Recreation Office

The Fighting Father

This man is an Anglican priest but with a difference. You would not want to offend him put it that way. His online ministry helps to serve the community of street youth homeless/drug-addicted/criminal in a very unique way - by teaching them how to fight for starters.

At the end of this article I will leave you with Father Dave’s Top 10 of why we need to teach our youngsters boxing in order to make them less violent…

What does it conjur in your mind when you think Anglican priest? Maybe a religious person? An old man pontificating whilst shrouded by church incense? Or perhaps a born-again Christian jumping about singing ‘Praise the Lord on high’ and speaking in tongues amidst wails and shrieks of people being moved by the Spirit ‘Toronto blessing style.’

Let me tell you that though he wears a dog-collar this man is no weakling. Father dave Smith is the minister of Holy Trinity Dulwich Hill in Sydney, Australia. From his own bio:

“My mother died while I was still 16. It was the same day that I bought my first leather jacket. By this stage I’d developed a rather passionate attraction to the ‘Sex Pistols’ and to the nihilism of the British Punk scene. With my leather jacket and metal studs though I modelled my persona more on Dee Dee Ramone of the American punk group ‘The Ramones’.”

We often neglect our spirituality. You can sign up for Father Dave’s free affiliates only newsletter here A WARRIOR FORUM EXCLUSIVE:

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Father Dave is the ex-champion of Hapkido worldwide.

Now what is the difference between Father Dave and most other persons who use the internet as a shop or store. For one, just check out Dave’s shop here and listen to the message. It’s honest, frank and you won’t get a much better browse on the internet. Only the best on the web here folks.

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Here’s what some others have been saying about Father Dave, friends:

“He’s as comfortable punching as he is preaching - which is just as well for the hundreds of teenagers this fighting father figure has saved from a life on the streets.”

Greg McLean (Aussie Post)


“This nuggety minister has seen life from both sides of the tracks.”

Steve Lacey (Sydney Morning Herald)


“Dave is a man of wonderful vision and never misses an opportunity to help others where he can … I count myself fortunate to know him personally and to have him as a driving force in my Council area.”

Barry Cotter (Mayor of Marrickville)


“I go to the man. I go to The Man’s man. I go to the street, to the edge of the breakdown. I go to a man of God who wouid rather see kids throwing punches than punching heroin into their veins. Anglican priest Father Dave Smith”

Jeff Wells (Daily Telegraph)


“Father Dave is gifted in providing the young with a sense of purpose.”

Councillor Dimitrios Thanos (Marrickville Council)


“fists of steel, a kick like a mule, the head of a fox and a heart of gold”

Ross Willis (Western Suburbs Courier)

Father Dave also has two digital products available. One, ‘Sex, the Ring and the Eucharist’ was in the Amazon Top 500 on the day of release. I urge you to check these out. The second is an inspirational original from the forefather’s of America. This is just what our spirit’s need. Let Father Dave welcome you. You can even watch him in the ring if you wish. Hee are the links to Father Dave’s webpages:

‘Sex, the Ring and the Eucharist’

http://www.fightshop.biz/ezGaffurl.php?offer=samuk1000&pid=1

U.S. Civil War ebook library

http://www.fightshop.biz/ezGaffurl.php?offer=samuk1000&pid=3


At the beginning I promised you Father Dave’s Top 10 reasons for teaching our youngsters boxing. Here they are:

When young people are in a disciplined training routine they have no time to cause trouble


Even when they have the time, they are too tired to cause trouble after a solid night’s training


Young people learn to work happily in a structured environment which has positive effects at school


In the boxing gym they learn to accept authority


Through competitive fighting, young people learn to set goals for their lives


Through developing their physical capabilities young people develop greater self-esteem


The training routine teaches them self-discipline


Through learning to control their response when they are hit, young people develop self-control


Boxing training is very cathartic for persons carrying a lot of emotional baggage or anger


When a young person joins a gym they join a new peer group of persons not involved in drugs or criminal activities


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May 7th, 2008

Using Failure to Further Your Future

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” Margaret Thatcher

Failure. Even the word sounds bad, doesn’t it? That is because since the time we were just young children we were taught that failure was bad. But is that true? Is failure bad? Let’s consider some things.

I like a baseball analogy. Do you know what the record is for a season batting average (That means how many times the batter successfully hit to get on base)? It is a gentleman by the name of Ted Williams and his season batting average was .411 one year. That means that out of 1000 times at bat he would get a hit 411 times. That is considered by baseball fans as one of the greatest records ever. There are players making millions of dollars who hit .280!

But what does that stat also tell us if we flip it around? It tells us that the best season any batter ever had in the major leagues was a FAILURE RATE of .589! Even the best fail on a regular basis!

What about the richest people on Wall Street? Do they fail? Of course they do. They pick the bad stocks sometimes, but they cut their loses and learn from their failure.

Did Michael Jordan miss shots? Over 50% of them!

So what about all this? What does this mean for us? The fact is, I think we can learn a lot about failure that will actually make us a great success. So here are some thoughts to help you use failure to further your future!

Failure is inevitable if you are trying for greatness. Failure is something we must accept as a part of the road we travel to success. This is a very important item and number one on the list because a lot of what stops people from pursuing success is their fear that they may fail and not reach their destination. When we embrace the fact that we will fail, and that is okay, then we have nothing to fear anymore. Instead, we keep our eyes open and pick ourselves up, adjust from the failure, and move on.

Failure is never failure unless you fail to learn something from it. That’s right, we ought to stop calling these bumps in the road “failures” and start calling them “Learning Experiences!” When you fail, the first thing you should think is “What can I learn from this?” If you can pull just one idea out of that question, then the experience was worth it.

Sometimes failure is a blessing in disguise. Just ask the 3M Company. They were looking for an incredible adhesive and actually got a sticky paste that held, but not permanently. What a failure! No, instead, they spread some on the back of little sheets of yellow paper and called them “Post-It Notes.” Have some? I’m sure you do. The 3M company thanks you for rewarding their “failure.”

People won’t think poorly of you if you fail. This is perhaps the biggest myth, and the one that causes us to never attempt our dreams. We don’t try because of what Aunt Martha may say about us at the family reunion. The truth is, however, that people will actually respect you for trying. The only thing I have found that people think poorly about you is if you handle yourself badly when you fail. Sore losers get the bad press, not people who attempt great things!

Failure isn’t the end but the beginning. One of our greatest fears is that our whole world will collapse if we fail. Or at least the project will. The truth is that that rarely happens! Most of the time we can pick back up again, make some adjustments and be on our way! This is a new beginning. Now there is no need to go down the road you have already taken, so there is one less option you have to try on your new journey.

Sometimes we miss out on success because we quit in the middle of a problem and it becomes a failure instead of an obstacle we could have persevered through. When people encounter trouble they have a tendency to quit. And then they see themselves as having failed. My question is this: What if they would have kept on going - persevered? Perhaps they would have struggled a bit and then broke free again. The failure happened only because they quit! So don’t give up - keep pushing - and perhaps you will see yourself through to victory!

The greatest thing to overcome is the fear of failure. Most of the battle is right between our ears. It has been said that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” and that is true because in most of our “failures,” the end result is usually much less than we feared it would be. Yet in giving into fear and not trying, we suffer the ultimate consequence - no success! So begin to tell yourself the good stuff! Change the direction of your thinking and begin to see the possibilities of success, not failure.

Remember, properly looked at, failure can help you further your future!

Bonus:

Questions to ask yourself when you “fail”:

What can I learn from this?

What did I do right in this?

Where did this go wrong?

How can I start again?

What resources do I need to make sure this doesn’t happen again?

Then use the answers to these questions to plot your new course.

About The Author:

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of
Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn
their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and
achieve their dreams.

To see Chris “live” at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on
the subject of Secrets of Influence go to
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April 26th, 2008