[Dan Hibiki]

Losing is a step in the learning process; with each loss suffered new strengths emerge. The true greatness of the martial arts can only be achieved through patience and time. As time progresses these losses become victories, victories earned with the losses given previously. Regardless of the skill a fighter has, it must be known that there is always a tougher opponent, a person that skills can be refined with and new experiences can be had with. The flow of fighting is in a circle, always leading back to the source, to the results of the past.

There are some who denounce this belief, some who feel that they are above those rules that tie together every fighter. These fighters are poor souls, unable to admit their weaknesses to allow improvements to be made to their skills. It must be known that by only fighting those warriors that have just entered there is little chance for improvement. Only through total immersion with those truly skilled fighters can skill be refined.

Thank you.

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Dan sits down, clutching his head because it hurts from all that mental exertion.</span>