User:Tsumaru
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For reasons left publically unexplained, Tsumaru is as of the present not currently an active part of the Veritas Forums; although he maintains a presence on the wiki.
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Facts & Figures
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 12/10/1989
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: Australian; though with German, Austrian, English and other random European blood (including some measure of Czechoslovakian apparently) back in the line
Height: Approx 5'10" / 178cm
Weight: Approx 70kg / 154lb
Shoe Size: US 9, UK 8.5
Finger Length: Stubby =(
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Family: 4 older brothers, 2 parents of differing genders, 2 pet rabbits also of differing genders, 2 dogs of different gender, and still 1 male dog in hearts and minds. Mother, father and one brother also partially own two horses. One of them even won a race once. Shocking.
Preferred Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Preferred Movie Genre: Action-Comedy
Preferred Game Console: PC
Preferred Game Genre: I like most of them. RPG is probably the best though. Then FPS and RTS. Then sports and the rest. Fighting games are good on consoles though.
Mental Disorders: Accused of clinical depression, manic-depression/bipolar disorder, psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and probably a few others. So far has not been officially diagnosed with anything.
Anything Else: Suggestions? See below for contact details.
Veritas Profile: http://forums.vsociety.net/index.php?action=profile;u=59
Email Address: Tsumaru000@hotmail.com
MSN Address: Tsumaru000@hotmail.com
AIM Screenname: SNTsumaru
ICQ & Yahoo: (I have accounts, but I never use them unless necessary)
Experience
Martial Arts
Ninjutsu - started January 2003. Currently a 5th Kyu, although has not engaged in training since 2005 due to personal reasons.
Tiger and Crane Kung Fu - his friend teaches him some stuff from time to time. Though his friend is a pretty crappy teacher and he doesn't pick up much at all.
Despite no current formal teaching, Tsumaru continues to train with friends. They semi-regularly meet up to have intensive sparring sessions to develop practical fighting abilities.
Energy work
Magic - an interest was sparked quite a few years ago (at least 2000, perhaps beforehand), and Tsumaru began looking for answers. He looked at a few Wiccan things, but due to the ritual and apparent religious implications fervently avoided such. He soon came into contact with the Library of Knowledge's Direct Magic system, but only established basic energy manipulation practice and very fundamental understanding. Eventually he found Veritas (see Chi Kung), and after a few years began to work with Prophecy's articles. In 2004 he was accepted for Prophecy's 04-05 Magick Class, and graduated as a Magic Alumni. Although his primary magical influences were Hermetic, he is still searching for a particular paradigm to settle into.
Chi Kung - his time at the Library of Knowledge (see Magic) first introduced him to energy practices, and he eventually found an interest in Chi. Quickly dismissing the concept of DBZers and RadKi (which was his first knowledge in the area), he eventually found Veritas via a friend. Through Darkduck's QiGong articles he began to establish an understanding of practical Chi Kung and it's applications. His understanding was greatened when Koujiryuu took a place at Veritas and posted his articles. Nowadays his interest is minor compared to Magic, but his friend who also teaches him some Kung Fu has shown him a few Chi Kung practices which he occasionally performs and hopefully will eventually put into a frequent routine.
Psionics - his arrival at Veritas (see Chi Kung) heralded a great amount of knowledge flooding young Tsumaru (har har har). A friend of his began to take up the practice of Psionics, and due to at the time there being a lack of good information in other areas, he caught on as well. For some time he practiced Psionics as learnt from PsiPog and discussions in the Psionics forum, as well as practice with a group of friends who also took up the discipline. Over time it fell apart, however, and now his interest remains as that of merely understanding various arts as opposed to any intention to develop the skills.
Hobbies
Writing
Since the age of about 10, Tsumaru was interested in writing, as well as being part of a number of online RPGs which involved taking the role of a character, and becoming stronger and developing the character by writing stories about what you do (for example, if I rob a bank and beat up on some guys, my character will get a bit stronger for beating people up, and become richer for robbing the bank), with the better the story being, the better your increase in stats. During his schoollife he has always recieved good marks in English and top marks for any writing tasks.
Additionally, for a large portion of his earlier life, he wanted to become an author. However, due to low self-esteem (believe it or not) and a lack of determination, he has 'realised' the futility of such a goal, and focussed his life on...wait, no, he's still bumming around doing nothing. Nevertheless, he still has a soft-spot for writing and sometimes engages in the writing of some short-stories, and even attempts to write a full novel, but only ever gets a few chapters of the way in, if that.
Parkour
For those who are unaware, Parkour is a discipline involving the efficient overcoming of physical obstacles within your environment. There is much detail behind it, and some level of philosophy (less thought of in more recent yeras), and as such is too lengthy a topic to discuss in detail here. Suffice to say that Tsumaru first began the practice of Parkour January 2005. In fact, pretty much on New Year too - a friend showed him some videos a few days before, and they tried some poorly performed attempts at vaults at his house over an old couch, but Tsumaru first got out and trained properly on New Year.
The start of 2005 involved much heavy training and he progressed quite quickly. His rolls were often complimented as being really nice, and this was due to prior Ninjutsu training no doubt. Around mid-year 2005 things began to slip off and then through 2006 there was little or no training. Late 2006 he's starting again though and hopes to regain the skills he lost and continue progressing further to a level which has a greater degree of potential for practical applications.
Physical Training
An interest in physical development arose predominantly when he acquired a set of dumbbells from a grandparent. With some equipment now at his disposal, he spent a lot of time researching strength training so that he could become stronger in order to benefit his martial arts abilities.
Over the years, he has had sustained interest and researches exercise science quite thoroughly. More equipment has come into his possession to match his growing strength and knowledge, allowing him to workout harder and in more effective ways. His current goals are predominantly increasing 'practical' strength, although he is not averse to muscle gain. Although his training is becoming increasingly infrequent, he continues to research and study the theory.
Gaming
A big fan of PC gaming, Tsumaru spends a fair amount of time playing particular games which catch his eye. He is far from 'uber pro', although he would like to think he isn't a 'nubcake' either. Typically he will find a game which interests him, play the single-player campaign, and then leave it. He is not a big fan of multi-player except in games which require it, for example the Battlefield series or DotA (usually only with friends over a virtual LAN though).
User Notes
Anyone who wants to say shit about me, chuck it in here. I don't care what you put, as long as it's not racist or really bad. Aight? Go for it, then.
- Darkduck: Might I add, that Tsumaru is incredibly sexay.
