WEBVTT

00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:12.984
>> My name is Patrick Stewart.

00:00:12.984 --> 00:00:14.650
I'm with the United States Border Patrol.

00:00:14.650 --> 00:00:16.224
Currently I serve as the President of the

00:00:16.224 --> 00:00:20.631
United States' Law Enforcement Kendo Association and I do kendo.

00:00:29.388 --> 00:00:32.442
One of the most important parts of kendo

00:00:32.442 --> 00:00:35.619
is to hold an esteem, courtesy and honor of the human character.

00:00:35.619 --> 00:00:38.725
One of the important points of the Border Patrol is honor first

00:00:38.725 --> 00:00:42.364
and so that directly relates into my kendo

00:00:42.364 --> 00:00:46.219
and makes my kendo directly relate into what I'm doing with the Border Patrol.

00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:50.928
When we enter the dojo or the training area, we start with a bow.

00:00:50.928 --> 00:00:53.458
We bow as we enter, we bow as we leave.

00:00:53.458 --> 00:00:58.269
We bow to show our respect to our fellow practitioners.

00:00:58.269 --> 00:01:00.737
Just like in kendo, I have to understand that

00:01:00.737 --> 00:01:04.776
I need to provide the good example and teach whatever I can to a junior agent,

00:01:04.776 --> 00:01:07.718
but at the same time provide that respect to them

00:01:07.718 --> 00:01:10.247
that they may have something to offer.

00:01:10.247 --> 00:01:12.777
And I need to understand what that is.

00:01:12.777 --> 00:01:16.417
Those two concepts carry over, whether it be in the Border Patrol or in kendo.

00:01:16.417 --> 00:01:18.330
And not just with the Border Patrol,

00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:21.250
but it's interaction with all the different components of CBP

00:01:21.250 --> 00:01:24.233
and I may be dealing with agents from Air and Marine

00:01:24.233 --> 00:01:28.550
or officers from OFO, wherever it is.

00:01:28.550 --> 00:01:31.142
Everybody that I encounter has something to offer

00:01:31.142 --> 00:01:34.689
and I have something to offer them,  and it's just a matter of finding out,

00:01:34.689 --> 00:01:37.373
how we can best further the mission.

00:01:37.373 --> 00:01:39.594
And the concepts are the same between law enforcement

00:01:39.594 --> 00:01:43.323
or CBP and the Border Patrol and kendo.