because large numbers of people .. can be wrong, and sometimes, one person who lives the truth can have a powerful existence & impact history
Hi my name is David Milner & I would rather die for my country than sell it out !
The safest play on the board is often to follow the herd. "Joining the bandwagon" and simply adopting the qualities and characteristics and everyone who identifies as a particular sub-group who live their sub-culture .. becoming a clone and fitting in. It's the safe path, but is it true to who you are?
I suppose in some cases, it's actually freeing to be your true self and find people who are the same as you. For people who come out of the closet and live their truth, even if society hates them, are arguably the happiest people - because they get to live free.
You'll realize eventually that acting and pretending can be tiring, and faking relationships or attitude that isn't true to who you are is draining. You wont feel like you're in the right place in life, and you'll want to work to be in an environment where you do get to be your true self.
I think it was 2025 that the majority of Trickers in the USA attempted to rename the sport of Tricking into something called " Spinjutsu ". I haven't really been paying too much attention, but I noticed comments about it here n there, even a few public figures taking on stances.
I grew up with Tricking, and I owe my gratitude to this word because it's the only truth I've ever known.
Technically, Tricking was called XMA ( eXtreme Martial Arts ) before it developed it's own identity .. but over the past 20 years, Tricking & it's global contributors separated the sport from any other and established a unique artform that truly does have it's own visual and historical roots - Tricking is officially it's own individual sport.
To me attempting to rename it is an abuse of power - it's what happens when people use numbers to their advantage, trying to overwhelm a situation by using collectivist movements and mob mentality to kind of force people into a minority role, which often has people who fear safety joining whichever side has a majority. Most people don't want to be the odd one out, and so will leave and become Spinjutsu-users rather than Trickers if it means staying socially safe.
But 1 is an odd number, and it's a powerful number at that - a King is a #1
I use the slogan "Loyalty to Truth is Royal" because to me it's how I earned Legitimacy.
I was genuinely around to see Team Ryouko, Joe Eigo and Xen Dynasty; I genuinely went to Loopkicks, to Denmark & was there to help form NTBS. I saw the formation of Team Invincible at my home gym at Gym Elites in 2010. I was there at the original TBJxWOT. My genuine truly lived experiences, which are unlike any Canadian, are what make me special - yes, people may write down my list of accomplishments and seek to replicate my life ( cloning ) but I am not chasing or trying to be anyone .. other than me.
I'm not trying to be like you, but there are some of you, trying to be like me.
That's when you know you're number 1. You can simply live your truth, and be yourself.
As an artist I find that my inspirations are from Japanese culture - it's what I grew up with, and that is something that I reference a lot in my art style. It comes from a place of honour. It would be disgraceful to take so much, and yet try to disrespect the same source that empowered me, which is why I believe that art and culture and tradition should be based on paying tribute in some way, a thank you and maintaining values that raised me to be happy and to reach new levels in life.
I could never call it Spinjutsu - it's disrespect to the ancestors & I'm loyal.
I'd rather be the odd one out and live my truth, in pure defence mode if I have to, rather than betray my values - I think being the type of person to stick through thick & thin are admirable qualities and makes victory so much sweeter, if you can tough it out and endure when you're not on a hot streak.
Loyalty is the most attractive quality I think in a person - I just hope people aren't loyal to the wrong cause.
Being a person that represents your era, your country, the truth, is a symbol.
You can never be royalty if you're constantly shifting truths - you lose legitimacy that way.
Empty words, empty promises, falseness, fakeness, cloning - all that does it tell me that someone is desperate.
It's not about marketing. It's about lifestyle.
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