“Be Prepared to Go for Broke!” It’s September 2020.

September is Emergency Preparedness Month.

“Be prepared to go for broke” has always been my father’s most impressive words since I first began my martial arts journey in 1961. These words are second only to; “If you can’t stand the heat, get the out of the kitchen”. Of course, as I got older and matured, a few expletives were added before the words “out of” depending on how much I strained my Makuakane’s unlimited patience. The history and depth of meaning behind these words is exhaustively detailed within the Tamanegi Anthology, accompanied by some comical witticisms. None-the-less, the root of Makuakane’s teachings date back deep into the last century and still has lasting relevance to this day.

Those teachings provided in real life’s lessons are what has preserved the Ceballos dynasty sort to speak. “Be Prepared to Go for Broke!” is also our battle cry, having meaning unique only to “our” Ohana’s martial culture.

This post is my opportunity to pass on, not the lessons I’ve learned, but rather to point out the various “sign posts” indicating the many directions you may travel in gleaning or gathering all vital information required to meet your personal and professional standard of preparedness. The untimely events of the future will respect no man.

This post is primarily for those members of the Tamanegi Do Martial Arts System to include ALL ryu that make up the Tamanegi no Budo. This post is a “Directive“.

As the Director of Standardization, it is my responsibility to link directly to the Atarashii Budo Shu Kai for the dissemination of primary information sources for those members requiring access to updated information.

PLEASE NOTE: as a courtesy, I am also providing these links in mutual support of those school leaders who consider themselves direct or indirect members of the Tamanegi Budo Kai.

In addition to the primary links for preparedness information, which I will update regularly, I am including with this post any harvested information that I personally deem critical and appropriate to the mission of Emergency Preparedness & Response.

If there are any questions or comments, mine know how to contact me or where to post them.

In briefly closing, I want to acknowledge and extend my deep appreciation of Mark Macanas, presently Kaicho of the Takashima Ryu. Aside from being Ohana, Mark is currently residing on the Big Isle and travels to resolve response issues where ever they occur for FEMA. His Aloha abounds and his continuous counsel, in all matters related to this post, help keep us current. Mahalo, Mark.

Provided below are most useful links to aid you in not only preparedness, but response actions as well. Further down at the end of the list you will find a few links to some useful Emergency Response items and tools. Please look those over as I will add additional links as they are brought to my attention.

As always; “Be Prepared to Go for Broke!”

Awesome Emergency Response 8-N-1 Tool

https://securitydefenseweapons.com/product/8-n-1-car-charger-power-bank-auto-safety-tool/

Emergency Food Preparedness & Storage

http://lds.about.com/od/preparednessfoodstorage/Food_Storage_and_Emergency_Preparedness.htm

Emergency Food Calculator

http://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm

National Cold & Flu Reports

http://www.weather.com/activities/health/coldandflu/nationalreports/national.html

The National Weather Service

http://www.weather.gov/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration