>> My name is Patrick Stewart.
I'm with the United States Border Patrol.
Currently I serve as the President of the
United States' Law Enforcement Kendo Association and I do kendo.
One of the most important parts of kendo
is to hold an esteem, courtesy and honor of the human character.
One of the important points of the Border Patrol is honor first
and so that directly relates into my kendo
and makes my kendo directly relate into what I'm doing with the Border Patrol.
When we enter the dojo or the training area, we start with a bow.
We bow as we enter, we bow as we leave.
We bow to show our respect to our fellow practitioners.
Just like in kendo, I have to understand that
I need to provide the good example and teach whatever I can to a junior agent,
but at the same time provide that respect to them
that they may have something to offer.
And I need to understand what that is.
Those two concepts carry over, whether it be in the Border Patrol or in kendo.
And not just with the Border Patrol,
but it's interaction with all the different components of CBP
and I may be dealing with agents from Air and Marine
or officers from OFO, wherever it is.
Everybody that I encounter has something to offer
and I have something to offer them, and it's just a matter of finding out,
how we can best further the mission.
And the concepts are the same between law enforcement
or CBP and the Border Patrol and kendo.