Live Fire with Chuck Holton

“The self-control of the warrior, which we observe and admire in his comportment, is but the outward manifestation of the inner perfection of the man. Such virtues as patience, courage, selflessness, which the soldier seems to have acquired for the purpose of defeating the foe, are in truth for use against enemies within himself–the eternal antagonists of inattention, greed sloth, self-conceit and so on.  When each of us recognizes, as we must, that we too are engaged in this struggle, we find ourselves drawn to the warrior.  The true man-at-arms, in fact, can overcome his enemy without even striking a blow, simply by the example of his virtue. In fact he can not only defeat his foe but also make him his willing friend and ally.”

Stephen Pressfield, “The Virtues of War.”

1 Corinthians 9:26-27
So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. ²⁷But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Romans 8:35-37

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” ³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

I put this video together over the weekend to see how my new Canon SX1IS works with full-HD video. Everything here was shot on our farm.