'd have sat by my mailbox longer without a problem. I knew you people do too good of work to rush, kind'a like fine wine. I believe your devotion to Furyu stands as a pillar to honesty and a touch of class not found in other periodicals. If you are having money troubles or whatever, you should start a "donation hat" which your loyal readers are given the opportunity to give a little back. (If ya need help don't be afraid to ask. . .)
I mean, I once had a subsription to another "magazine" (-wanna be) that came once a month on the button. . .but it sucked. I paid too much as it was just to receive junk mail on time.
--Anxiously awaiting the mailman, Russ Ebert
Thanks for the new issue. I haven't had time to read anything but the letters section. This is in response to Mr. James' letter complaining about late issues: Some things in life are just worth waiting for. We all sometimes fall prey to our desire for instant gratification without any thought of the process that brings us to that place. Usually that process is just hard work, climbing a mountain to enjoy the view from the summit; long hard training in the dojo to polish your technique; or putting in the time it takes to put out a great work of art. Whatever the process is it is usually worth it in the end to receive the finished product. Patience and trust in the process is always well rewarded. Please keep up the process of putting out a great work of art for all of us who do wait patiently for our next issue of Furyu to arrive.
--Thanks, Jim Alvarez, Chief Instructor, Aikido of Livermore Valley
Cult Feedback
Thank you for this essay [on martial arts cults] so amusingly written, and terrifying in its implications. Very well done.
--Many blessings! Yours in Christ, Father Douglas Skoyles SSC
So We Bribed 'Em
Some of our more rabid subscribers took the time to write to us in our "Gimme Free Stuff" campaign for December, 1997, to get free t-shirts. Some of their comments follow:
. . . What I enjoy most of Furyu are the masters' biographies and the Waza section.
--Jose Juan Cruz, United Alliance of Shotokan Karate-do, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. . . I love where you stick to the basics and not glorify one [martial art] over the other. . .
--Matt Y. Matsushita, Fountain Hills, Arizona
