In 1981 after my brother was murdered I swore to myself that I would never need a weapon to protect myself, family or people that I loved (NO WEAPON NEEDED) but I sure did need one at this point in my life because of all the violence in the neighborhood and the gang that had killed my brother had their eyes set on me next. I knew I could never survive in this neighborhood a long time ago so I started practicing martial arts at a young age and would do anything possible to continue my training working all the time cutting grass for neighbors, raking leaves, shoveling snow and delivering newspapers. I knew at a young age martial arts was my passion in life and I have never stopped training, always searching for something or someone to teach me about the arts or culture. I have been blessed to have had some of the greatest teachers in martial arts and have learned so much from them not only martial arts but life, love, friendship, and healing. I truly feel blessed.
Time goes by and in 1998....17 years after my brothers murder I meet a lady in Boston a Chinese women that would change my life and my martial arts and soon after become my wife and love of my life. It was not until I met my wife did I really understand martial arts and why I practiced this for so long. I was practicing some sword one night at the house when my wife's father was visiting over night and they all were watching me practice from the upstairs window without me knowing, he told my wife that my sword was like birds dancing in the sky and my martial arts was like a tigers fury. Days go by and I was visiting my father as I always would to talk about Martial arts and practice, he reached out and gave me a scroll hand written and it said: A shoulder as strong as metal can handle all responsibilities / Practice Tu Shou No Weapon Needed / Express your fury like the tiger / Pick your sword up and fly high above the clouds. My father never heard me talk about No Weapon Needed this has always been buried in my soul and my martial arts but close to 20 years later these words come to burn in my heart and soul once again. No Weapon Needed is my name, my life, my love, my passion and my pain and is written in the Tu Shou Scroll for all to see. This old Chinese message is for martial arts practitioners to understand the only way to become a true master is to have the right attitude. No Weapon Needed to solve your problems, set your anger free, then prepare to pick up the sword.
People, friends and family that truly know me as a person and my life and path will understand why this message means so much to me as a martial arts practitioner. It is my life written and seen through the eyes of my father. Zhen An Liu R.I.P
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