I always separated these two words, loyalty and fidelity. The way I grew up loyalty was honorable, and noble. It was something you were to your boyz, your team, your martial arts school, army unit, and your family. Fidelity, on the other hand, was only talked about in relation to romantic couples. I was filled […]
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4 Men Who Shaped My Life The Most… My Dad
I am re-posting my biography. This time I will post one per week every Monday. Some written, some video, and some both…. Enjoy! No man is an island is so true, yet at times it seems like such a lie. It always feels like a lie when I have felt sorry for myself, and felt […]
4 Men Who Shaped My Life The Most… Walter Godin
4 Men Who Shaped My Life The Most…Kate
I first met Herbert Katekaru, when I started high school. I transferred from a program called Special Motivation in Jr High into a similar program in high school. Mr. Katekaru’s, or Kate´ as we would call him, was assigned to be our counselor, and with our group, it did not seem like a fun job. […]
4 Men Who Shaped My Life The Most… Ollie
Ollie and my mother got together when I was about 11 years old. He was a musician living in California, but he came to Hawaii to play in a gig, and met my mother through a mutual friend. Ollie and I did not hit it off right away. He was a musician, and by no […]
Andy And Jose Caba
The three things that these three very tough men have in common, is that they all helped to shape me, mold me, And make me a tougher person. All three taught my lessons on mental and physical toughness the good old fashioned way… by causing me pain, and teaching me not to give up when […]
Ohana Is Not Always Blood
Like I said before, we never really grew up in the ghetto, but for some reason within a 2-mile radius from my house where I grew up, there were a hugely disproportionate amount of violent people, and for some reason they with the people that I considered my closest friends. Another fact, for some reason […]
I Hate Fighting
I didn’t come from the ghetto (even though I spent a lot of time there), but I knew I was a fighter from a very early age. From fear of getting beat up by locals, wanting to make Godin proud, thriving on being respected by my peers, to having an insatiable need to train and get […]
Aloha, Welcome To My Story
Aloha… My name is John Hackleman, and his is my story. I was born in New York City, raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and now live in Arroyo Grande, California. My story begins on November 21, 1959, born to James and Nancy Hackleman. He was a newspaper writer and she was a housewife.I spent my early years in […]