It is, arguably, the most difficult thing in life. Any guesses what that might be? How about the loss of a loved one, especially your spouse whom you’ve loved and lived with for your entire adult life?
It was November 04, 2024 that our KIA feature was, sadly, R.I.P. Liz “Quasar” Avram, Kiado-Ryu Black Belt #46. Today, August 04, 2025, Dean Avram, Quasar’s husband, gives an update on Quasar’s passing back on 27 October 2024.
With any project you undertake,
to limit stress and insure progress,
the cardinal rule is simply this:
Preparation Is The Key To Success.
To be prepared is half the victory.
Luck favors the mind that is prepared.
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax.
In finding the mark and hitting it,
as we our goals pursue,
the key to raising the Cup is
Not To But Through.
I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
In martial arts, one of the keys to generating devastating power is penetrating the target, i.e., not focusing to the target but rather through the target. When we strike at the front of a target, even though we may hit it, our strike will have little effect because of its lack of depth. However, if rather than merely hitting the target, we project and strike through it, our effective power will be greatly enhanced.
The meanings of strength are many,
but one thing is for sure,
in the struggle-strewn strife of life
Strength Is The Ability To Endure.
You only have to endure to conquer.
What does not kill me makes me stronger.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Within the heart emotions stir.
Failure is not what we prefer;
but yet, the victors all confer -
The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
TERROR IS A FABRIC OF THIS WORLD and, as we all know, there are different types of terror—some physical, others financial, social, psychological, familial. The terror of this KIA feature focuses on none other than twelve year old Arian D., callsign TERROR!
As his physical skills increase, so do Terror’s emotional and mental abilities. He’s a very smart young man and he uses his cerebral gifts to focus on the issues at hand, i.e., winning.